EcoTransit

The great rail infrastructure rip-off

by C S
2012-06-122015-12-01

EcoTransit Sydney’s Gavin Gatenby shows that new rail infrastructure costs in New South Wales have spiralled out of control over the last decade … to… Read More »The great rail infrastructure rip-off

What’s stopping the light rail? An old piece of paper

by C S
2011-09-172022-06-03

"The current contract is convoluted and opaque" ... Gavin Gatenby, EcoTransit. Photo: Quentin Jones — “The current contract is convoluted and opaque” … Gavin Gatenby, EcoTransit. Photo: Quentin Jones

SMH: What’s stopping the light rail? An old piece of paper Jacob Saulwick September 17, 2011

Commuters are feeling the impact of another poorly designed public private partnership, as a stand-off between the NSW government and the operator of the light-rail line delays construction of the 5.7-kilometre extension through the inner west.Read More »What’s stopping the light rail? An old piece of paper

Tickets sales rocket on airport line as prices plunge

by C S
2011-06-092015-12-01

SMH: Tickets sales rocket on airport line as prices plunge Jacob Saulwick (June 9, 2011)

It was once unloved and unused. But patronage on Sydney’s Airport Line, which has the only privately owned stations on the CityRail network, has exploded since the former Labor government started subsidising fares on two stations.Read More »Tickets sales rocket on airport line as prices plunge