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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

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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
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
SRL Minister Harriet Shing, Premier Jacinta Allan, and Transport Infrastructure Minister Gabrielle Williams on Tuesday.

Cutting Sunshine hub would kill Airport Rail, says Allan

The Victorian premier responded to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s announcement that he would pull federal funding from the SRL East and Sunshine rail hub if elected.

  • Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
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
A Suburban Rail Loop construction site in Clayton.

Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that, if elected, he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop, branding the project a cruel hoax.

  • Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Paul Sakkal
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WAtoday Armadale line, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti. Picture: WAtoday

Broken promise: State delays Armadale train line reopening

In August 2023, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said she was “100 per cent confident” the Armadale line would reopen on time in May 2025. It won’t.

  • Sarah Brookes
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
Sydney train commuters endured repeated disruptions over months from industrial action before Fair Work last month halted it until July 1.

Sydney spared return to train chaos after court throws out appeal

A union representing almost 1000 rail workers has been unsuccessful in its appeal to the Federal Court of a months-long suspension of industrial action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

‘Cancel it’: Brad Battin ups the ante on Suburban Rail Loop

The opposition leader has strengthened the Coalition’s stance against the SRL following a report critical of how the state government can pay for it.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie

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