File:Sydney Metro Bella Vista Station community day

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More than 650 people attended a community day at the new Bella Vista 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.

It is the only Sydney Metro Northwest station with two canopies. Features of the station include 800 commuter car parking spaces, 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 28 October 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.