Cost blowout, delays dog new control centre fortress for Sydney Trains

Designed to withstand blasts, fires and power outages, a new nerve centre for Sydney’s ageing rail network could not come soon enough for a system frequently crippled by train delays.

But confidential government documents, obtained by the Herald using freedom of information laws, show the fortress-like rail operations centre being built in the city’s inner south has been dogged by delays, increased costs and “leadership and governance issues”.

Read the full story on the Sydney Morning Herald here.