Sabon layin metro mara direba na biliyoyin daloli da aka kaddamar a Sydney ya fara aiki ga masu ababen hawa a yau.
Daruruwan mazauna birnin ne suka fara yin jerin gwano tun da karfe 1 na safe agogon kasar a ranar Litinin don fuskantar balaguron kaddamar da aikin shimfida layin dogo maras direba a halin yanzu. Tun da farko an saita wannan tsawaita don ƙaddamar da shi a ranar 4 ga Agusta amma an fuskanci jinkirin jiran amincewar da suka dace daga masu kula da tsaro.
Aikin ya fara gini a cikin 2017, tare da jimlar kashe dalar Amurka biliyan 21.6 (kimanin dalar Amurka 14.4 US), wanda ya tabbatar da shi a matsayin mafi mahimmancin shirin jigilar jama'a a tarihin Ostiraliya.
Sabis ɗin fasinja na farko a layin Metro City na Sydney ya bar tashar Sydenham, wanda ke cikin tsakiyar yammacin Sydney, da ƙarfe 4:54 na safiyar Litinin. Ya ratsa rami mai nisan mil 9.6 (kilomita 15.5) a karkashin gundumar kasuwanci ta tsakiya da Sydney Harbor, ya isa Chatswood a gabar arewa ta birnin da karfe 5:16 na safe.
A lokacin kololuwar sa'o'i na safe da maraice, jiragen kasa za su yi aiki kowane minti hudu a kan layi, tare da mitar kowane minti biyar a lokacin tsakiyar mako da kowane minti goma na dare da kuma karshen mako. Gwamnatin jihar New South Wales (NSW) tana tsammanin wannan sabis ɗin zai ɗauki fasinjoji kusan 250,000 a matsakaicin ranar mako, yana ba da tanadin lokaci na mintuna 27 ga matafiya da ke tafiya daga Sydenham zuwa Barangaroo a tsakiyar Sydney.
A wani bangare na aikin, an gina sabbin tashoshi guda biyar, sannan an shigar da karin dandali da hanyoyin shiga cikin tashoshin tsakiya da na Martin Place. Yankin yanzu na layin metro mara direba, wanda ya fara aiki a cikin 2019, ya kai mil 22.4 (kilomita 36) daga Tallawong a arewa maso yamma. Sydney zuwa Chatswood. Bayan kammala sashin karshe a cikin 2025, layin zai kara fadada daga Sydenham zuwa Bankstown a kudu maso yammacin birnin.
