We just spent $1.3 billion making Central Station beautiful. But now,out of apparent safety concerns,we appear intent on ruining it.
The cost of the 16-kilometre motorway to Western Sydney International Airport has steadily risen over the past five years.
An extra 14 trains would need to be ordered by the government to increase frequency to one every three minutes and ease crowding.
People who rely on trains to travel long distances in NSW and interstate are paying the price for troubled fleet replacement projects.
The first metro journey marks the start of more than 6500 hours of testing which will determine when the line opens to passengers next year.
The dramatic incident occurred on a packed city-bound train during peak hour on Wednesday morning.
The fleet of new Spanish-built passenger trains is already $826 million over budget and on track to be at least three years late entering service.
The globe-like structure will tower 30 metres when it is finished,making it visible to passengers when the first flights start late next year.
A union representing almost 1000 rail workers has been unsuccessful in its appeal to the Federal Court of a months-long suspension of industrial action.
Excavation equipment has now churned through about a million tonnes of rock deep below the north shore,completing two-thirds of the entire project.