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The train had just left Fortitude Valley Station when it ran a red light.

Brisbane train driver ran red light during sneezing fit

The driver, who had COVID at the time of the inner-city incident, had to apply emergency brakes to avoid another train, a new report has found.

  • Cameron Atfield

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The team behind Metronet’s Morley-Ellenbrook line collected a bunch of accolades at the recent state architecture awards.

On track: The train line winning prizes and transforming Perth

The Morley-Ellenbrook line’s domination of this year’s WA Architecture Awards acknowledges how rail is reshaping our city.

  • Mark Naglazas
Each station has its own look while continuing a common geometric “narrative”.

Morley-Ellenbrook Metronet stations sweep WA’s top architecture awards

A long awaited public project setting “an impressive new sustainability benchmark” while also prioritising “user experience” took out the most prestigious prize.

  • Emma Young
Disrepair at stations on Sydney’s city metro line.

How are Sydney’s ‘brand-new, shiny’ metro stations holding up? Not so well

From out-of-order bathrooms to faulty barriers, the sheen has come off Sydney’s metro stations just a year after the city extension opened to rave reviews.

  • Penry Buckley
The Labor leaders disembark a Metronet train on the new line.

‘Over budget’ Thornlie-Cockburn link opens, free travel for Armadale line continues

Labor also reiterated its plan to expand Metronet with more Swan River ferry stops.

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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Trains operating between Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham through the Metro Tunnel will take passengers for the first time - but not through the tunnel itself.

Busy train lines closing for works as Metro Tunnel trial looms

Passengers will board trains bound for the Metro Tunnel and its five new stations for the first time, but will need to wait to travel through the tunnel itself.

  • Patrick Hatch
Blue Mountains resident John Cenzato says locals are less concerned with new trains than with services running on time.

Passengers on this train line were hammered by delays. Now there’s more bad news

Amid this week’s rail delays, the rollout of new intercity trains to two regional commuter lines has been pushed back until at least the end of this year.

  • Penry Buckley
The Treasurer Jaclyn Symes delivers her budget speech in parliament, with Premier Jacinta Allan next to her.

Symes’ budget baby steps no match for her fast spending

Jaclyn Symes was gifted an unexpected $3.7 billion GST windfall, but the money barely lasted two months in the new treasurer’s hands.

  • Chip Le Grand
A trial using smartphones and credit cards was first held on Wangaratta buses.

Long-awaited myki upgrade delayed by another 18 months

Transport users won’t be able to use bank cards or phones to tap statewide until the end of 2028.

  • Patrick Hatch

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