Sydney train shutdown: Half-price travel for Sydney commuters as an apology for rail shutdown
The NSW government is under increasing pressure over the network-wide closure, which left thousands of commuters stranded.
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The NSW government is under increasing pressure over the network-wide closure, which left thousands of commuters stranded.
Sydneysiders will be given half-price peak hour travel and free weekend trips for a month after they were left stranded by the shutdown of the train network.
Sydney's rail network will return to normal but not until next Monday after the NSW Government backed down in a Fair Work Commission dispute with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union.
NSW trains will again hit the tracks with a reduced capacity of 25 per cent as the showdown between the rail union and the government continues, leaving commuters frustrated.
Sydney’s commuters have woken to the NSW government’s shock decision to shut down the train network in response to rail workers’ industrial action.