It's finally oppened - the rail link between Epping and Chatswood stations, with a stop at Macquarie university, and for a period of time it's free. I no longer have to give visitors long convoluted instructions ending with "just get a taxi".

I must say I'm impressed with the construction, particularly the Macquarie station. It quite happily stacks up against stations I've seen in Japan and Europe. The trains are modern and comfortable e and it's easy to fire up the laptop and get a paragraph or slide done before you hit your exit.

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