Sydney Metro smell: Commuters speak out about overwhelming stench
Commuters at one of Sydneys new Metro stations have spoken out about an overwhelming stench, describing the foul odour as a mix of sewage and vegetablesA commuter noticed an offensive stench at Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney on Thursday and asked Sydney-siders on a Facebook post: Why does Victoria Cross Station smell like cabbage?Many Sydney commuters quickly agreed with the woman, writing they had also noticed the questionable smell at the new station.
Commuters at one of Sydneys new Metro stations have spoken out about an overwhelming stench, describing the foul odour as a mix of sewage and vegetables
A commuter noticed an offensive stench at Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney on Thursday and asked Sydney-siders on a Facebook post: Why does Victoria Cross Station smell like cabbage?
Many Sydney commuters quickly agreed with the woman, writing they had also noticed the questionable smell at the new station.
I walked through this afternoon and noticed the same thing, one wrote.
So glad I saw this - I was there an hour ago and started to get very concerned it was me, a second added.
I thought someone was cooking broccoli, a third declared.
A commuter asked passengers on social media why the new, aesthetically pleasing Victoria Cross station (pictured) on Sydneys Metro line smelled like cabbage
The new station has had restaurants spring up around it and is part of the new driverless network (pictured)
Smells like sushi, another claimed.
It was stinky today. I thought it was a sewage smell, a fifth added.
Another shared a simple theory about the source of the awful smell.
This is wet concrete. Smell of a newly built underground.
A seconded added: It’s like 30m underground and there are toilets down there - so I would guess that’s the issue.
Sydneys new driverless Metro System that runs under the city and cost a whopping $21 billion, took seven years to build.
Stage two of the train network between Chatswood and Sydenham includes four new Metro stations, including Victoria Cross - and had its opening delayed by two weeks to August 19.
Multiple factors had contributed to the delayed opening of the new line, including industrial action and problems on the existing north-west section of the line which left passengers stuck for hours.
Commuters were torn as to what the smell could have been, with one suggesting Carnis living in there (pictured the new Victoria Cross Station)
The station (pictured) opened on August 19 and is part of the nations biggest public transport project
It forms part of a wider rollout of metro services across the city that combine to constitute the nations biggest public transport project.
The final bill for the Sydney Metro City and Southwest line is expected to cost about $9 billion more on its initial price tag.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sydney Metro at Transport NSW for comment.
