Passengers using Sydney’s M1 Metro Line are experiencing a significant lift in services from today, with a large increase in train frequency designed to make public transport a more attractive option during ongoing fuel supply pressures.

An additional 166 train services are being introduced each week across the M1 Line, delivering more capacity at peak times and throughout the weekend. During weekday mornings and afternoons, eight extra services are operating this week, reducing peak waiting times to just three minutes and 45 seconds.

After the school holiday period, from Monday 20 April, weekday services will be further ramped up with 12 additional peak-hour trains. At that point, trains will arrive every three minutes and 30 seconds during the busiest parts of the day.

Weekend travel is also seeing a major uplift. Trains now run every seven minutes rather than every 10, adding 58 extra services on Saturdays and 48 on Sundays. This increase delivers roughly 40 per cent more weekend capacity across the metro network, helping to better accommodate leisure and shift workers.

To enable the temporary expansion, three additional trains originally ordered for the Sydney Metro Southwest extension have been brought into service. Once further testing for the Southwest extension begins, these trains will be returned for commissioning work, and weekday peak frequencies will revert to every four minutes. The enhanced seven‑minute weekend timetable will remain in place during that period.

Planned full and partial line closures will continue as scheduled in the lead-up to the opening of the Sydney Metro Southwest extension. These shutdowns are necessary to connect the new Bankstown section to the existing M1 Line and are critical to keeping the project on track for its expected opening later this year.

Overall, the service upgrade delivers shorter waits, better reliability, and increased capacity, marking one of the most substantial timetable improvements since the M1 Line opened.

Source: Sydney Metro