‘We are flying blind’:No air quality rules for polluted underground stations
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Pollution

‘We are flying blind’:No air quality rules for polluted underground stations

There are no regulations,limits,controls or monitoring of air pollution levels on Sydney’s underground train platforms.

  • byNigel Gladstone

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The plan to stop commuters falling between platform gaps on Sydney’s rail network

The plan to stop commuters falling between platform gaps on Sydney’s rail network

About 450 people fell through gaps between station platforms and trains last year,many of them kids and elderly passengers.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff
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Pollution

Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff

Anyone using Sydney’s underground train network system is exposed to poisonous air containing more than twice the safe daily limits for particle pollution - and they’ve have been kept in the dark for years.

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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms
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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJessica McSweeney
The years of planning that went into building these Sydney bridges in five days

The years of planning that went into building these Sydney bridges in five days

Constructing the long-promised duplication of a critical rail line to Sydney’s busy container port has required big challenges to be overcome.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Inside the room where controllers are battling to fix the Rozelle chaos

Inside the room where controllers are battling to fix the Rozelle chaos

Located in a nondescript building in inner Sydney,the nerve centre for the city’s road network can have a major bearing on motorists’ trips.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Are renewables headed for a fall?
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Are renewables headed for a fall?

Some of these peddlers are asking for a panelling.

Major train delays hit Sydney,services forced to skip several stations
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Trains

Major train delays hit Sydney,services forced to skip several stations

A fatality at Macdonaldtown station caused peak hour chaos with major delays and cancellations,and put several inner west stations out of action for hours.

  • byAngus Dalton
‘Ultimately flawed’:The problems with new Sydney Airport flight paths

‘Ultimately flawed’:The problems with new Sydney Airport flight paths

Flight paths for Kingsford Smith will need to change to accommodate the second airport. See the new flight path map here.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Mr Minns goes to Canberra
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Mr Minns goes to Canberra

Either we’re dead right,or we’re crazy!

The seven NSW train stations on track for major accessibility upgrades

The seven NSW train stations on track for major accessibility upgrades

Four railway stations in Sydney and three in regional areas of NSW will receive makeovers at a cost of about $186 million.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan