Trains

A dispute over whether rail services should operate overnight on weekends has become a sticking point amid continuing negotiations with the government and union.

From Friday morning, trains across and into Sydney will come to a halt. The NSW government has said there will be some new measures to help address demand, but what exactly will they be?

Transport for NSW is "scrambling" to bring in replacement transport amid the Sydney trains shutdown this weekend. But why are workers striking and exactly what is the union demanding?

NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen says the industrial action on Sydney trains from Friday to Sunday will cause "major disruption for millions of train passengers" across the city.

Industrial action will freeze all train services across Greater Sydney from Friday to Sunday morning. Here is what the strike means for commuters.

Travellers to Japan may have picked up on a familiar accent while riding the Shinkansen between Tokyo and the southern island of Kyushu.

Triple-0 received a call about an abandoned van on train tracks south of Wollongong four minutes before the collision involving the commuter train.

Tens of thousands of commuters will have their journeys disrupted as the T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham and Bankstown was shut down on Monday morning. Nine train stations along the T3 line will be closed for at least the next 12 months to allow for the completion of the new metro.

From Monday, a large stretch of the popular T3 train line will be closed for 12 months to make way for the Sydney Metro. Here's what is changing, and how you will be impacted.

An industrial dispute had threatened to disrupt Sydney's rail network on one of the busiest weekends of the year, just days before the closure of the T3 Bankstown line but the union said the promise of free travel this weekend has led to action being called off.

A Northern Territory pastoralist has called for safety upgrades to an outback railway crossing where a cattle truck collided with The Ghan tourist train on Sunday, saying it's a "dangerous spot".

Workers at a major Melbourne train station are furious they've been exposed to high levels of pollution over the last decade — and they've accused industry superfunds of being part of the problem.

After a couple of years working at Southern Cross Station, elevator mechanic David Holmes says he struggled to exercise, was constantly tired and realised his skin was turning yellow.

The state's public transport agency Translink says it will still combat fare evasion during the trial, which will run until February.

Pedestrians ambling across tracks seconds before a train passes and vehicles disobeying level crossing signals. Dozens of videos showing rail near misses have been released in a call for better public behaviour near trains.

The pre-election trial will see all fares on the Translink network, regardless of the length of trip, cost a flat 50 cents on buses, trains, ferries, and trams.

The Climate Council says public transport should operate at least every 15 minutes between 7am and 7pm, and within 800 metres of every home in Australia's capital cities.

The time it takes Australian workers to get to work is increasing. What do experts think will help improve them? 

Trials on buses are also still planned to commence "operator by operator" later this year, but state operator Translink won't say if it will begin on Brisbane City Council buses in 2024.

The government reveals a vague timeline for the opening of the Sydney Metro City project, which will give commuters north-west of Sydney a direct train line to the CBD.