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Laing O’Rourke is using digital modelling to figure out how it can improve facilities at railway stations.

Ditch the phone: Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport

Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.

  • Cindy Yin

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Paddys Market’s light rail stop.

The part of Sydney’s transport network with surprise weekend demand

The NSW government has announced it is increasing services on this public transport link due to increased patronage.

  • Frances Howe
The first stage of Parramatta’s light rail line opened just before Christmas.

Parramatta light rail struggles to entice commuters in months after opening

Weak patronage figures come as the Minns government seeks help from Canberra to close a funding shortfall for the line’s extension.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The comp;lex and costly upgrade of the Opal ticketing system is already running a year late.

The high stakes in costly and complex upgrade of Opal ticketing system

Internal documents reveal the risks the state’s transport agency faces in the shift from old technology to a next-generation system.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Opal network.

The secret warnings of Sydney commuters being forced back onto Opal cards

A highly confidential business case reveals why a complex and costly upgrade of the ticketing system for public transport is urgently needed.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Parramatta light rail GIF

After years of construction and testing, Parramatta gets its light rail

The service was behind scheduled and hit by major cost-blowouts, but that didn’t matter to the city’s first commuters on Friday morning.

  • Anthony Segaert
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The Parramatta light rail was due to open in the middle of this year after being delayed from 2023.

Parramatta’s long-delayed light-rail line cleared for opening

After repeated delays, trams are finally set to start carrying passengers along the 12-kilometre line through the heart of Sydney’s second CBD.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Light rail services will be free for four days from Monday.

Free fares on Sydney’s light rail network in bid to end industrial standoff

The government has intervened after tram drivers threatened a disruptive go-slow if fares were not cut to 50¢ a trip.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A truck and a light rail tram were involved in a collision in the Sydney CBD.

Light rail disrupted after truck crash, chaos on M4

The city’s light rail services have been disrupted following a truck crash while traffic came to a standstill on one of Sydney’s busiest motorways, causing chaos for the Friday morning commute.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Branches on the tram’s power lines near the Sydney Fish Market on Saturday.

Sydney light rail line knocked out by fallen tree

The light rail line between Dulwich Hill and Central remains blocked at Pyrmont.

  • Ben Cubby

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