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Sydney Trains missing strength ratings for 200 rail bridges
The system Sydney Trains uses to monitor the strength of the state’s rail bridges was missing information for more than 200 structures, according to news reports in the Sydney Morning Herald. Here at the Loco […] Read More »
Railtrain Enterprise Agreement negotiations
Railtrain management yesterday advised its employees that it intends to put an enterprise agreement out to a vote in May to replace the current Railtrain 2013 agreement, even though it does not expire until September […] Read More »
Newcastle to Sydney train service getting worse: auditor
The infamously slow and unreliable two-and-a-half hour train ride from Newcastle to Sydney has been getting worse since 2011, and transport authorities don’t know how to fix it, according to the Auditor-General. Read more in the Newcastle Herald. Read More »
Sydney trains at risk of running late without big investment: auditor
Sydney’s trains will increasingly struggle to run on time unless “sustained and substantial investment” is made in the existing heavy rail network, the state’s Auditor-General has found. Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald. Read More »
Rail system being broken up to be sold off, says Trish Doyle MP
We’re seeing the start of the rail system being broken up so it can be privatised, Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle told Parliament. “Just as we saw with Sydney Ferries, the unprofitable assets are hived […] Read More »
Hundreds of children nearly fall to their death at train stations across Sydney
Hundreds of children have come within a whisker of death after plunging through the gap between trains and platforms at Sydney’s stations, the Daily Telegraph reports. RTBU NSW Secretary Alex Claassens said: “Station staff and train […] Read More »
Watch out!
This is obviously satire… but for many of us, it hits a little too close to home! Read More »
Update: Sydney Trains Future Operations
At a Sydney Trains RTBU Driver Delegates meeting held on Thursday 6th April, an in principle agreement was given to proceed to a vote of members on a Future Operations package in relation to a […] Read More »
Planners ordered to ignore rail, build roads
The NSW government has been instructing transport officials to ignore public transport alternatives to motorway projects, according to internal documents obtained by Fairfax Media. Read the full article here. Read More »
Workers’ compensation amendments still wreaking havoc
As many workers in New South Wales have just settled into the New Year, it is a timely reminder that many will be spending 2017 preparing themselves for the full impact of the 2012 changes […] Read More »
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