First driverless metro train crosses Sydney Harbour underwater

A driverless metro train has travelled under Sydney Harbour for the first time in what has been described as a "significant moment" for the city. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3UXlmzm Engineers put the new track work to the test early on Friday morning in the first of many test runs for the line. The twin tunnels run under the water from Blues Point to Barangaroo, forming a part of the bigger Sydney Metro expansion. After riding the driverless train into the city from Chatswood, Sydney Metro project officer Hugh Lawson said "everything went very smoothly". "It is a really significant moment," he said. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia