NSW Transport Minister John Graham has signalled that extensions to rail lines near Sydney’s new international airport will be a priority for the state government if the business cases for them stack up.

Leaked plans show the transport bureaucracy’s preference for extending the heavy rail line used by double-deck trains from Leppington to just south of the new city of Bradfield near Western Sydney Airport , while expanding the under-construction metro line north to Tallawong, and south to Campbelltown.

Graham said the government was in the midst of the “peak of the build” for three metro rail lines in Sydney, but stressed the importance of ensuring work around the new airport “isn’t a stranded asset”.

Construction is under way on a 24km metro rail line that will connect the new Wes

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