My relationship with Sydney’s delayed rail extension is complicated. But on Friday, as I catch a regular bus home, I daydream of moving – one more time
I’ve already been awake for six hours when I jump off the metro back at Bankstown station at 8.33am on Friday. It’s the first day of driverless trains running on the extension from Bankstown to Sydenham and I was on the first service heading into the city at 4.31am.
The trip on the new track took just 21 minutes in the wee hours. Now I’m exploring the line at a more leisurely pace. I’m not sure what meal I should be eating as I stumble into An Restaurant before 9am. It’s widely considered to serve some of Sydney’s best pho.