Jo Haylen
Sydney Park Junction upgrade should be finished. Instead, it’s back to the drawing board
Transport officials quietly slashed planned upgrades for Sydney Park, prompting NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen to intervene.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
Latest
‘Miserable’, ‘torture’ but eventually ‘convenient’: On the buses out of Bankstown as long journey to metro begins
Confusion reigned supreme for commuters after the T3 train line officially closed on Monday morning. But the closure is yet to face its greatest test.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
Exclusive
Pollution
The big switch coming for cruise ships heading to White Bay
Cruise ships berthing in Sydney’s inner west will soon be required to hook up to onshore electricity while in port, following years of community complaints about pollution.
- by Mary Ward
Metro conversion back on track after breakthrough in negotiations
The Minns government has agreed to additional staffing levels on Southwest Metro, ending a standoff with the rail union over the project.
- by Riley Walter
Updated
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
Updated
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
Analysis
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
Analysis
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
Exclusive
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
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