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Woy Woy level crossing another broken promise
Plans to build a $115 million rail underpass at Woy Woy have been abandoned after a cost blowout and design dispute between government departments, the Daily Telegraph reports today. Read the full article here. Read More »
Western Sydney desperately needs heavy rail
According to news reports today, a whopping 75 per cent of western Sydney residents don’t live within walking distance of a train station. That’s around 1.3 million residents. The numbers highlight the huge need for more rail […] Read More »
Harbour tunnel justified as cheaper option for Sydney Metro
The NSW Government has laid out a truncated version of its business case for its decision to build the second stage of the new Sydney Metro line by tunnelling under Sydney Harbour. The line will […] Read More »
Spanish train driver cops bad press for standing up for safety
A Spanish train driver left his post mid-route this week because he reached the legal limit on the number of hours he could work. In Spain the legal shift length is set at six hours straight to […] Read More »
Train Driver’s National Health Survey: last chance to participate!
The RTBULD have given support for a National Train Driver’s Health Survey. This is in response to the ever increasing health issues being experienced by Enginepersons/Drivers within our Rail environment. CQUniversity and Flinders University are […] Read More »
Decentralisation of Central depot
Members are advised that the RTBU Locomotive Division met this week with the Sydney Trains Future Operations team to discuss the progress of the Depot Rebalancing Program (Decentralisation of Central). Read the Footplate here. Read More »
Keep Our Hospitals Public
The NSW Liberal Government has announced a proposal for five of our publically owned hospitals to be redeveloped in a partnership with the private sector. This will result in our hospitals being built and operated […] Read More »
Election for National and NSW vacant positions
Special notice to RTBU members: Election for National branch and NSW branch vacant positions The attached information has been received from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) regarding the election for NSW branch vacant positions. Nominations […] Read More »
Secretary’s wrap
There’s no denying that big rail and transport investments like the new intercity fleet are sorely needed in NSW. But the more we hear about the Government’s plans for the NIF the less we like […] Read More »
It’s true: NIF trains won’t fit the Blue Mountains line
Recently Labor’s Trish Doyle MP called out the NSW Government for investing “$2.3 billion dollars worth of taxpayers money for trains that won’t fit our tracks”. Now it’s been confirmed that the NSW government will need to […] Read More »
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