Public transport
Prominent Entertainment Quarter investors could fund extra metro station
Entertainment Quarter chairman Tony Shepherd said it was “within the realm of possibility” the consortium could finance a station that would serve the precinct and Moore Park.
- by Michael Koziol
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Big builders on edge about risk of delays to Metro West contracts
The government has been warned that construction companies can’t afford to have staff “sitting twiddling their thumbs” while waiting for contracts to be awarded.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick
The current bus route takes twice as long as the train does. Will the government find a solution before it closes the T3 line for the Metro conversion?
- by Anthony Segaert
Eastern extension of $25 billion Metro West line back on drawing board
Transport officials have been told to provide urgent advice to the government on a “potential eastern extension” to Australia’s biggest public transport project.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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State Parliament
Opposition targets timing of minister’s meeting with ‘Labor mate’
Transport Minister Jo Haylen met with a former Labor staffer whom she later hired as the state’s top transport official just days after the ALP won the election, raising questions about the hiring process for the job.
- by Michael McGowan
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Confessions of a T3 commuter: ‘Price of progress’ easy to say when you’re not paying
A year-long rail closure of the T3 line in south-west Sydney will come at huge personal cost to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest parts of the city.
- by Jordan Baker
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Sydney Metro
‘Disruptive for passengers’: Metro project to cost an extra $1 billion
Tens of thousands of Sydney train commuters will be forced to catch buses after work on converting the Bankstown line will result in it being shut to commuters for 12 months.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Train commuters face 12-month closure of Bankstown rail line
The Minns government will confirm on Tuesday that it will proceed with converting the 13-kilometre stretch of rail line to carry driverless metro trains in south-west Sydney.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Plans for metro train project in Sydney’s south-west to be revealed
The fate of the Bankstown line conversion will also be critical to government decisions on the planned $25 billion Metro West line from the CBD to Parramatta.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘This is a test’: Labor mayors rebel over Minns’ refusal to back Metro West
Burwood mayor John Faker is leading the charge, saying the metro is a test of Chris Minns’ mettle, and he is willing to campaign against the government if needed.
- by Michael Koziol
With $8 billion already gone, Minns faces a huge test of his premiership
Premier Chris Minns faces one of the biggest tests of his premiership, after casting huge doubts on the future of Australia’s largest public transport project.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Michael Koziol