00:03Remember this image, it might be the cleanest you ever see a metro carriage.
00:07This is train set 29 that will operate the inaugural service.
00:11Metro staff gave it one last run through the giant washer.
00:16Then it was time to update the signage, aiming for a bubble-free finish of course.
00:21On the platform the transport minister was showing off his chamois skills, but the real
00:28test comes tomorrow.
00:30It'll be dark, it'll be cold, it'll be 4.31 and we're expecting hundreds of people at
00:36Bankstown station.
00:37Converting the heavy rail line from Bankstown to Sydenham took roughly a year longer than
00:42expected, but the government hopes once the gates open, any commuter frustration will melt
00:47away.
00:48These stations used to only in some cases have four trains every hour in the peak.
00:53Well now within that time you used to wait for a train, you'll be in the city.
00:56Fridays and weekends are typically quieter on the network, giving staff a chance to iron
01:01out any potential creases.
01:03But the government's expecting a lot of interest in the metro, so services on Saturday and Sunday
01:08this weekend will run every seven minutes instead of the usual ten.
01:12This project is as Sydney-centric as they can, but the Premier can't afford to be as the election
01:17approaches.
01:18He's visited the south coast for the second time this week, opening an upgraded Shoalhaven hospital.
01:24Three, two, one.
01:26We know that this community is growing, that it needs world class health infrastructure.
01:32After many years of campaigning and advocacy, it was the former Liberal government that committed
01:36the $440 million.
01:38A group assignment that the Premier says was long overdue.
01:41That's true.
01:42It's a different feeling.
01:42After many years of helping people get engaged, it's very difficult.
01:44We're coming in.
