Australia: Sydney rail defects and delays at highest level in a decade

The number of high-priority defects reached an all-time record of 4,714 in June 2025, compared with just over 3,800 when the ...

High-speed rail could link WSI to Newcastle in under 2 hours

Speaking at The Australian Financial Review Infrastructure Summit in Sydney, Minister Catherine King said the Sydney to ...
Time Out

Sydney's new metro line has just started high-speed testing – here’s what it means for commuters

Testing on the metro extension between Sydenham and Bankstown is gearing up – on track to open in 2026 ...

Weekend trackwork jobs to be slashed by up to seven hours with new Sydney Trains machines

Sydney’s hated weekend trackworks could be slashed by up to seven hours per job as six new “state-of-the-art” rail machines ...

First upgraded Sydney Tangara train opened amid $450m makeover

NSW Premier Chris Minns says Sydney’s ageing Tangara fleet will feel “as if they rolled off the line yesterday” as doors open ...

Some trains on platform M1 are delayed until further notice

Their pain was made tolerable by the prospect of the final stage of Sydney’s $29 billion M1 metro line opening in 12 months. It has not happened. Instead, it is likely they will have to stay on the ...
International Railway Journal

Sydney awards ETCS contract to Siemens

Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to install ETCS Level 2 on Sydney’s T1 North ...