Bankstown
Sydney Metro is a threat to the arts and cultural spaces in Bankstown
The NSW Government had previously announced that the Sydney Metro Southwest will be extended from Bankstown to Liverpool.
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Such extension is not compatible with the current design of Bankstown Station as an above ground interchange between Sydney Trains (from Lidcombe/Liverpool) and Sydney Metro.
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Despite Canterbury-Bankstown Council requesting an underground Bankstown Station, the NSW Government confirmed in late 2019 that the Metro Southwest would be completely above ground from Sydenham to Bankstown.
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Internal Transport for NSW documents show plans to extend the Metro Southwest line from Bankstown to Liverpool would require a tunnel portal to the west of the existing station at the current Bankstown Arts Centre site.
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Sydney Metro has already forced out the Canterbury Theatre Guild from its building within the former Canterbury Bowling Club site, and will soon demolish the Bankstown Arts Centre.
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The Bankstown Arts Centre should not be destroyed as the best way to improve transport for Liverpool and Canterbury-Bankstown commuters is for a digital signalling upgrade on the T3 Bankstown Line.
Upgrading signalling allows trains every 2-3 minutes without converting the line into Metro.
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In 2012, Transport for NSW estimated the cost of Sydenham to Bankstown Metro to be just $816 million.
Now in 2023, the cost to convert Sydenham to Bankstown is estimated to be around $10 billion dollars
(as part of the overall Sydney Metro City & Southwest project blowout to over $20.5 billion).
Page 2 indicates acquisition of current Bankstown Arts Centre site for the extension of Sydney Metro from Bankstown to Liverpool. The option on Page 3 with an underground Bankstown Station with the tunnel dive near Stacey St has been ruled out by Sydney Metro at the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Sydenham-Bankstown line conversion (2019).
