Trains
And it will be called … Albert Street station
Amid a difference of opinion about spelling and pronunciation, Brisbane city’s new Cross River Rail station will not be named Meanjin when it opens.
- by Marissa Calligeros
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‘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
Editorial
Public transport
Why Sydney needs $4 billion a year for future metro projects
As the city’s T3 rail line shuts down for at least a year, the need for serious investment in public infrastructure could not be made more clear.
- The Herald's View
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Metro Tunnel
Metro Tunnel blowout to cost taxpayers extra $840 million
Transport Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson announced the state had reached a deal with the project’s builders to cover ballooning construction costs.
- by Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
The staggering amount of money sitting on commuters’ unused Opal cards
Despite a cost-of-living crisis, a huge amount is sitting idle on nearly 18 million Opal cards that have not been used in more than a year.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Delay to shuttle trains starting during conversion of busy Sydney line to metro
The state government has blamed the delay to the T6 shuttle trains on recent industrial action by rail workers.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Revealed: How the new metro line has shaken up Sydney’s commutes
New figures show the M1 line is taking pressure off heavy rail stations, which have had falls of up to 40 per cent in commuters filing through their gates.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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
Cross River Rail welcomes first train in landmark trip
The first train has travelled through Cross River Rail’s underground tunnels – and it was no speedy feat.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Updated
Infrastructure
Victoria holds up $2.2b in Suburban Rail Loop funds, auditor finds
The Allan government has not submitted crucial information that would unlock funding promised by the Commonwealth for the mega-project.
- by Patrick Hatch and Annika Smethurst
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