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Crowds pack into trains at Chatswood on Wednesday.

Rail unions say they will put counteroffer to stave off Sydney train chaos, but there’s a catch

Train services across the rail network recovered significantly on Friday, a day after the workplace umpire ordered unions to halt industrial action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan, Jessica McSweeney and Nicholas Osiowy

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Premier Chris Minns is seeking the intervention of the federal workplace umpire to halt industrial chaos on Sydney’s rail network

The $167 billion debt that shows why rail workers should make a deal

The state’s budget problems are a big factor in the rail dispute – the Minns government can’t afford to splash the cash.

  • Matt Wade
Train delays

Crippling delays, cancellations set to worsen across Sydney’s train network

Delays reached almost five hours on the Eastern Suburbs line on Wednesday, and commuters have been told to brace for worse in the afternoon and on Thursday.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Jessica McSweeney
Sydenham Station

The number of Sydney commuters shunning buses during metro refit revealed

There has been extra road congestion during the Bankstown line closure, but key data from the area is not being published on the traffic volume database.

  • Nicholas Osiowy
Property development group Goldmate had about half its land in Luddenham near Badgerys Creek compulsorily acquired by Transport for NSW.

The $33m Sydney block and the supersized price tag

A prime parcel of land near Sydney’s planned second airport is at the centre of a landmark court fight.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The new light rail vehicles have been testing the route for almost a year.

Slower than the Notre-Dame rebuild: When will Parramatta’s light rail open?

Parramatta’s mayor says he’s been stonewalled by the government when trying to get information about the project’s completion.

  • Anthony Segaert
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Road-headers have carved a tunnel overlapping the metro rail line near Victoria Cross station.

The two giant overlapping tunnels that pass metres apart below Sydney

Six giant road headers are working around the clock to dig the first new road crossing of Sydney Harbour in 30 years.

  • Megan Gorrey
The independent regulator has approved Sydney’s much-delayed Mariyung intercity fleet for passengers, after modifications agreed by the state government and the RTBU.

Behind schedule and over budget, NSW intercity trains a step closer to taking passengers

The safety regulator says the new Mariyung fleet, beset by years of delays, is ready for use. The NSW government is yet to commit to a start date.

  • Penry Buckley and Anthony Segaert

This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam, and commuters will play the blame game

Transport Minister Jo Haylen likens the transport union to a boa constrictor strangling the rail system, but the government will not escape blame if the city comes to a standstill.

  • Alexandra Smith

No end to stalemate as Sydney train shutdown looms

Commuters have been warned the passenger rail network won’t run from Friday morning until Sunday morning in a major escalation of a pay dispute.

  • Matt O'Sullivan, Jessica McSweeney and Anthony Segaert

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