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From the Cab: Office cars
in the late 1990s. This author was in town for a speaking engagement and got lucky while railfanning earlier in the day. All photos, Doug Riddell Prior to Amtrak, railroads had coupled company owned ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation8d
Sydney trains dispute heads to the Fair Work Commission, rail unions withdraw industrial action
Rail unions have withdrawn all notified industrial action which threatened to cause further chaos for commuters on Sydney's train network. On Wednesday, the Minns government dropped its attempt at ...
Sydney Morning Herald13d
Sydney passenger train derails in city’s outer west
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The derailed passenger train at Clarendon in Sydney’s outer west on Thursday.Credit: A Sydney passenger train has derailed in the ...
Time Out9d
A life-sized model of the new Western Sydney Airport Metro trains has been revealed
Designers are using the full-scale prototype to tweak the 12 trains set to zoom along the new 23-kilometre stretch of Sydney Metro Brought to life from a flat pack in a Western Sydney warehouse ...
Time Out14d
Phew! Sydney’s train strikes are cancelled (for now, at least)
Train delays and cancellations have been plaguing Sydney’s rail network for months, as the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has been navigating ongoing negotiations with the NSW Government for ...
The Australian Financial Review13d
What train drivers, psychiatrists and others get paid
Sydney train passengers left stranded on platforms or stuck inside barely moving carriages this week likely asked themselves a deceptively simple question: should workers accept the government’s ...
Sydney Morning Herald10d
‘Extremely close’: Rail unions hand counter-offer on pay to transport chiefs
Union officials met senior representatives from Transport for NSW and Sydney Trains at a conciliation hearing before the Fair Work Commission to present in writing their counter-offer, details of ...
The Daily Telegraph9d
Rail unions’ counteroffer to NSW government revealed during pay negotiations
The long-running pay dispute has led to major disruptions of Sydney and intercity train services. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard The Electrical Trades Union and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation16d
Sydney Trains employees offered 13 per cent pay rise by NSW government
Sydney Trains employees have been offered a 13 per cent pay rise over four years as part of the NSW government's attempt to resolve a long-running industrial dispute with the state's rail union.
The Daily Telegraph13d
Train woes continue amid high winds, derailment confirmation; Watts explains why feds didn’t intervene
The train can be seen off the tracks after derailing at Clarendon in Sydney's west on Thursday. Picture: Supplied The derailment in the city’s outer west near the Richmond RAAF base came on ...
Couriermail13d
‘Extortion’: NSW train drivers’ demanded pay rise sparks outrage
According to figures released by Sydney radio station 2GB, if demands for a 32 per cent pay rise are met, train drivers will earn $157,081 in the first year of the agreement. Their pay will be ...