We got a private tour of Western Sydney Airport! 

Thanks for coming, gentlemen! It was a delight. Very keen to get you back closer to opening... we'll roll out the caviar

Petition for Sharath to visit all Australian states and review their train routes. For Tasmania, he can just go on one of our heritage railways

The chemistry here is so strong that only fans is the next logical step

The lack of a rail connection from Glenfield really is a traffic disaster waiting to happen. 2 million people from Goulburn to Liverpool are not going to travel via St Mary's. It means the majority of people will drive. They won't catch a bus. When 'express' buses get stuck in gridlock on the M12 and M7 and people are missing flights, a future government will then have to sort this mess out. And it will be much more expensive doing it later on.

I love this channel

You guys have great energy together!! I really enjoyed the tour and the info provided by Sam. Looking forward to future videos on the progress of the new airport and also more of you two co-hosting again!

Thanks!

I was lucky enough to take a tour with Sam and the crew late in 2023, It's awesome to see how far it's come since then. Keep up the awesome work @westernSydneyInternational

Amazing stuff Sharath and Paul! I didn't know construction was already this progressed. Can't wait to see it open in 2026! 🤩

Ah yes the No curfew. Western Sydney gets dumped on by eastern Sydney. It's time Kingsford Smith also goes no curfew too. Also lets not forget Sydney's main water storage is just a short emergency water landing away Capt Sully style.

I usually catch the train to the airport from Campbelltown. Getting to WSI by train for me is a hassle therefore I'll still go to Kingsford-Smith.

Very excited to see the opening in a few years. Great update 👍

Was really interesting to see an update on this airport as someone who lives in blue mountains id prolly use this

Good on ya lads. Love ya work.

Wow, looks like a smart new airport!!😎👍

Good video mate! Keep it up!

Excellent video!

Flew in and out of Abu Dhabi new airport last month. Superb architecture and facilities. WSI looks like a big cow shed.

Great job Sammy - from an old Sydney Trains colleague

I'm looking forward to this airport opening. I live interstate but my parents and sister live in Western Sydney.

Perth's airport station is a few minutes walk from the main terminal too, but it was built there so it can be easily accessed when the rest of the terminals are built (I think Qantas finally agreed to move over a month or two ago) so it makes sense for Sydney to do something similar.

Great video

Nice!

Top video guys! I cannot wait for this facility to open. Now only if they can build the south-west rail link to the airport. That would be good too.

0:23 Didn't know Sharath was taking inspiration from Swift lol

Great video, I wish I was there

The design is similar to Athens Int’l, which is 21 years old. The main differences are: Athens was built with 2 parallel runways from the beginning, Athens has a satellite terminal. Both airports can easily be expanded which is good. Feels like Sydney is finally joining the 21st century with regards to airport design. I think this new airport will be more popular than what the planners realize.

Arguably it is Sydney's third international airport. The first was Rose Bay Seaplane Airport then Mascot was added.

nice!

It's like Adelaide airport but actually good!

The collab I never expected

The most popular flight from here will be the one to Sydneys Kingsford Smith airport to avoid the arduous several hours journey to the city by the choo cho train and getting stuck in traffic on the M7 and M5 we call the carpark!

to think I was actually their working on the air side whilst you were filming this

I think ksa and wsa will be both haneda and narita of sydney retrospectively

i just subscibed cant wait be here

No control tower 😭, I know it's modern not to have one, but it looks soooooo good

Don’t feel bad about the push up Sharath. Literally the first time I ever did a push up, I dislocated my shoulder

Great tour from the dazzling duo of infrastructure! That was fun, thanks.

No control tower. No alignment for future regional HSR to connect. No rail connection to Liverpool and SW Sydney via Glenfield. Lots of things need attention with this project.

Sharath is Aus' answer to @Geoff Marshall - and I'm here for it.

Great planning - a new airport at a location remote for many in Sydney, and then including what looks to be a public transport system which will be very difficult for a high proportion of travellers..

Mighty impressive and convenient given that there are no curfews. But now I'm wondering the future for Kingsford-Smith airport at Mascot. Will it be redeveloped or still accept flights in and out?

LOL. Great intro!

A 2nd international airport for NSW has had a lot of problems in the past. Hexham Swamp west of Newcastle was floated in the 60s, Williamtown was floated as Newcastle airport is expanding into international flights but is shared with the RAAF. Richmond was floated at another point. Great to see Sydney gets it all and NSW loses again. Well done .

I don't think it will be the best till it proves itself when operational. But a change is as good as a holiday where new airports are concerned. A long overdue new airport.

1:47 "Sharath... like Gareth" lol

Right now, it's estimated to have the same amount of traffic as Canberra airport.

