Despite this being repaired by lunch time today, there are still delays on the T1, T2, T3 T8 and T9 this evening.
5 lines suffering delays. A 100 year old + system is continually failing, despite Jo's oft claimed "RRP" plan having now been continuing for well over 12 months.
Yet, when govt want to update and extend a more modern system, we end up with the following nonsense.....
It's time these dinosaur aresholes were reigned in.
What hasn't been stated is that not
ONE ST's job will be lost with the conversion.
The union have every right to negotiate pay rises. That's fine. What they shouldn't do is hold NSW transport to ransom, inconvenience commuters and cost us taxpayers billions of extra dollars with their unreasonable demands and stupid strike action reasons.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/n...e/news-story/f91fdb63d56cfbc7712d814b28e31cde
Rail union to strike over Sydenham Metro line
Sydneysiders will once again be faced with rolling strikes on Sydney Trains, with the rail union protesting the Metro conversion of the Sydenham to Bankstown line.
Sydney’s train network will once again face rolling industrial action as the rail union announced it would fight against the Metro conversion of the Sydenham to Bankstown line.
In a notice sent to members yesterday the Rail, Tram and Bus Union said the new raft of industrial action was designed to force the Minns government to continue to run trains on the Bankstown line instead of converting it into a Metro. It will also be asking for higher wages.
“Forcing a genuine conversation about the Bankstown conversion – one that hits on the facts and isn’t manipulated by a distracting shiny new toy,” the statement said.
“At the core of these actions is ensuring that trains continue to run on the Bankstown Line and it is not closed as planned to deliver the Metro conversion.”
“Whilst we know that the Metro is the fad of the month, with the new City extension of the line being overwhelmingly welcomed by Sydney residents, we also know the conversion of the Bankstown line is a different beast.”
The RTBU has announced it will fight against the Metro conversion. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers
Western Sydney commuters have been warned by the NSW government to brace for a 12 month shutdown on the T3 train line between Sydenham to Bankstown as it is converted into a driverless Metro. Buses will be scheduled to run between the stations during the conversion process.
The RTBU will begin its suite of actions from midnight September 18, to continue indefinitely.
As part of the action union members will not work on any changed timetable and will be banned from doing any work on the Bankstown line if the section to be converted shuts. Signals will also not be cleared on the line if it shuts
Infrastructure workers will refuse to perform work on the lines if the temperature is higher than 30 degrees. There will also be a ban on removing dead animals from the tracks and training new trainees for the rail operations centre.
The RTBU has consistently opposed the introduction of the Metro network given they have driverless trains.
Minister for Transport Jo Haylen said the government was currently assessing the impact of the union strikes on commuters.
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen said the government was currently assessing the impact of the proposed bans to work out how to mitigate the impacts on passengers and infrastructure projects.
“The benefits of metro should not be reserved for the communities north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge,” she said.
“People in the communities of Canterbury Bankstown deserve a turn up and go service too.”
Opposition leader Mark Speakman said inaction from Premier Chris Minns and Ms Haylen were to blame for the strikes.
Opposition leader Mark Speakman said Ms Haylen and Premier Chris Minns were partly to blame for the new round of industrial action as they refused to bring the unions under control.
“Chris Minns and Jo Haylen are letting the RTBU dictate terms while they sit on their hands,” he said.
“This isn’t about improving conditions – it’s about union power, and Premier Minns is too weak and beholden to the unions to take control.
“The people of New South Wales are being used as pawns in a union power grab, and Minns is just watching it happen.”
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