South west rail link just five weeks away

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Almost ready to roll: an aerial view of part of the south west rail link

Parking spaces will open alongside the two stations and new bus routes will include the stations as stops when the south west rail link opens for business early next month.

The NSW premier, Mike Baird, and transport minister, Gladys Berejiklian, earlier today revealed what everyone knew, that the project would finish way ahead of schedule and well under budget.

The two new stations at Edmondson Park and Leppington will now open on February 8.

If this is the case, it will mean the project has been completed around a year early.

And the government says it will come in $300 million under budget.

There have been several months of testing the new line, while construction started more than three years ago in 1911.

When the line opens eight trains will run every 30 minutes from Liverpool to Leppington, stopping at Glenfield and Edmondson Park.

As part of the project, Glenfield Station has been upgraded and new carparking built on the Hurlstone Agricultural High side of the track.

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