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Two boring machines have been halted for weeks several hundred metres east of the site of a station, pictured, for Metro West in Parramatta’s CBD.

Bungle brings largest metro tunnel build to a grinding halt

Two giant boring machines have been at a standstill for at least six weeks due to fears they will dig too close to a Parramatta building’s foundations.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A bus depot in Tempe. Most contracts pay drivers more for driving bendy or double-decker buses.

The Sydney suburbs earmarked for 50 new bendy buses

The NSW Labor government is splashing out on new buses for established suburbs and new growth areas. 

  • Alexandra Smith
Commuters pack Epping Metro station on May 21.

Transport for NSW warns of heightened risk of ‘failures’ on rail network

A confidential memo blames unions for slowing progress in reducing the maintenance backlog across the system.

  • Max Maddison
The rail unions and the government have resolved their dispute.

Major shake-up for Sydney Trains after wiring failure plunged network into chaos

The city’s rail network was crippled by rolling delays and cancellations after a single train became entangled in overhead lines at Homebush last month.

  • Megan Gorrey
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
A man is dead after being hit by light rail in Surry Hills.

‘Extremely distressing’: Man killed attempting to cross between light rail carriages

The man in his 40s became trapped underneath the light rail carriage when he was struck in Surry Hills on Thursday afternoon.

  • Cindy Yin
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The government has finally reached an in-principle agreement with rail unions.

One union could derail end to Sydney’s months of train chaos

The Minns government has reached an in-principle agreement with rail workers, but one union could derail everything if it doesn’t agree to one final issue.

  • Jessica McSweeney
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
Western Sydney Airport has raised concerns of bird strikes on aircraft

This $50m park poses an unlikely threat to Sydney’s new airport

The plans have sparked fears of strikes on low-flying aircraft due to an increase in birds and bats that may be drawn to the green space.

  • David Barwell
All six of Sydney’s major suburban train lines have failed to meet punctuality targets set by Transport for NSW, with one in five peak hour services running late in some of the worst affected lines.

The least punctual train lines in Sydney revealed

None of Sydney’s train lines meet their punctuality targets. But two are worse than the rest.

  • Cindy Yin

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