Jo Haylen
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Public transport
Free train travel in Sydney this weekend in bid to break standoff with union
The NSW government has made the offer of free train travel in a bid to pressure the rail union to drop work bans.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Sydney Metro
Stuck train forces evacuation of 150 Sydney metro passengers
Internal communications by Fire and Rescue NSW obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald show the passengers were stuck on the train for about half an hour.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Michaela Whitbourn
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Sydney Metro
My night out with the transport minister: 12km, three bars, one new metro line
Who said the metro was for only commuters? From North Sydney to the inner west, bar hopping just became easy.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Sydney Metro
‘We can re-humanise the city’: The metro’s unrealised promise for Sydney
For once, the rhetoric is justified – but planning and policy choices will be required for Sydney to make the most out of its expensive and impressive new toy.
- by Michael Koziol
The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters
The local government nomination debacle has possibly derailed what could have been the next generation of NSW parliamentarians for at least four years.
- by Kayla Olaya
All aboard: Sydney’s mega-metro rail line cleared for opening on Monday
After a false start early this month, the $21 billion rail line under the harbour is about to open to passengers after receiving regulator approval.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Sydney Metro
Revealed: The confidential warning days after Sydney metro line’s opening was announced
Serious concerns about opening the line on August 4 were raised by senior officials just days after the government revealed the planned date, documents show.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
What Sydney commuters will get to reduce fallout from metro delay
The interim measure is aimed at reducing disruption to commuters from changes to bus timetables occurring before the new metro line opens.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Meltdown in train tunnel a key factor behind shelving of metro’s August 4 opening
The meltdown is one of three problems which have detonated the much-hyped August 4 start date.
- by Bevan Shields
Sydney ferry services boosted ahead of new vessels arriving
Ferry services on the busy Manly and Parramatta River routes will be boosted ahead of the arrival of new Hobart-built vessels over the next few months.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Under our feet, Sydney’s new Metro ‘superhub’ comes to life
Contractors had to work above, below and between existing rail tunnels in the city to get the new Martin Place station in order for the Metro’s opening this year.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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