Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Sydney Trains will cut about 94 services a week from Monday as part of what it describes as a tweak to the rail timetable after the network suffered a major meltdown two months ago.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
SYDNEY Trains has cancelled a number of T1 Western Line services for the evening of Monday, March 5, and warned commuters not to congest busy city stations.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Sydney train commuters are being warned to expect delays during the evening peak and have been asked to consider deferring their travel due to "unexpected cancellations" across the network.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Sydney Trains passengers are bracing for fresh disruption with a major operations centre on the cusp of being decommissioned.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
At least two trains have hit buffer stops since a serious incident at Richmond station last month.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
FED up Hawkesbury commuters gathered at Richmond Oval on Sunday for a protest about the state of Sydney Trains, demanding better services from the state government.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Commuters are furious as they were forced to swelter on overcrowded trains with no air conditioning for their ride home.
Posted 7 months ago by VicRailNews
A staff shortage is being partly to blamed for chaotic scenes on the Sydney Trains network.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
Sydney Trains boss Howard Collins says he cannot rule out future peak-hour delays and disruptions, as a major incident review on last month's system meltdown points the finger at a "tangled network".
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
A reduction in train changing times for drivers from 10 minutes to “5 to 7 minutes” caused by the new timetable introduced on the Sydney train network last year led to the events of January 8 and 9 when thousands of passengers were stranded on platforms for hours, a report on the delays says.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Since the new timetable, the Central Coast and Newcastle Line no longer has V-Set services on the weekends.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Sydney Trains will accelerate the hiring of more drivers and cut some services late at night after crew resourcing was found to be a major contributor to two days of rail chaos last month but has stopped short of a major overhaul of the new rail timetable.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Passengers on Sydney's trains are breathing in more than double the normal levels of carbon dioxide found indoors, a report from an environmental monitoring group has found.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
A 10-storey building near Circular Quay in Sydney's CBD caught on fire after a sheet of scaffolding caught alight and collapsed
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
The first Sydney Metro train is undergoing testing on the tracks ahead of services starting in 2019.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
As the deadlock over pay and conditions continues, NSW and Sydney Trains workers will consider a new pay package offer which includes an annual pay rise for workers of 3 per cent.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
According to Barry McDonald it will be some time before he catches a train out of Goulburn following a “horror” trip to Sydney last month.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Perth-based Critical Room Solutions and surveillance camera company Envirocam have both won deals to help Sydney Trains monitor and respond to incidents, including vandalism and graffiti.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
ONE minute these two blokes are full-on bashing each other with grappling moves Conor McGregor would be proud of, the next minute it looks like they’re best mates.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
NSW and Sydney Trains workers' union delegates reject the latest pay and conditions offer, telling rail bosses to "go away and come back with a better one".
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
A new pay and conditions offer for Sydney Trains workers will be on the table on Thursday and is likely to be accepted, the Rail Tram and Bus Union's NSW secretary says.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
The suspension of the Sydney Trains strike has sparked debate over workers’ rights in Australia.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
THE NSW Transport Minister has said he is “fairly confident” Sydney commuters will get to and from work without a hitch on Monday following the enforced suspension of today’s planned strike.
Posted 7 months ago by VicRailNews
Australia’s workplace relations system is broken — it is not optimally serving the interests of employees, employers, the public or our national economy.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
Monday's planned train strike in Sydney cannot go ahead, as ruled by the Fair Work Commission, but the peak union body says this just demonstrates the right to strike in Australia is "nearly dead".
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