So 🆒😎😊

Hopefully the pedestrian connection from metro station to terminal will be enclosed and not just undercover. It needs to be properly weatherproof

I was there on Monday as Im involved with this amazing project. Love the way that every passenger will all check in when arriving via a common kiosk, regardless of airline. Automation with this type of thing is awesome.

Love it, all we need now is a 300kmh rail to centre of Sydney

Ok, but can we get more than two small bus shelters at St Marys station? There used to be more cover at the old bus stand, before they relocated it to make way for The Tunnel™️ Billions of dollars spent and expected to be generated on and by this project, but (HA! Just got to "Western Sydney is very important." That's rich.) we can't get adequate cover at a vital public transport waiting area, utilised by hundreds of people daily 🙄

Once the airport is done I'm gonna miss being able to do 100 on the Northern Road

Is there any news on Qantas Link flying in? Regional services always get bumped and are super limited to KS due to landing limits.

It's okay Sharath, we know you skipped the pushup bit because you were doing one handed clap pushups like Rocky and you didn't want to make everyone else self conscious

Private jet and caviar eh. Lol. Is great you both got special access. Cheers

I just subscribed

God save the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and St Clair from the flight paths.

Great clip. I'm all jealous now. A few random comments: - You have probably heard that WSI will not have a control tower, but multiple cameras (including in infra red) that will display like a virtual control tower at a facility in Eastern Creek. - It's a little harder to do 'virtual' crash fire rescue, so there appears to be a large concrete pad for the first runway fire station on the western side of the runway, near its centre and beside a big rectangular pond. - The Elizabeth Drive bridge over the M12 and rail underpasses at the northern end of the airport is about to open. - The Elizabeth Drive rail underpass has tons of room for four tracks - That combined with spare space along the eastern side of the W S Airport Metro line through the airport are probably to provide a corridor for a later second line (to/from Westmead?). - Given the passenger flow, cross platform transfers would not be needed within the airport. - As I won't be around by then, I can safely speculate the Airport Line will link to Glenfield, and the later line will run to Narellan and Macarthur (with cross platform exchange before lines split around Bringelly - and possibly with the Airport line splitting to do both destinations initially). - I wonder how transfers between flights at different terminals will be done, once they are constructed - perhaps transfer buses airside (like at some major Australian airports), or a 'people mover' connecting terminals inside their secure areas (like at some major US airports)? - I'm 'sowing seeds' wherever possible that WSI is NOT Sydney's second (or third) airport at all, but is Western Sydney's own international airport. Seperate identity, different market mix, more flexible, cheaper operation and run by more pragmatic locals - It's all the more reason why people in the (more populous and productive) West will rarely want/need to go into dear old Harbour Sydney, except as an occasional tourist - Even Tay Tay preferred going West for her venues and zoo visits. Just saying.

is the no curfew just for cargo freight? or also passenger flights?

It should have a curfew the same as Sydney airport does. People in western sydney need to sleep too. People are already living around the new airport and have been long before the airport was thought of.

I'm just happy they didn't go with the option to build it near my place.

Sorry guys but you forgot to mention no DIRECT connection via metro to Kingsford Smith. Domestic or foreign visitors needing transfer from Western Sydney to Kingsford Smith will need a metro to St Mays, then change, then train to Central station with a change to get to Kingsford Smith. Absolutely ridiculous when 6klm from Western Sydney Airport, a rail line to Leppington was built with direct access to Kingsford Smith and Central WITHOUT THE NEED TO CHANGE TRAINS. Road connection to Kingsford Smith will be a disaster along the M5 that is a parking lot for most of the day. And forget catching a train from Camden or Campbelltown unless you have 3hours to waste of your life. Planning has been -4/10, A second runway and terminal expansion will NEVER happen as in 40 years time it will be 30 - 35Billion to complete as it is next to an active runway. I follow both of you guys channels, and generally love the content, but, and that's a BIG but, this video, i'm sure has been vetted by WSIA for content, and doesn't exploit the weaknesses that will hinder this airport from running smoothly. FFS, 150m to walk from a train to the terminal with baggage before a flight. When heavy machines that were onsite could have done a cut and cover station for 1/3rd the cost and 30m from the terminal. come on now.

There’s always one. It’s a lot of environmental devastation for this I use to August a horse around here…and, no control tower so no physical means of being able to see the planes may prove problematic in a war where electronic communications indeed any communications are non existent. Seems a bit of an oversight over dependence on tech that may fail.

