It's been a long, long wait but the new Epping-Chatswood rail link is finally up and running. It's the first day and I was very impressed. New trains similar in style to the millennium trains. And no noise! Currently a quarterly hour shuttle service is is scheduled to be intergrated with the existing city-rail system by the end of the year. Cheers!

http://www.smh.com.au/national/epping-to-chatswood-rail-link-opens-20090223-8fg5.html