File:Sydney Metro Norwest Station community day

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More than 800 people attended a community day at the new Norwest Station, one of 13 Sydney Metro Northwest stations which will open in the second quarter of 2019.

Nearby residents and future customers got the first look at cutting-edge customer technology like platform screen doors – glass barriers which keep people and objects like prams away from the tracks and allow trains to get in and out of stations much faster, an Australian first.

The station’s canopy design was inspired by the local blue gum leaf found in Sydney’s north west.

The station is 22m below ground.

It includes a new underground pedestrian link from the station to the Norwest retail and business precinct across the road – a second entry to the station, this underground link will improve customer access and was built following community feedback.

Features of the station include Australia’s first video help points and a train every four minutes in each direction in the peak.

Sydney Metro is Australia’s first full accessible railway – there are lifts at all stations and level access between platforms and trains.

The community day, held on Sunday 25 November 2018, was delivered by Sydney Metro in conjunction with Sydney Metro Northwest builder Northwest Rapid Transit and the operator of the new railway, Metro Trains Sydney.