'We were going to die here': human cost of Sydney's new metro line

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The forced acquisition of homes and businesses for Sydney's $20 billion-plus rail line is devastating for those affected | Mattonews nickbonyhady

Souad and Gebran Kassis had hoped to spend the rest of their years at the Westmead house they have called home for the past 47 years.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the locations of seven new train stations for the metro line on Monday.The officials who broke the news to the couple an hour before Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the precise locations for seven stations along the line did not give a clear timeframe for when their home will be acquired and bulldozed for the new station.

"You have to work so hard to survive on Parramatta Road," she said. "To have people know us and trust us on Parramatta Road ... it takes a lot of time."

 

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Mattonews nickbonyhady Westmead, parramatta, Olympic park, nth strafield, Burwood already have a train station. Why is this needed? Try nth of the harbour!

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