Trains
The surprising stories and secrets of Sydney’s City Circle line
Hopping on and off trains, Marc Cote tells a fascinating two-and-a-half hours of subterranean stories.
- Garry Maddox
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- Suburban Rail Loop
As the Suburban Rail Loop drives up rents, this affordable health clinic could become homeless
Policies aimed at better public transport and more housing in Box Hill could have the perverse effect of forcing out a not-for-profit clinic that provides health services to the same, fast-growing population.
- Chip Le Grand
Critical rezoning plans for Sydney’s Central Station on chopping block
The major changes to rezoning plans will be a setback to future development of one of the central city’s most significant sites, critics argue.
- Matt O'Sullivan
‘Disappointing’: VicTrack takes over station beautification program
Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria ran the Stationeers volunteers for 30 years – until a government agency quietly took over a few weeks ago.
- Hannah Kennelly
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- Suburban Rail Loop
Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions
Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.
- Kieran Rooney
- Opinion
- Public transport
Memo to Transport: It’s not compulsory to ruin every beautiful thing
We just spent $1.3 billion making Central Station beautiful. But now, out of apparent safety concerns, we appear intent on ruining it.
- Anthony Segaert
Ditch the phone: Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport
Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.
- Cindy Yin
Trains are packed on these Sydney metro stops in the morning peak
An extra 14 trains would need to be ordered by the government to increase frequency to one every three minutes and ease crowding.
- Matt O'Sullivan
They came to Australia two years ago – now, they’re constantly traversing it by train
Filipino brothers Charles and Carl Ong Sio came to Australia in late 2022. They work together as hospitality attendants on Australia’s cross-country trains.
- Joanne Karcz
Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west
New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east, or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.
- Lachlan Abbott
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