Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok
By Lewis Jackson
SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) -Australia's largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame.
The A$21.6 billion ($15 billion) Sydney Metro line along a major north-southwest artery has featured in hundreds of photos and videos on TikTok and Instagram since it opened in late August.
In one TikTok video viewed more than 600,000 times, young people dance and celebrate on the train station platform holding Sydney Metro signs.
The excitement is in part a response to how modern the new line, with its driverless trains and bright, spacious stations, feels compared to the aging network in which tens of thousands of commuters pour through every day.
At the heart of the new line is Sydney Central, which got A$955 million overhaul to accommodate the new underground line and elevate the 118-year old station to the level of Kings Cross in London or Grand Central in New York.
"It's not something Sydney has really experienced, it's been a bit overdue," said John Prentice, a principal at architecture and design firm Woods Bagot, who led the design of Sydney Central.
"We wanted to provide Sydney a station on par with stations around the world. It needed to rival those other stations but based on its unique qualities and characteristics."
At Gadigal, a new station next to the pre-World War Two city hub Town Hall, commuters descend to the platform on escalators flanked by six columns weighing 168 tonnes each.
Large murals of train tunnels stand high above commuters at each entrance. The 12.5 metre (14 yard) tall pieces drew inspiration from early Sydney railway tunnels as well those drawn by cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, according to artist Callum Morton.
"You can always tell when something hits," he told Reuters.
"The beauty is on the surface and the sensation you feel in front of it is the most captivating thing... I really wanted to reproduce that feeling."
($1 = 1.4712 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Lewis Jackson; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan
Eng oxirgi yangiliklar
Javobgarlikdan voz kechish: XM Group korxonalari har biri faqat ijro xizmatlarini koʻrsatadi va onlayn savdo platformamizdan foydalanish huquqini beradi, bu odamga veb-saytda yoki veb-sayt orqali mavjud boʻlgan kontentni koʻrish va/yoki undan foydalanishga ruxsat beradi hamda uni oʻzgartirishga moʻljallanmagan va uni oʻzgartirmaydi yoki kengaytirmaydi. Bunday kirish va foydalanish huquqi doimo quyidagilarga boʻysunadi: (i) Shartlar va qoidalar; (ii) Risklar haqida ogohlantirish; va (iii) Javobgarlikni toʻliq rad etish. Shuning uchun bunday kontent umumiy maʼlumot sifatida taqdim etiladi. Xususan, shuni esda tutingki, bizning onlayn savdo platformamiz mazmuni moliyaviy bozorlarda biror bitimni amalga oshirishga oid maslahat yoki taklif emas. Har qanday moliyaviy bozorda savdo qilish sizning kapitalingiz uchun jiddiy risk darajasini oʻz ichiga oladi.
Onlayn savdo platformamizda chop etilgan barcha materiallar faqat taʼlim/axborot maqsadlari uchun moʻljallangan va unda moliyaviy, investitsiya soligʻi yoki savdo maslahatlari va tavsiyalar; yoki bizning savdo narxlarimizning qaydlari; yoki har qanday moliyaviy vositalar bilan bitim tuzish maslahati yoki taklifi; yoki sizga kerak boʻlmagan moliyaviy reklama aksiyalari hisoblanmaydi
Har qanday uchinchi tomon kontenti, shuningdek XM tomonidan tayyorlangan kontent, masalan: fikrlar, yangiliklar, tadqiqotlar, tahlillar, narxlar va boshqa maʼlumotlar yoki bu veb-saytda joylashgan uchinchi tomon saytlariga havolalar umumiy bozor sharhi sifatida "boricha" taqdim etiladi va investitsiya maslahatini tashkil etmaydi. Har qanday kontent investitsiya tadqiqoti sifatida talqin qilinsa, siz bunday kontentni investitsiya tadqiqotlarining mustaqilligini ragʻbatlantirish uchun moʻljallangan qonun talablariga muvofiq moʻljallanmagan va tayyorlanmaganligini eʼtiborga olishingiz va qabul qilishingiz kerak, shuning uchun unga tegishli qonunlar va qoidalarga muvofiq marketing kommunikatsiyasi sifatida qaraladi. Mustaqil boʻlmagan investitsiya tadqiqoti va yuqoridagi maʼlumotlarga oid risk haqida ogohlantirishimizni oʻqib chiqqaningizga va tushunganingizga ishonch hosil qiling, unga bu yerdan kirish mumkin.
