Metro-themed shirts, ‘We love public transport’ signs and a kiss at Bankstown: Sydney’s newest train line opens

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The crowd was a sea of Sydney metro-themed T-shirts, badges, caps, earrings and sequinned jackets. Enthusiasts held signs declaring ‘We love public transport’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hundreds of rail enthusiasts and a handful of bewildered commuters have ridden the first service on a long-awaited extension to Sydney’s metro line, bringing an end to more than two years of replacement buses. The 4.31am train on the south-west metro extension left Bankstown on time on Friday, arriving at Sydenham, where the line previously terminated, just over 20 minutes…

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