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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

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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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Pod of whales in Sydney Harbour holds up Manly ferry

Three to four humpbacks were spotted near Manly Wharf on Monday, as the whale watching season in Sydney officially begins.

  • Cindy Yin
Sydney train drivers are among those striking over pay. They earn an average annual salary of $128,196 a year, including overtime and bonuses.

NSW government reaches agreement with rail unions after bitter dispute

Rail workers have been promised a 12 per cent pay rise over three years, bringing to an end the marathon industrial dispute between unions and the NSW government.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Megan Gorrey
Plans to slash Sydney Park Junction upgrades were circulated within Transport for NSW four days after then Transport Minister Jo Haylen (right) promised that no such cuts would be made, after she and senior minister John Graham (left) were urgently briefed.

The transport minister made a safety promise. Four days later, it was torn apart

Plans to slash critical upgrades for a major Sydney intersection were shared between Transport bureaucrats four days after the minister ruled out any such cuts.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Sharon McCarthy

Part of Oxford Street’s cycleway opens soon. It prompted Sharon to flee

Paddo Pets owner Sharon McCarthy decided not to renew her lease due to the prospect of construction disruption on the proposed second stage of the bike route.

  • Megan Gorrey
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The Narrabeen ferry is nearing the end of its time in for maintenance in the dry dock at HMAS Kuttabul.

‘Like a Kinder Surprise’: Manly ferry dishes up the unexpected

Sydney’s renowned Manly ferries cause jitters among transport officials whenever they enter the country’s largest dry dock.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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
Workers near the site on Tuesday evening.

Sydney train delays as it happened: Service disruptions continue for afternoon commute after live wire falls on train at Strathfield

Sydney commuters are facing train delays after a broken overhead live wire triggered a power outage across most of the train network last night. Follow our live coverage.

  • Riley Walter and Jessica McSweeney
Commuters at Central train station following a power failure at Strathfield.

Sydney’s commuters are sick of delays regardless of who is to blame

Commuters do not look for scapegoats. They just want the trains to run, and on time.

  • Alexandra Smith

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