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Train passengers will be able to travel for free on the rail network this Thursday and Friday.

Sydney’s fare-free train days just got longer, even on the expensive airport line

The free-fare period will even apply to stations at Sydney Airport, which would otherwise charge up to $17.92 on top of a train ticket for a one-way trip.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A construction worker walks in front of a tunnel boring machine at Parramatta.

After 17 months, Dorothy worms her way into giant hole for Parramatta metro station

The breakthrough completes a section of twin rail tunnels between Olympic Park and Parramatta which will eventually form Sydney’s largest metro rail line.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The Sydney Trains message.

E-bikes and e-scooters face Sydney train and metro ban

The news comes the same week as a portable charging pack caught fire mid-air on a Virgin airplane.

  • Anthony Segaert
About 950 jobs will be cut from Transport for NSW.

Another 950 jobs to be slashed from NSW Transport department

The latest job cuts were announced to staff in an internal memo by Transport for NSW’s secretary on Wednesday.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Pyrmont metro station.

Longest metro rail cavern disappears into distance beneath inner Sydney

A tight above-ground site in Pyrmont gives little indication of the scale of what is happening beneath one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A train carriage is removed from the tracks after derailing in Clifton Hill.

Major commuter train lines to resume but derailment cause still unknown

Mernda and Hurstbridge services will resume fully on Monday morning after more than 100,000 commuters were forced to resort to travel alternatives after a train derailed last Sunday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
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Bukurie Nazifovski and her family had to allow for an extra hour to make the game.

On the buses for footy fans; train tracks almost repaired

Footy fans braved not only a wet and chilly winter’s night on Saturday but also replacement buses, as works continue on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines after a train derailed.

  • Angus Delaney
Whitehorse Council is seeking $6.9 million more for the loss of Sinnott Street Reserve for a Suburban Rail Loop station in Burwood.

Suburban Rail Loop park takeover sparks $7m compo fight

The SRL project seized control of a park to build a station – now it’s locked in a multimillion-dollar dispute with an eastern suburbs council.

  • Patrick Hatch
A photo shows the bogie twisted out from underneath the carriage.  

Derailed train leaves 100m of damaged track as commuter chaos drags on

More than 100,000 commuters continue to face delayed and crowded journeys following a train derailment that has halted two of the city’s busiest lines for a week.

  • Patrick Hatch and Angus Delaney
Photos show the bogie twisted out from underneath the carriage.  

‘Something underneath failed badly’: Safety investigators to probe train derailment

Safety experts have pointed out the unusual damage to a Metro Train carriage that came off its track.

  • Patrick Hatch, Alexander Darling and Hannah Hammoud

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