and Wolli Creek, and make a number of stops along the route. These trains approach the City via the Airport. The route via-Sydenham and the express tracks between Wolli Creek and Revesby are only used by a limited number of peak-hour services as well as NSW Trains services to Goulburn, Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne. In the November 2017 timetable, in addition to peak-hour trains from Macarthur via Sydenham utilising the express tracks between Wolli Creek and Revesby, most Macarthur via Airport services throughout the day now operate via the express tracks, resulting in the full separation of Macarthur express trains from Revesby all-stations trains which continue to use the local tracks. This has resulted in the removal of express trains for Padstow and Riverwood as the express tracks are unable to serve those stations where there are no platforms. Clearway 5: North West The North West Clearway provides an independent corridor for the North Shore & Western Line and Northern Line to improve reliability and capacity. Trains from the west start from the Richmond, Penrith or Epping branches, meet up at Strathfield and travel through the city to Chatswood. Here trains used to split, either continuing up the North Shore Line to Berowra, or via the Chatswood to Epping Line to Hornsby, prior to its conversion to Sydney Metro Northwest in 2018. Projects Many infrastructure upgrades needed to be completed in order to implement the Clearways plan. These projects included upgrading stations, adding extra tracks, stabling facilities, or upgrading junctions. The projects were: [{ "type": "ExternalData", "service": "page", "title": "Sydney suburban passenger rail network (2009-15).map" }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "page", "title": "Rail Clearways program.map" }] Non-clearways projects Other projects of the era which were not part of the Rail Clearways programme: Epping to Chatswood railway line – opened February 2009 Southern Sydney Freight Line by the Australian Rail Track Corporation – gives freight services their own dedicated line through southern Sydney – opened January 2013 South West Rail Link – includes an additional platform at Glenfield and a flyover at Glenfield North Junction – opened February 2015 Northern Sydney Freight Corridor – a series of projects to increase capacity for freight services – completed June 2016 Resignalling: Sefton – completed January 2006 Oatley – Cronulla – completed April 2010 North Sydney – St Leonards Cancelled projects included: Redfern to Chatswood line – announced in 2005, cancelled in 2008 CBD