Transport NSW cashes-in on hipster commuter merchandise

iPhone covers that fit smartcard tickets sell like hotcakes.

18 May, 2015

Disaster Online: NSW storm traffic surges but no flash crash

Tweets keep people off trains, roads and safe

23 April, 2015

Faulty Opal Card machines dud commuters on credit

Travellers tagged-off by maximum default

7 August, 2014

Seniors, Pensioners stuck at back of queue for Opal Cards

Long wait for concessions

5 August, 2014

Major makeover for Open Data access in NSW

User friendliness ported to mobiles.

22 July, 2014

Opal Card data no shiny gem for NSW cops

Better places to snoop

17 July, 2014

P-platers get online check-ups for legal turbo boost

NSW minister says some cars would be “flat out to pull the skin off a rice pudding”.

8 July, 2014

Big brother switches to High Definition for Sydney public transport CCTV

The New South Wales government has gone shopping for higher resolution surveillance cameras for its mass transit network to improve safety on trains, light rail, buses and ferries.

18 March, 2014

Sydney CBD transport overhaul details released

By Julian Bajkowski Sydney’s jam packed city centre is officially on track for its biggest transport and access shake-up in half a century after the New South Wales Government publicly released a key document spelling out how new tram and rail lines, bus routes, bicycle paths and vehicle access will be tightly woven together for […]

11 September, 2013

Sydney extends tap-and-go ticket trials to trains

By Julian Bajkowski New South Wales transport authorities have announced the extension of customer trials for the state’s rebirthed public transit smartcard, Opal, to trains with readers for the devices now being switched-on at rail stations on Sydney’s City Circle line as well as Bondi Junction. The start of trials for CBD rail passengers is […]

3 June, 2013

NSW wants tourists to catch decommissioned trains

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Investment levels and the mature age of the equipment running railways in New South Wales have long been the subject of steam-era jokes, but the state’s signal-master-in-chief, Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian, has hatched a cunning scheme to turn out-of-date rolling stock into real tourism revenue. The state government […]

28 May, 2013

NSW rail bosses reapply for their own jobs

By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government’s break-up of its single rail operator RailCorp has forced its senior managers to reapply for their positions after senior corporate jobs were split between replacement bodies Sydney Trains and NSW Trains. The latest round of musical chairs at the transport provider comes as the NSW government prosecutes […]

7 February, 2013

Views sought on monorail demolition

By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales state government has called for submissions from the community and businesses in the CBD on the impact of tearing down the city’s iconic transport novelty, the monorail. According to documents released by the government, the final monorail service will run on the last day of the financial year, […]

4 December, 2012

Google gives directions to Sydney siders

Getting directions on public transport will be easier because of a partnership between Google and the NSW Government to create an addition to Google Maps. The data containing the public transport information has been modified into a format helping to prompt future third party developers. Transport for NSW is working on this ongoing public transport […]

26 July, 2012