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Contractors work on the new airport metro line.

Late opening for $11 billion metro line to Sydney’s new international airport

The delayed opening of the 23-kilometre metro line means the first passengers to touch down at the new airport will be denied the chance to catch a train.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A Suburban Rail Lop construction site in Clayton.

Minister releases $2.2b for Suburban Rail Loop but flags ‘hurdles’ for more cash

After months of wrangling over the project’s merits, the federal government has released money it pledged to the state government ahead of the last election.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Rachel Eddie
Premier Jacinta Allan is locked in a standoff with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over funding for the Suburban Rail Loop.

Allan won’t back down on SRL. She should re-read her old speeches

The prime minister is in no hurry to drop billions on the Suburban Rail Loop, an undertaking so gargantuan that most of us will be dead before it’s completed.

  • Chip Le Grand
Platform screen doors are installed on platforms at stations along the converted section of the Bankstown line.

First driverless train set to run along final stage of Sydney’s metro line

Before testing can start, parts of the existing metro line will be shut earlier on at least six nights this month.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Premier Jacinta Allan.

Federal MPs furious over Allan’s Suburban Rail Loop ‘blackmail’

A tense stand-off over project funding has prompted Victorian federal MPs to demand Jacinta Allan cease holding out for extra rail loop money.

  • Paul Sakkal
Thousands of train services were cancelled or delayed over two days last month due to industrial action.

Rail union threatens go-slow unless Sydney commuters refunded for meltdown

The opposition has accused the union of “taking the public for a ride” by threatening a go-slow.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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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
Premier Jacinta Allan is under pressure to accept federal funding for the airport rail link.

Extra $2b in federal funds on table to revive airport link amid horror poll

The collapse of public support for the Victorian government is reshaping state and federal politics before this year’s federal election.

  • Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal
The Australind service to Bunbury will get more trains.

Regional transport fares to be halved, Australind line to get more trains under Labor promise

The election promise would cost the state $13 million in foregone revenue across the forward estimates. 

  • Hamish Hastie

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