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[KevinKorell]

Daily Mail, 11/5/21:

 

 

   Chaos as Sydney's ENTIRE inner west light rail line will be shut down for up to 18 MONTHS due to cracks in tram carriages    

 

 

The entire Sydney inner west light rail line will be taken offline for up to 18 months due to cracks in the wheels of trams.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Daily Mail, 11/7/21:

 

 

   New $2.8B intercity train fleet is delayed by 18 MONTHS - after entire Sydney light rail line was shut down until 2023 due to cracks    

 

 

New intercity trains in NSW have been delayed by up to 18 months, adding to public transport woes caused by an entire light rail shutting down due to cracks in tram wheels.

 

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[KevinKorell]

2GB Radio, 11/7/21:

 

 

    Latest light rail failure a ‘line in the sand’ for state Opposition  

 

 

NSW Labor are backing local manufacturing in the wake of yet another public transport infrastructure failure, identified in the Spanish-built Inner West light rail.

 

The L1 Dulwich Hill to Central light rail line will be nonoperational for up to 18 months due to extensive cracking in all 12 vehicles.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sydney Morning Herald, 11/8/21:

 

 

    Government ‘hopeful’ inner west light rail will return sooner than first feared  

 

 

Sydney’s faulty inner west light rail could return far sooner than first feared, according to a senior transport official, but Premier Dominic Perrottet has acknowledged the service’s suspension could hinder the return of workers to the CBD as the government attempts to revive the city.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sydney Morning Herald, 11/8/21:

 

 

    Light rail debacle an untimely blow for reopening city  

 

 

Just as Sydneysiders were returning to work and school, they have been derailed by the inner west light rail debacle.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sydney Morning Herald, 11/10/21:

 

 

 

    Transport Minister expects Spanish manufacturer to pay for cracked trams  

 

 

 

NSW Transport Minister Rob Stokes says the state government expects the Spanish manufacturer of Sydney’s cracked inner west trams to pay for their rectification.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Lithgow Mercury, 12/16/21:

 

 

   Sydney inner west trams to resume in Feb    

 

 

Some services will resume on Sydney's inner west light rail network as early as February, with all cracked trams to be repaired by October 2022.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Port News, 2/6/22:

 

 

   Sydney's inner-west light rail resumes    

 

 

Services on Sydney's inner-west light rail network will soon resume after cracks in the trams forced their suspension, but the opposition warns the "transport saga" is not over.

 

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