https://www.railpage.com.au/news/s/the-1-billion-plan-to-increase-sydney-s-peakhour-train-capacity

Budget announcement and some detail about the plans that will happen once the metro conversion of  ...

[quote=bingley hall][quote]Any reason for this Bing?[/quote]

Yes the huge grain harvest - trains running everywhere, when last year there were none (or a lot less anyway).

East West is also suppos ...

[quote=Jack Le Lievre][quote]So they're paying them to not make aluminum now because the fragile green-energy ruined grid can't handle it... hilarious. Alcoa will be laughing all the way to the bank.

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Will they still be extending the SWRL?

Fed Gov matches state government dollars. Project to start later this year, but no word on when actual digging starts

With the current slow down in usage due to everyone working from home, they could pull the whole lot right now and get it over with.

[color=#000000][size=2][font=Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", Segoe, "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]There's been a derailment at Campbelltown, resulting in delays. Platform 3 has a K se ...

Looks like things need to speed up.

[url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cracks-in-critical-part-of-trains-forces-operator-to-cancel-services-20190905-p52o6i.html]https://www.smh.com.au/nation ...

It's pretty obvious why they've done it: Extend from St Mary's up to Schofields and then join the end of the NWRL. Likely you'll see the other end branch and head towards the Liverpool end of the metr ...

Are you thinking about the 48's with the scrubbers on the exhausts?

[url=https://www.railpage.com.au/f-p337294.htm]https://www.railpage.com.au/f-p337294.htm

Doesn't help that there's been a renovation at the station that is now into the 3rd year of work!

That said, it's been very obvious the amount of increasing patronage on the trains in the last few  ...

All messed up right now around the city circle. Trains sitting for 10min plus at each station.

Interesting that is the priority initiatives, they're talking about an SSFL upgrade already to service Moorebank. From general observation it doesn't seem to be particularly heavily loaded right now.  ...

Extending the B-set order with another 17 units. This is to extend the fleet rather than replace K/C-sets.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-s-stretched-rail-network-in-store-for-900m-in-n ...

Got my first B set peak-hour service out of Campbelltown this morning. B2 came through about 7:20-ish. Not sure if it was intentional to be on a peak service, or due to the crapfest of what happened t ...

Yes, seems like 8606 didn't take well to feeling a few volts. Hope it didn't do too much damage.

No signs of them yet out here in the southwest. Haven't seen them in the yards or on any service runs in the early morning. There's supposed too be a couple of sets already in service as of 2 weeks ag ...

Looks like the first few arrive within 2 weeks.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/all-aboard-first-new-passenger-trains-set-to-enter-service-in-sydney-20180712-p4zr3x.html

More details and photos of the mockup

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/secret-prototype-reveals-what-s-in-store-for-intercity-rail-passengers-20180627-p4zo1m.html

A decent heavy fall will have Wolli creek up and over the tracks around Bardwell Park and Turella for an hour or two as well. Didn't see anything like that today.

More details on the route reservations for both trains and roads in western Sydney.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/homeowners-find-properties-in-path-of-future-rail-road-projects-20180326-p4z6 ...

Tangara-style fixed seats for the new trains.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/cost-safety-trumps-passengers-desire-for-flip-seats-on-new-trains-20180302-p4z2ib.html

Interesting followup:  Summary, nothing easily spottable as wrong - no speeding, everyone fit & healthy, no malfunctions

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-08/sydney-train-crash-at-richmond-station ...

Followup article with the official announcement.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/turnbull-announces-aerotropolis-at-badgerys-creek-in-western-sydney-20180304-p4z2s5.html

More pre-announcements of the extensions.  Looks like the general guesses of everyone were pretty spot on.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/new-rail-links-to-badgerys-creek-airport-to-be-signature-project ...