Inspections continue on inner west trams after line decommissioned for up to 18 months

Inspections continue on inner west trams after line decommissioned for up to 18 months

Inner west residents have been urged to avoid walking on the tracks,as some trams are still operating to allow tests to be carried out.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell

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Cracked trams take Sydney’s inner west light rail out of action for at least a month

Cracked trams take Sydney’s inner west light rail out of action for at least a month

Transport Minister Rob Stokes will direct the state’s safety investigators to look into the cracking that has grounded the entire inner west tram fleet.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Inner West light rail services suspended after cracks discovered in trams

Inner West light rail services suspended after cracks discovered in trams

All trams from Sydney’s Inner West light rail service have been pulled off the tracks due to safety concerns,the NSW government has confirmed.

  • byTom Rabe
The verdict on Clover Moore’s four decades in public office

The verdict on Clover Moore’s four decades in public office

Beyond success at the polling booth,what makes a good mayor of a global city? And for all the fanfare,how has Clover Moore actually performed?

  • byMichael Koziol
Longer commute,inconvenient,not competitive:Internal report raises trackless tram concerns

Longer commute,inconvenient,not competitive:Internal report raises trackless tram concerns

The review raised a"number of issues"for the technology pursued by the government as an alternative to light rail,including its impact on bridges and pavements and the regulatory requirements they will have to meet.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
'Critical'bridge over Parramatta River still at least six years away

'Critical'bridge over Parramatta River still at least six years away

Internal engineering reports reveal the length of time it will take to design and build a bridge between fast-growing suburbs near Sydney Olympic Park.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Transport Minister requests ICAC to investigate controversial land deal

Transport Minister requests ICAC to investigate controversial land deal

Transport Minister Andrew Constance has asked the state's anti-corruption watchdog to investigate his own government's purchase of a highly contaminated parcel of land near Parramatta at three times the estimated value.

  • byTom Rabe,Matt O'Sullivan andAdele Ferguson
'Sent to purgatory':Parramatta light rail extension starved of funding

'Sent to purgatory':Parramatta light rail extension starved of funding

The absence of funding in the state budget for the second stage of the light rail line is the clearest indication that the government will not build it.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Secret report values controversial Sydney land as'worthless'

Secret report values controversial Sydney land as'worthless'

The report was completed seven months after Transport for NSW bought the highly contaminated land for $53 million.

  • byAdele Ferguson andMatt O'Sullivan
'Why rip everything up':Parramatta light rail stage two in serious doubt

'Why rip everything up':Parramatta light rail stage two in serious doubt

Andrew Constance says the government is increasingly likely to use"trackless trams"or buses to service the stage two route between Camellia and Sydney Olympic Park.

  • byTom Rabe
Services resume after CBD light rail breakdown

Services resume after CBD light rail breakdown

Sydney's CBD light rail broke down near Moore Park,suspending services from Central to Randwick and Kingsford for hours.

  • byTom Rabe