0:02 I watch both of you on your respective channels and always enjoy the content very much. However with this post I feel I need to let you know that the volume difference between the spoken content and the attached music forces you to " jump" to quickly find the remote control to turn the volume down then when you start speaking you once have increase the volume so that you can be heard... Then repeat the action at the conclusion of the video or just switch it off. BTW There is nothing wrong with my hearing (I am a pilot).

Will there be direct services from Denistone station? if not, why not? :)

"put your phone on airplane mode" video stops

Sorry, can’t help but notice the hard hats that Sharath and Paul are wearing are the exact hats my workplace works on. Hard Hat Vented 9 Ratchet (HHV9R) to be exact. I work in the printing department that prints logos onto those hats.

Come to Indonesia, we have more in to review

Yeah how wonderful I get to put up with noise 24 7 so looking forward to that. I will swap houses with these people,

Tube on the abandoned platform at st Leonard ms thanks

Shout out to the social media team at western Sydney airport for inviting the transport gurus !

No link to leppington station 🥲

I live in Leonay, so I can hardly wait to drive less than 30 minutes and get on a plane✈

How many times did we say the word "Excited"? Let us know below. And who said it more. Me or Sharath?

Jeopardising World Heritage status of our Blue Mtns, pure contempt for the sleep quality and well being of Western Sydney and the Blue Mtns residents. But, we can get our produce to SE Asia in time for breakfast.

I like to know where the train 🚆 to narrellan to the new Airport is going to come. Or has this been STOPPED full stop?I know a train is coming the other way.

It’s going to be a nightmare up here in the Blue Mountains. Low flying planes 24/7

I’m not a plane guy but excuse my ignorance I always thought airports had two runways allowing aircraft to take off / land into the wind I thought from the aerial shot I saw one runway and Sharath said he’s was at the western end I’m assuming one east/ west runway ? Can anybody shed light on this ? Thanks

I sent an expression of interest to WSA. still awaiting something.

I don't like same terminal for domestic and international flights. Usually it means more restrictions on what you can carry on domestic flights, and increased security checks.

Having No Curfew should bring Prices Down on Freight Tickets Mail etc So hopefully this will mean a Savings for Australia. More Jobs so more Taxes Happy Government Very Promising 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👀

Why on earth a heavy rail line was not costructed with a direct connection at St. Mary's one will never know, although we really do, just taking the cheap.option. What a pain, change at St. Mary's for an ST service instead of a seamless trip to town.

International airport with 1 runway? In this day and age, they should have planned 2 runways and expansion option up to 4. One runway would be limiting in the near future.

Considering the WEF want to limit how much we fly by 2030 will the aviation industry survive?

An amazing piece of Civil construction. Thanks for the lighthearted informative video. But its operation going to effect the whole of the Sydney basin. Aircraft Noise, traffic chaos and pollution. The increase costs from ROI of running this new airport. The new WSI and SYD aircraft movements basically will effect everyone from opening. Plus the many Ground travel and resupply issues assigned to TfNSW well into 2030's.

Thankfully i have resigned and left from this project from bechtel/wsa

I wonder if it would be feasible for someone to offer helicopter transfers between the airports?

Interesting that the connection to the metro will be outside. Is that right?

ngl i actually believed paul at the start and though you were at hong kong🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

No need to play dumb jokers. You both have respected sites based on content ie perspective and context that informs and educates your viewers.

aww man airplane mode guess i cant watch the video

sounds like a lot of compromises to cut cost and will probably end up costing more in the long run.

Is there a train station adjacent to the airport?

11:12 😂 beautiful view of the western sydney sun 🌞 burning 🔥 excessive heat through the glass 🪟 windows turning the airport into a microwave let's not also forget the the radio/radiation wave signals 📻 from the many various frequencies mhz/ghz for communications and remotes sending signals inside and outside of the airport 😂

Subbing because i want a seat on the private jet XD

No curfew now . But then houses will start being built and give it a few years and people will complain about the nose and a curfew will be imposed . I would love to know how much land they own to stop this . Great video

Yay more air freight! the faster delivery and better prices will allow me to buy knick knacks and widgets and rates not yet known! sure would be a shame if this increased consumption of goods, and increased transport emissions had some kind of effect on the climate. I'm sure we don't have to worry about it :)

9:12 "Western Sydney locals don't have to travel an hour and a half..." No.. it is WAY LONGER! From the Sydney CBD each day it takes me 2.5 hours to travel out to the WSA site. But recently I was staying at my mother's place in Liverpool, and it took me more than 3.5 hours to get to work by public transit each day (almost 8 HOURS commute every single day of the week). For my colleagues who drive - just 25 minutes. But we shouldn't be encouraging cars especially when they are forecasting 10 million passengers a year!

Natural light or is there just not a roof on it yet lol? I joke, im sure it will be full of skylights like any airport.