Sydney Trains

...as I fumbled for my Opal card through a pair of socks I was wearing as gloves.

transportnsw: No warnings.

bom: Thunder outside the wires

In short:

Transport for NSW has told Sydney train passengers to anticipate delays this morning after Tuesday's downed power cable incident.

A 1,500-volt live wire came down on top of carriages near Strathfield station, with 300 passengers safely evacuated.

What's next?

Investigations are continuing, with commuters asked to avoid the rail network where possible.

In short:

Up to 300 passengers are stranded on a train near Sydney's Strathfield and Homebush stations after a high-voltage power cable came down on top of carriages.

Emergency crews are slowly working to help people off the train safely.

What's next?

Buses are being brought in to replace services later in the evening but major delays will continue across the network.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/17845235

In short:

The NSW government has won a bid to suspend industrial action on the state's rail network.

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has decided to impose a cooling-off period until July 1.

What's next?

The rail union said it was ready to meet with the government tomorrow to continue talks to "land the deal".

In short:

Commuters across Sydney and New South Wales have been warned of potential train delays with planned industrial action commencing on Friday morning.

Late on Thursday night, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union advised that negotiations with the state government had collapsed.

What's next?

Discussions on the new enterprise agreement for Sydney Trains and NSW Trains workers will continue ahead of a Fair Work Commission hearing on Monday.

TransportNSW is NOT showing the truth. Platform has no timer for next train and a recorded voice announcement is blaming industrial action.

EDIT: From https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-14/sydney-trains-delays-rail-tram-bus-union-industrial-action/104932704

The union advised that its industrial action — where trains are expected to run 23 kilometres an hour slower than usual — would now go ahead as planned, beginning just after midnight from Friday morning.

Sydney and NSW Trains notified workers they would dock their pay if they ran slower than the timetable.

EDIT:

Got out of it for today, WFH, but can't keep it up, will likely have to go back to the office tomorrow. My trip normally takes 1.5 hours, going to be interesting.

In short:

There could be further disruptions for Sydney rail commuters next week as protected industrial action continues.

The proposed work bans could cause a slow down of services and impact workers returning from the summer break.

What's next?

The industrial action will start on January 15 and initially last for three days, but could drag on if the stand-off is not resolved.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/16154070

In short:

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union is expected to announce industrial action on Sydney's trains, after the NSW government lost a bid to ban the strikes.

NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen says the government hasn't yet been notified by the union as to what specific industrial action will take place or when it will begin.

The NSW government has now lodged an application to the Fair Work Commission to limit the impact of industrial action.

Two weeks ago I was curious what was happening. Looks like they can't join overheads properly, awesome, I wonder how different their joining method is to the rest of our rail system.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/15448317

Doesn't seem like the union has backed down at all, rather that they have been able to manoeuvre around the state government's plan to cause as much disruption as possible.

Last I heard there were nonspecific issues and it was going to open later this year. The official NSW gov page has nothing of interest.

Anyone know what's actually going on?

Commuters will get 24-hour trains in Sydney this weekend after the government caved to a union demand to stop potentially-crippling strikes.

The below actions come into effect from 14 November and are indefinite:

• A ban on performing any work unless trains run 24 hours a day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights
• A gradual reduction in kilometres able to be worked by Train Crew on the suburban and intercity networks

The government has conceded to 24-hour services for now so there will be no strike: https://aussie.zone/post/15285174

The below actions come into effect from 0001hrs on 30 October and are indefinite:

1. A ban on changing bins or removing station bins when it is raining where the bin is located
2. Only using scrub machines on concourse areas when they are affected by rain or other weather events
3. Moving to an air-conditioned space when the temperatures reach over 30 degrees
4. A ban on work in maintenance centres, on stations, and in stabling yards when it is raining in the location that work is being performed, unless that work is under cover. This ban includes work on trains not shunted to shed, and work on stations not under station awnings
5. A restriction on the performance of shunting work if in the preceding 24 hours at that location, a person who is not qualified to perform shunting work has performed shunting work
6. Shunters only performing duties in strict adherence to established rules and procedures
7. Not performing work which is subject to a ban or limitation in place by the ASU, AMWU, ETU, and/ or Professionals Australia
8. A ban on applying portable rail connections
9. Standby at a member’s home depot/ station
10. Only terminating trains in attended locations or attended platforms
11. A ban on work on hybrid train sets
12. A ban on the issuing of fines
13. A ban on bus deployment for Transit Officers
14. A ban on Signallers and/ or Area Controllers undertaking or providing any form of training
15. A ban on manual intervention in the use of the ATRICS system
16. A ban on the provision or receipt of all training that is not face-to-face
17. A ban on tapping off from the Kronos App
18. A ban on tapping off on the Kronos system
19. A ban on completing exception reports arising from a failure to tap off from the Kronos App
20. A ban on duties associated with non-safety critical REMs
21. A ban on members in the Rail Operations Centre taking crib at the desk
22. A ban on the utilisation of Salesforce for attribution by Network Incident Managers

In short:

There are potential delays on trains across NSW this morning, due to industrial action.

Transport for NSW has asked passengers to plan ahead, leave extra travel time and keep updated about any changes to services via their website.

What's next?

Despite the strike having ended, it's expected to have flow-on effects throughout the morning.

Most of the Parramatta station turnstile gates have been turned off (no lights, fully open) and there was a staff member in union shirt near them. Some people were queuing next to the few working ones on the side (newer model, maybe they can't turn them off?).