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Workers in the new $11 billion metro rail line to Western Sydney Airport.

These Sydney metro rail extensions have been pushed out to the 2040s – if they go ahead

Those crying out for metro extensions in Sydney’s west face a long wait before construction starts - even if the government commits to them.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Michael McGowan

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Senior project manager Daniel Boylan on part of a 180-metre-long tunnel boring machine beneath Rosehill.

Sydney’s metro extension might not be open by Christmas

How long the final section’s open will be delayed hinges on testing of driverless metro trains over coming months.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Community assets manager Andrew Killingsworth deep inside St James station’s abandoned southern tunnels.

Sydney’s ghost tunnels are finally ready to reveal their secrets

The abandoned tunnels at St James station will be opened to daily ticketed tours – almost 100 years after they were completed.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Commuters wait in long lines for the B Line at Wynyard Station, yesterday afternoon.

‘All seven layers of Dante’s Inferno’: The northern beaches commuters dragged into bus hell

As the state government proposes more development around transport hubs, commuters have railed against their ‘abhorrent’ bus journeys.

  • Nick Newling
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Train dispute and chauffeur scandals: NSW Labor takes a hit

NSW Labor has scored its lowest primary vote since Gladys Berejiklian was premier.

  • Alexandra Smith
Cammeray mother Amanda Smythe has concerns about a lack of bus services for school kids including her daughter.

Forty-minute waits, 700-metre queues: Bus chaos causes long commutes in Sydney’s north

Schoolchildren and parents are among commuters feeling the pain at bus stops during morning peaks as bendy buses are out of action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Lucy Carroll
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The Fairlight ferry has suffered yet another steering failure.

Sydney ferry forced from service after 10th steering failure

The Fairlight and two other new ferries have had a chequered history since entering service on the Manly route in late 2021.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney’s rail network has been repeatedly disrupted by industrial action over the last few months.

Sydney rail commuters win relief in union battle

After months of frequent disruption to the rail network due to industrial action, the full bench of the Fair Work Commission has suspended industrial action until July.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Michael McGowan
Train delays index

For jaded rail commuters, this is a city circle of misery

Unlike other frontline workers in NSW, train drivers and guards are covered by the federal industrial relations system. That means we’re compelled to go through this disruption again in three years’ time.

  • Alexandra Smith
Commuters at Strathfield train station during industrial action.

‘They’re taking the proverbial’: How negotiations with the rail unions unravelled

On Wednesday, the NSW government will again bid to end the rail unions’ industrial action. If that doesn’t work, the premier has not ruled out asking the federal government to invoke its never-before used powers.

  • Michael McGowan

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/sydney-public-transport-62q