Rail transport

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Sydney trains to run on New Year’s Eve as unions and Minns government reach last-minute deal
Government and unions still in deadlock over pay as NSW opposition warns of ‘chaos kicked down the road’

Elias Visontay and Australian Associated Press

24, Dec, 2024 @1:53 AM

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Minns government rejects union peace offer as trains standoff threatens Sydney’s New Year’s Eve
NSW premier insists he is ‘not trying to be bloody minded’ as government holds out against pay rise demand

Elias Visontay and Australian Associated Press

23, Dec, 2024 @9:44 AM

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Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks could be cancelled due to train strike, police commissioner says
Karen Webb warns that NSW force can’t risk 250,000 people being ‘trapped in the city’ with no way home

Elias Visontay and Emily Wind

20, Dec, 2024 @12:14 AM

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Thousands in UK without power and train services disrupted after Storm Darragh
As many as 66,000 people still without electricity after gusts up to 90mph brought down power lines

Josh Halliday and Rachel Obordo

09, Dec, 2024 @4:34 PM

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Australia’s high-speed rail dream is doomed if stations are built in wrong place, ex-MP says
Exclusive: John Alexander pleads with the rail authority to maximise future land value capture by placing Sydney and Gosford stops outside CBDs

Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

13, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM

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‘Like a Taylor Swift concert’: sleepless trainspotters spend six hours enjoying Sydney metro on busy opening day
Nearly 1,000 train fans were at Sydenham station before 5am to ride the first service on the new city section

Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

19, Aug, 2024 @7:56 AM

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More glass barriers being considered after father and baby die when pram falls off Sydney train platform
Overground station platforms don’t have barriers like newer metro lines where glass doors ‘keep people and objects away from the edge’

Tamsin Rose

22, Jul, 2024 @3:05 AM

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Freight operators will buy new diesel trains if governments don’t back green alternatives, industry says
Exclusive: Report says Australian sector risks losing further ground to trucking, putting it at odds with nation’s emissions targets

Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

14, Jul, 2024 @3:00 PM

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Jacinta Allan’s message is clear: Melbourne airport has missed its chance to fast-track rail link
The Victorian government is now full throttle into the Suburban Rail Loop, the premier says

Benita Kolovos

08, Jul, 2024 @3:00 PM

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Are Australia’s public transport discounts for seniors too generous? Are they fair?
School and tertiary students receive concessions, but their fares are still more than three times those offered to seniors in some states

Jonathan Barrett, Elias Visontay and Tamsin Rose

29, Jun, 2024 @8:00 PM

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Australia’s first high-speed rail link could ease house prices and widen the dating pool, UK expert says
Prof Andrew McNaughton also warns plan to build Sydney-Newcastle route is ‘doomed’ to fail unless a shorter stretch to Gosford comes first

Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

26, Jun, 2024 @3:07 AM

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‘We were flying’: Sydney metro line under harbour due to open in August with speeds of 100km/h
Driverless trains will be ‘very, very quick’ and carry up to 40,000 commuters an hour. Trips from North Sydney to the CBD will take just three minutes, premier says

Elias Visontay and Mostafa Rachwani

24, Jun, 2024 @1:24 AM

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