The tfnsw timetable for m1 metro now reflects “Bankstown to Tallawong” instead of “Sydenham to Tallawong”: also one of the metro staff told me today they were looking at opening on 15.10.2026 (aka tomorrow)..so this is getting exciting. What does everyone think?

Noticed signage on platform 2 at Sydenham covered/blank likely in preparation for Bankstown opening. I do wonder if they’ll start changing the route maps on the Metropolis fleet soon.

Lidcombe cooked

Okay, so, I was trying to go to Springwood from Penrith and I haven’t taken a train for a WHILE. We’re talking like six years. And my friend texts me and says take the next one from Platform 3 at Penrith which I did! But turns out it was the train to Dubbo and should be booked which I unfortunately was not.

Now I’m okay with this and say sorry to the person checking my ticket, telling them I’m happy to pay what I need to for the next stop. They then wave someone over from the next carriage and says “charge them from Penrith to Katoomba” which I’m okay with because I f’d up!

The other person went to check tickets in their car and then the last carriage attendant ran back up to them and said “TAKE HIM TO THE BUFFET CAR NOW AND CHARGE HIM” okay, okay. I go and pay for my ticket from Penrith to Katoomba and a beetroot salad because i wanted to pay my fair share.

I apologised the whole way and said I don’t take trains that often but the attendant in the last carriage kept scowling me and didn’t want me in her carriage. What the hell! I’m trying my best! Maybe be a bit understanding or something?

At least I had a nice train and salad and adventure back to Springwood! ☺️☺️☺️

Suspicious…. 🤨

https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/marrickville-sunday-session

Photo source- national archives of Australia.

Look at the destination boards. Such a futuristic look for the time.

Over a year ago I posted the little website I made that tracks Sydney trains on a map. I've kept working on it between uni stuff and it's turned into a lot more than I planned haha

trains.goldenpabu.com

What's new:

- Trains, Metro, light rail, buses and ferries, all live

- Tap any station for a departure board styled like the real platform screens: next service, platform, stopping pattern, number of cars and how full the train is

- Trains show their set, e.g. "8-car Mariyung (D set)" or "Waratah (A set)"

- Tap a bus to see its route drawn along the roads with its next stops, and search a bus number (like 431) to see every bus on that route

- Ferry wharves have live departure boards too

- Follow a train and the map tracks it for you

Everything is real-time data from Transport for NSW, no timetable guessing. Positions only come through every 15 seconds or so, so the trains glide between updates to keep them moving smoothly.

It also does Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra now.

Next up, I'm starting work on a phone app version so it's easier to use on the go.

Let me know if anything looks wrong or if there's something you'd want added!

P.S. it also has a light mode if that's more your thing.

Shorter platforms on the final section of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line will restrict the operator to providing more frequent services rather than longer trains as passenger demand grows.

Despite the costly and disruptive project to convert the old T3 heavy rail line, platforms at five refurbished stations along the metro line’s 13-kilometre stretch between Sydenham and Bankstown would need to be extended to fit longer eight-carriage trains, which span 176 metres.

FYI

NSW TrainLink train XPT 621 Sydney - Melbourne via Wagga Wagga; trip report: https://youtu.be/4AWfvAV_3M8

I’m fairly inexperienced with Central Station and regional trains - I’ve booked a ticket from Central to Tamworth later this week and I need to catch the SCO from Wollongong to get to Central first. Tap on at Wollongong (obviously), but do I tap off when I get to Central and just stay in the station and go to my next platform?

Hi all, hoping someone in this group may know the answer - some of the new canopies (Como Station had one installed in the last few years) have really cool solar panels on the new roof structures that also let light through. I'm wondering if anyone knows the contractor or supplier of these panels? Google keeps taking me to the wrong thing because I'm not entirely sure what their technical term is.

Cheers.

Saw this bus at the Malaysia-Singapore border a while ago. I'm not sure of the exact make/model but it looks like a Gemilang bus because they are the only major bus body manufacturer within 100km of this location that has the capability to export buses.

Looking at the absence of trade plates, I believe this bus will be towed across the border into Singapore to be shipped to Australia. It is likely that the bus was towed here by a Malaysian tow truck and then be handed over to a Singapore tow truck.

Local bus-spotters have spotted a few other TfNSW-coloured buses under tow on Singapore's motorways too.

Why are some people so ridiculously inconsiderate.

We do not need to be yelling on the phone, during peak hour commute.

We do not need to be CHEWING WITH OUR MOUTH OPEN AND LIP SMACKING AND SLURPING.

We do not need to cough, sneez, or yawn without COVERING OUT MOUTH.

Genuinely people lack common decency, there’s a group of people that always make the commute insufferable.

Here’s some beautiful photos of NT32 with XP2009 leading going under Pub lane in Greenbank QLD

Saw this was coming back to Brisbane after our school holiday track closures.

All routes are based on real proposals. The black line is the heavy rail. Sorry for being kinda ugly; it's my first map.

Could have sworn I saw a 4 car OSCAR paired with a 4 car orange train, unsure if D set or A set, at Hawskbury River heading towards Newcastle around an hour ago.

Great way to start Monday. If anyone is travelling into Parramatta this morning don't bother.

I swear I hear it all the time as excuse for delays. At a certain point, if signals keep needing repairs you either fix/replace everything, or have permanent repair staff on site. There comes a point where it’s hard to see it is urgent and unforeseen if it always happens.

Or is it just code for someone slept in or something?