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NSW government to ignore advice and push on with light rail project
The NSW government will proceed with the second stage of the Parramatta light rail but delay other megaprojects worth up to $20 billion.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
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Clover Moore pitches ‘interim solution’ to Cahill Expressway dilemma
In a bid to win over the state government, the lord mayor has proposed a two-stage demolition of the maligned road and railway station.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW told to put high-profile road, transport projects on ice
The government’s independent infrastructure body has recommended $27 billion of spending be diverted to smaller projects that provide “high returns”.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Free phone charging at Sydney train stations under Labor election promise
Free mobile phone charging terminals will be installed across more than a dozen Sydney train stations if NSW Labor wins next year’s state election.
- by Tom Rabe
New train fleet could be on the tracks within months after NSW government and rail unions talks
The NSW government will consider making modifications to its long-delayed intercity fleet after weeks of tense negotiations with rail unions.
- by Tom Rabe
‘D-Day’: Perrottet enters fray on train fleet industrial dispute
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has stepped into a long-running industrial feud between the government and rail unions over a mothballed train fleet.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
NSW transport minister open to cheaper fares in bid to boost patronage
David Elliott says he is open to considering cheaper public transport fares if it could help ease financial pressures on the network.
- by Tom Rabe
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Sydney public transport revenue ‘stagnating’ as costs mount
One option to increase revenue includes changes to public transport fares to “reflect the true cost of trips”.
- by Tom Rabe
NSW ministers at odds over $2.8b mothballed train fleet
Two senior NSW government ministers are at odds over how to resolve a costly stand-off with rail unions over a brand new, multibillion-dollar train fleet lying in mothballs on the Central Coast.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
NSW government attacks rail unions over mothballed $2b train fleet
A new inter-city fleet that unions say is unsafe is sitting in sheds unused at a cost of $30 million a month, Treasurer Matt Kean says.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
‘Radically faster’: Parramatta at centre of NSW’s high-speed rail future
The geographic centre of Sydney has been singled out as a location for a major hub for dedicated fast rail lines to Newcastle, Wollongong and the state’s west.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Tom Rabe