Free mobile phone charging terminals will be installed across more than a dozen Sydney train stations if NSW Labor wins next year’s state election.
The NSW government will consider making modifications to its long-delayed intercity fleet after weeks of tense negotiations with rail unions.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has stepped into a long-running industrial feud between the government and rail unions over a mothballed train fleet.
David Elliott says he is open to considering cheaper public transport fares if it could help ease financial pressures on the network.
One option to increase revenue includes changes to public transport fares to “reflect the true cost of trips”.
Two senior NSW government ministers are at odds over how to resolve a costly stand-off with rail unions over a brand new,multibillion-dollar train fleet lying in mothballs on the Central Coast.
A new inter-city fleet that unions say is unsafe is sitting in sheds unused at a cost of $30 million a month,Treasurer Matt Kean says.
The geographic centre of Sydney has been singled out as a location for a major hub for dedicated fast rail lines to Newcastle,Wollongong and the state’s west.
Now more than ever,the NSW government needs to dampen demand for driving in the city. And there’s a reliable way to do that.
The slow rollout of hundreds of new bus-stop shelters,bins and seats in the central city is frustrating commuters.
The corporation,which controls billions of dollars’ worth of the state’s rail assets,is supposed to turn a profit by charging Sydney Trains and NSW Trains.