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A city-bound peak hour service on the M1 metro line between Crows Nest and the CBD on Monday morning.

Revealed: Sydney’s busiest metro stations during the morning rush

New data shows commuter numbers have swelled beyond prediction on the busiest section of the M1 line.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A worker walks through one of the twin tunnels under Rosehill Racecourse near Parramatta.

Cost blowout risk hangs over Sydney’s largest metro rail project

The Metro West rail line between the CBD and Parramatta is due to be completed by 2032, which is two years later than previous forecasts.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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
Gill Gannon and Bea Tomlin, who help co-ordinate the Keep Champion Road Open group.

Council staff refuse to sign secrecy deals over hated level-crossing plan

The council will now only communicate with the Level Crossing Removal Project in writing.

  • Sophie Aubrey
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
An artist’s impression of a new bridge over the Maribyrnong River, to be built as part of the Melbourne Airport Rail project.

Airport rail back on track after $2 billion federal lifeline

The prime minister has pledged funding to the project as Labor looks to sandbag its heartland in Melbourne’s west ahead of the federal election.

  • Kieran Rooney, Rachel Eddie and Chip Le Grand
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Victoria on Wednesday.

Albanese’s cash splash for roads, airport rail as Victorians turn sour on Labor

The prime minister will on Wednesday announce fresh funding for Melbourne’s airport rail link and a suburban road blitz.

  • Paul Sakkal
Premier Jacinta Allan

Rail loop cash grants came with catch: don’t criticise the government

Local charities, schools and sporting clubs that won grants had to sign agreements barring them from disparaging the Suburban Rail Loop or doing anything to damage the Victorian government’s name.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Gill Gannon and Bea Tomlin, who help coordinate the Keep Champion Road Open group.

Locals hate this level crossing removal plan. Now even Labor MPs are attacking it

Residents say the plan would split their inner-west community in two. Now, pressure is growing after local federal and state MPs spoke out.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Victorians will be able to pay for public transport using their bank cards and smartphones from 2026.

Victorians will finally be able to tap onto trains with smartphones, credit cards from next year

More than 20,000 new myki readers will be installed at Victorian train stations in a staggered rollout of a new public transport payment system.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Adam Carey

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