<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government has made a $1 billion commitment to reserve land for a future rail line that could one day link </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Western Sydney Airport"><span>Western Sydney Airport</span></a><span> with growing regions of south-west Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The future rail link would go between Leppington and Macarthur, and Bradfield, the Prime Minister announced this morning at a summit at Warwick Farm in Sydney's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We don't want residents of Sydney's south-west to have to rely on buses to get to the airport," Albanese said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/leonardo-dicaprio-slams-albanese-government-for-backing-mine-expansion/f33aac72-af98-4ce4-8073-daf014e58b85"><strong><span>War of words erupts between megastar and $16b Aussie miner</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want them to have fast, frequent rail access, and our investment today will help deliver that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Business advocates in western Sydney have endorsed the plan, but warn that seeing a fully developed rail line would eventually require much more investment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's great the starter's gun is now fired in support of South West Sydney rail infrastructure</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/pm-makes-1-billion-investment-for-southwest-sydney-rail-corridor/19750e7e-447c-466c-921c-d8df88c8a36d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Along with the enormous growth in the North West, South West Sydney is a region whose population will soar to 1 million people within 15 years," Business Western Sydney Executive Director David Borger said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/energy-bill-price-hikes-state-by-state-breakdown-explained/d5a3073f-126a-4f4e-80d5-dd92ede526df"><strong><span>Households in this state will be slugged with the biggest power bill price hikes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2023/01/30/11/58/scariest-airports-in-the-world-in-pictures"><img alt="Tenzing-Hillary Airport" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/fA2eUmcyJfQOsbIjznSNu6zYmvU=/0x131:1253x836/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F280bda73-0895-4cfa-9ff3-e9af4ed2ea7f" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/fA2eUmcyJfQOsbIjznSNu6zYmvU=/0x131:1253x836/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F280bda73-0895-4cfa-9ff3-e9af4ed2ea7f 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/PT_pTNRJUfvXF-NCiBLt_Yw6ds0=/0x131:1253x836/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F280bda73-0895-4cfa-9ff3-e9af4ed2ea7f 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">The most nerve-jangling airports for pilots in the world</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2023/01/30/11/58/scariest-airports-in-the-world-in-pictures">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Connections to the new airport and jobs centre at Bradfield are desperately needed."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A billion dollars is not enough, but it's a start."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The timeline for the new rail-corridor project will have to be worked out with the NSW state government.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new rail ink could either be a metro or Sydney trains expansion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Construction on the proposed extensions would be years away, the state government is currently under pressure to deliver three new metro projects.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Sydenham to Bankstown extension is already delayed, and there's a real very chance that the Western Sydney airport line will be too.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've got a massive job ahead of us delivering what we've promised and that's got to be our focus," Minns said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather 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