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Laing O’Rourke is using digital modelling to figure out how it can improve facilities at railway stations.

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

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Commuters pack a city-bound metro train during the morning peak.

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
Charles (left) and Carl Ong Sio.

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
Pratima Karki can be left stranded for more than 30 minutes at Craigieburn station because of its infrequent off-peak services.

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
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
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
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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
Commuters will be forced to catch replacement buses between Bankstown station and Lidcombe.

Second passenger train line faces two-month closure

Commuters also face disruptions from full or partial closures of the busy M1 metro line over several weekends, as well as services stopping earlier some nights.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The 3801 from A Steam Train Passes

The classic Australian railway film that took its cameraman to a Hollywood career

Made in 1974, A Steam Train Passes celebrates a bygone era. Now it has been remastered in high-definition 4K.

  • Garry Maddox

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