Ferry fail as gangplank collapse sends Riverview boys into river

Ferry fail as gangplank collapse sends Riverview boys into river

Two schoolchildren fell when the ferry dropping them at Riverview College Wharf floated away from the pontoon,causing the gangplank to collapse into the water.

  • byJordan Baker

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Why Sydney will end up with three incompatible metro train lines

Why Sydney will end up with three incompatible metro train lines

Sydney’s new driverless metro trains and stations will have key differences that mean the three lines will have trains that cannot be switched between them.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Central Station’s grand underground cavern to open to Sydney commuters

Central Station’s grand underground cavern to open to Sydney commuters

A blaze that destroyed a building near Sydney’s Central Station has failed to derail the 4am opening on Monday of a massive new concourse.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Garden Island ‘best site’ for cruise terminal after Yarra Bay scuttled

Garden Island ‘best site’ for cruise terminal after Yarra Bay scuttled

A decision to rule out constructing a cruise-ship terminal at Yarra Bay puts the naval base at Garden Island back on the agenda as a potential site.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
The reasons Sydney’s rail network is set to worsen in the future

The reasons Sydney’s rail network is set to worsen in the future

An interim review into repeated failures across Sydney’s rail network lays much of the blame on a major shakeup of the rail timetable six years ago.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Free electric ferry ‘top priority’ for Sydney’s western harbour

Free electric ferry ‘top priority’ for Sydney’s western harbour

A corporate partnership established by government to improve the foreshore is working on a new ferry that would transform travel around Barangaroo,Pyrmont and Blackwattle Bay.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Controversial Sydney cycleway to stay for extra three years due to Oxford Street delays

Controversial Sydney cycleway to stay for extra three years due to Oxford Street delays

The City of Sydney has voted to keep a pop-up cycleway in the eastern suburbs until 2026 amid uncertainty about a permanent bike path down Oxford Street.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Sydney’s NIMBY councils need more power,not less,on housing,planning:expert

Sydney’s NIMBY councils need more power,not less,on housing,planning:expert

Greg Clark,a London-based urban planning expert visiting Australia this week,said public land was the “secret weapon” in the housing supply challenge.

  • byMichael Koziol
Teenage victim identified after fatal tram accident in Sydney’s CBD

Teenage victim identified after fatal tram accident in Sydney’s CBD

Kyra Dulguime,16,died after becoming trapped under a Sydney light rail carriage.

  • bySarah Keoghan andOlivia Ireland
City and state should join forces to give Sydney the public square it deserves
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City and state should join forces to give Sydney the public square it deserves

Central Sydney has many great things going for it but one thing is missing - a proper meeting place.

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From the Archives,1993:Railways chuff into machine age

From the Archives,1993:Railways chuff into machine age

Thirty years ago,Sydney’s first automatic train ticketing machine went into operation without a hitch,despite threats of bans from union members.

  • byKarin Bishop