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Western Harbour Tunnel.

Beneath Sydney, a mini-city is being dug for machines bigger than an aircraft fuselage

Giant caverns – each large enough to house the body of an A380 – will house the boring machines that will carve the road tunnel between Waverton and Birchgrove.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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An artist impression reveals what the future of Queen Street in St Marys will look like.

How an ageing suburb plans to become Sydney’s next destination

This suburban town centre has remained largely untouched by development. In 20 years, it will become Sydney’s next “thriving” destination.

  • Ellie Busby
All six of Sydney’s major suburban train lines have failed to meet punctuality targets set by Transport for NSW, with one in five peak hour services running late in some of the worst affected lines.

The least punctual train lines in Sydney revealed

None of Sydney’s train lines meet their punctuality targets. But two are worse than the rest.

  • Cindy Yin
Western Sydney divided.

The maps that reveal how western Sydney is being split in two

There’s a growing divide between Sydney’s north-west and south-west – but things are about to change.

  • Anthony Segaert
The multibillion-dollar project involves upgrades to rail infrastructure on lines such as the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra.

Why Sydney’s suburban trains have become so unreliable

Up to 20 per cent of suburban passenger trains have been running late during peak periods – and the cost of fixing the problems has blown out.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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The small but experimental granny flat that provides a perfect escape

Young architects Second Edition have created a new addition to a Bondi home using “found” everything, even leftover concrete pours from other sites.

  • Julie Power
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Giant boring machines have been used to excavate twin tunnels for the metro rail line to Western Sydney Airport.

Dispute threatens $2.2 billion cost blowout, major delay to Sydney’s new metro line

Passengers hoping to take the train to the new airport may have to wait an extra year – even if the dispute is resolved on contractors’ terms.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
An artist’s impression of Stage 2 of the Rouse Hill Town Centre.

This suburb is booming, and there’s more development on the way. What comes next?

For years, Sydney’s north-west corridor has been the centre of urban growth – and in a familiar story, infrastructure hasn’t kept up. But there’s a plan for change.

  • Anthony Segaert
John Graham.

Big enough for 30,000 elephants, major Sydney metro station reaches milestone

Australia’s largest underground rail cavern has been scraped from tonnes of sandstone beneath Sydney’s city centre.

  • Megan Gorrey
Central Station.

Critical rezoning plans for Sydney’s Central Station on chopping block

The major changes to rezoning plans will be a setback to future development of one of the central city’s most significant sites, critics argue.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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