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The space-age like Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney.

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Sydney Metro: New stations hidden beneath our city streets

As the new Metro comes to life, we examine the engineering and design feat that will transform our city.

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Crows Nest metro station.

What became the greatest threat to this new Sydney metro train station

Crows Nest was one of the most difficult of six new underground stations to be built for Sydney’s $21.6 billion metro rail line under the heart of the city.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The new metro station at Barangaroo, on the western side of Sydney’s CBD.

‘About as challenging as you can get’: Inside Sydney’s showstopper Metro station

Barangaroo station features 7766 sandstone panels and 14,000 terrazzo tiles imported from Italy. Hidden from view is a staggering 260 kilometres of electrical cabling.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Martin Place metro station.

Inside the new ‘underground skyscraper’ built for Sydney’s Metro hub

The sheer scale of the new Metro station beneath Martin Place is evident the moment you walk into its northern entrance.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A giant mural by Melbourne-based artist Callum Morton will greet commuters in the cavernous southern entrance to Gadigal station when it opens next year.

Giant holes beneath Sydney reshaped into train station with new name

The new underground station will be crucial to relieving pressure on nearby Town Hall, the station under the most strain on Sydney’s rail network.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney Metro harbour tunnel.

Inside the three-minute trip under Sydney Harbour on the new Metro

The Herald has taken a historic trip with Transport Minister Jo Haylen on a computer-driven train whizzing us from North Sydney to the CBD at 100km/h.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A giant mural of a local Aboriginal dancer on one of the concourse walls is the station’s showstopper.

‘Like a bathtub’: The challenge of building a metro station

Building Waterloo station has had its unique challenges, but it now has a showstopper towering over a giant concourse about 18 metres underground.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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The 2026 MICF has kicked off

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026

This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look

  • 10 stories
Sam Mitchell flies the flag after Matthew Lloyd’s hit on Brad Sewell.

Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.

  • 5 stories