Selina has been a healthAbility patient for 20 years.

As the Suburban Rail Loop drives up rents,this affordable health clinic could become homeless

Policies aimed at better public transport and more housing in Box Hill could have the perverse effect of forcing out a not-for-profit clinic that provides health services to the same,fast-growing population.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Central Station.

Critical rezoning plans for Sydney’s Central Station on chopping block

The major changes to rezoning plans will be a setback to future development of one of the central city’s most significant sites,critics argue.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Kirsty Richards,a volunteer gardener of Melbourne’s train station gardens,is concerned about the future of the volunteer program.

‘Disappointing’:VicTrack takes over station beautification program

Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria ran the Stationeers volunteers for 30 years – until a government agency quietly took over a few weeks ago.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Suburban Rail Loop construction under way at Clayton.

Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions

Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.

  • Kieran Rooney
The signage situation at Central Station.

Memo to Transport:It’s not compulsory to ruin every beautiful thing

We just spent $1.3 billion making Central Station beautiful. But now,out of apparent safety concerns,we appear intent on ruining it.

  • Anthony Segaert
Laing O’Rourke is using digital modelling to figure out how it can improve facilities at railway stations.

Ditch the phone:Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport

Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.

  • Cindy Yin
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Commuters pack a city-bound metro train during the morning peak.

Trains are packed on these Sydney metro stops in the morning peak

An extra 14 trains would need to be ordered by the government to increase frequency to one every three minutes and ease crowding.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Charles (left) and Carl Ong Sio.

They came to Australia two years ago – now,they’re constantly traversing it by train

Filipino brothers Charles and Carl Ong Sio came to Australia in late 2022. They work together as hospitality attendants on Australia’s cross-country trains.

  • Joanne Karcz
Pratima Karki can be left stranded for more than 30 minutes at Craigieburn station because of its infrequent off-peak services.

Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west

New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east,or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The XPT trains have been running since the early 1980s.

They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs

People who rely on trains to travel long distances in NSW and interstate are paying the price for troubled fleet replacement projects.

  • Matt O'Sullivan