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The XPT trains have been running since the early 1980s.

They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs

People who rely on trains to travel long distances in NSW and interstate are paying the price for troubled fleet replacement projects.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A metro train runs through the new section of track between Campsie and Sydenham for the first time.

First metro train rolls along the final stage of Sydney’s $21.6b line

The first metro journey marks the start of more than 6500 hours of testing which will determine when the line opens to passengers next year. 

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Door flies open on a Sydney Metro train during peak hour on Wednesday.

Metro passengers left hanging on as door stays open on driverless train

The dramatic incident occurred on a packed city-bound train during peak hour on Wednesday morning.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The state government’s new long-distance trains are being built at a manufacturing plant in northern Spain.

Bungled NSW train project risks running later than worst-case scenario

The fleet of new Spanish-built passenger trains is already $826 million over budget and on track to be at least three years late entering service.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Emu in the Sky sculpture.

Taller than an A380, this mammoth sculpture will welcome you to Sydney’s new airport

The globe-like structure will tower 30 metres when it is finished, making it visible to passengers when the first flights start late next year.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney train commuters endured repeated disruptions over months from industrial action before Fair Work last month halted it until July 1.

Sydney spared return to train chaos after court throws out appeal

A union representing almost 1000 rail workers has been unsuccessful in its appeal to the Federal Court of a months-long suspension of industrial action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Tunnel breakthrough connects Sydney’s $7 billion harbour crossing to north

Excavation equipment has now churned through about a million tonnes of rock deep below the north shore, completing two-thirds of the entire project.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The Metro West rail project is due to be completed in 2032.

Cost of new metro lines blows out by more than half a billion dollars

The extra costs are aimed at reducing safety risks, the government says.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The delayed upgrade to the western part of Mona Vale Road has been given a boost by $250 million in federal funding.

Choke-point on key road to Sydney’s northern beaches finally set for fix

A delayed upgrade to the western end of the critical link has been boosted by $250 million in federal funding.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Industrial action by rail workers has crippled Sydney’s train network on multiple occasions since late last year.

‘Further apart than before’: Legal twist threatens truce in Sydney train dispute

The unions want an order suspending industrial action on Sydney’s rail network until July revoked, claiming that it is not helping to resolve the dispute.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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