Trains
Secret report reveals controversial NSW rail corporation told to ‘reframe’ its battered image
Internal documents also show the government-controlled Transport Asset Holding Entity plans to spend $34.5 million on consultants over four years.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson
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Public transport
Secret plans to sell, rezone and develop land across Sydney railways
The strategy by a controversial rail corporation includes new hotels and rezoning dozens of sites near train stations for high-density developments.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson
Public transport fare rise to be kept to a minimum, new Opal app to bundle with Uber
With a decision on Opal fares imminent, Transport Minister David Elliott sought to assure commuters that ticket prices for the next 12 months would be considered with “their hip pocket in mind” amid surging inflation.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Public transport
Negotiation breakdown threatens to keep new rail fleet in mothballs
The government and train workers have been at loggerheads for years over the safety of the $2.8 billion fleet.
- by Tom Rabe
Infrastructure fails to keep up with population boom in Melbourne’s north
Travelling in Melbourne’s north remains “painful and frustrating”, Tamara Nolan says, with no end in sight.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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
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Australia votes
Federal Labor pans Coalition’s ‘fake’ $1.6b Victorian project pledge
Labor infrastructure spokeswoman Catherine King says the Morrison government doesn’t care about building infrastructure, they just want to pick fights.
- by Paul Sakkal and Chip Le Grand
‘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
Free fares spark surge in Sydney public transport demand during day
New figures suggest more people are ditching their cars to ride on trains, light rail and ferries during the 12-day free travel period.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Sydney Metro
‘King’s ransom’ paid for secret review of Sydney’s mega rail projects
External consultants were paid almost $1.1 million for eight weeks’ work on a review of Sydney Metro, internal documents reveal.
- by Matt O'Sullivan