In a little over a year, new world-class metro rail services will start in Sydney – the biggest addition to our city's rail network in a century.

There are as many opinions on whether Sydney Metro will improve the rail system as there are public transport customers, but the facts show it is a transformative project that Sydney cannot do without.

There will be no need for a timetable in the Sydney CBD once the Metro is complete. Credit:Ryan Stuart

At full capacity, Sydney Metro will run a train every two minutes in each direction under the Sydney CBD – a level of frequency common around the world but never before seen in Australia. No need for a timetable, just turn up and go.

A standalone, fully automated railway system, Sydney Metro has been designed to work together with the existing Sydney public transport system – from interchanging with buses at new metro stations and ferries at Barangaroo, to the new underground Central Walk concourse, which will easily connect all public transport customers with Sydney Metro, suburban and intercity trains, buses and the new light rail at Central Station.