Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Sydney's train system has been called many things in the past week — a debacle, chaotic, third world. Experts say one of the more innovative solutions would begin off the rails completely.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Officials from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) and Unions NSW have been engaged in backroom talks with the state Liberal-National Coalition government and train authorities over the past few days, in a desperate bid to block the scheduled January 29 strike of 9,000 Sydney and New South Wales rail workers.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
THE train drivers’ union and transport bosses will come face-to-face again on Monday but there are fears that even if next week’s Sydney train strike is averted, rail chaos could still ensue.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The working year has not got off to a good start for Sydney trains and the New South Wales government.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
As many as 13 people have been injured after a train hit a buffer stop at the end of the rail line at Richmond in Sydney's outer west.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
New South Wales Transport Minister Andrew Constance issues a please explain to Sydney Trains after yesterday's network meltdown, admitting the past 48 hours have been "disappointing".
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
On her first day back in the office, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian describes the Harbour City's train network as "a work in progress" after last week's meltdown.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Sydneysiders could be forgiven for asking why they don't have a subway like Paris or London, but that's not the answer. Sydney's transport problems are more complicated than that.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
If you thought the train delays in Sydney were long, check out the list of reasons politicians and bureaucrats have given for the chaos, with everything from the weather to sick drivers and too many passengers blamed.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Tuesday, December 19. Get set for another mostly sunny day. Temperatures are expected to hit 31 in the city and up to 43 in the west. Enjoy your day!
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
A SACKED Sydney Trains worker has had his unfair dismissal case thrown out after the Fair Work Commission was sent a “totally irrelevant” document in an unreadable font.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
THEY’RE the new train timetables lauded as the biggest change to Sydney Transport’s network in history.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Sydney Trains has apologised to commuters for major delays across the network at peak hour last night but insist a new timetable introduced late last month is not to blame.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Commuters are currently stranded at various train stations across the T1 Northern & Western line as a person has been killed by a train.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Transport Minister Andrew Constance has fired back at Sydney University for insisting that a shake up of the rail timetable will seriously impact thousands of students and staff, saying they will in fact benefit from a boost to "turn-up-and-go" train services.
Posted 4 months ago by newsbot
A week after one of the biggest public transport timetable overhaul, rail passengers are taking more journeys than they would like on older "S-set" trains without air conditioning.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
A Sydney Trains employee has been charged after he allegedly flashed a female passenger while in uniform in the city's west.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Two people were charged and 55 infringement notices issued during a police crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour across the Illawarra’s public transport network last week.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
OBSERVERS have been dispatched to the Macarthur train line to see first-hand the effects of the new public transport timetable following a week of complaints on social media about packed carriages and station overcrowding, particularly at Glenfield.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Delays to Sydney's trains are likely to be "cumulative and irrecoverable" during peak hours following incidents, as the biggest overhaul of the rail timetable in years places greater strain on Sydney's rail network, an internal document reveals.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Sydney University has warned of the "serious impact" on thousands of students, staff and other commuters of a decision for trains on the Blue Mountains line to no longer stop at Redfern station, making their trips "lengthier and more challenging".
Posted 4 months ago by VicRailNews
The biggest overhaul of Sydney’s rail timetable in four years has resulted in more frequent trains for Parramatta commuters but for many others in western Sydney it means longer trips.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has copped the full brunt of an elderly Central Coast commuter’s fury over train timetable changes.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
TRANSPORT bosses say passengers are “delighted” with their new timetable. That doesn’t seem to be how commuters are seeing it as Sydney’s “rail fail” enters its second day.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
You better check your timetable before leaving the house this week as more than 9,000 new weekly train, bus and ferry services launch for the Greater Sydney network.
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