East West Rail Link

From December 2019 to February 2020, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment exhibited a future transport network as part of the draft Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan.  Protecting this corridor was recommended by the Western Sydney Rail Needs Scoping Study.

As a result, Transport is protecting land for the East West Rail Link in two stages.

Stage 1: The section north of the Western Sydney International Airport was protected through the Aerotropolis planning package: The State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Western Parkland City) 2021.  The remaining corridor is still to be determined.

Stage 2: This section of the corridor is located between Western Sydney International Airport near Kemps Creek and Greater Parramatta. Precise locations will be identified in alignment with future land use changes. Transport will collaborate with other government agencies during the identification process.

• Providing transport options to support population, jobs and economic growth across Western Sydney and for the Western Sydney International Airport Precinct.
• Building a connection, together with Sydney Metro West, between three of NSW’s six cities: the Western Parkland City, Central River City and Eastern Harbour City.
• Transport is working towards our 30-minute vision for local communities and industry.

Work is being undertaken to identify stage two, ensuring alignment with land use changes. Transport is working with other government agencies to refine locations for protecting. These locations are between the Western Sydney International Airport precinct (near Kemps Creek) and Greater Parramatta.

We are aware that information about future corridors can seem like  plans for the short term. However, all Corridors projects are long term concepts, and may not take place for a number of years, or even decades.

There is no need for Transport to acquire land until close to the time the transport infrastructure is required. In the meantime, landowners can continue to live on and use their land.

For more information on property acquisition, see Property Acquisitions on the Corridors home page.

• Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan
• Western Sydney Rail Needs Scoping Study
• The State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Western Parkland City) 2021