Around 75 per cent of Sydney train services are not operating, while bus drivers also walk off the job in a separate strike. 9News
Sydney rail workers have been subjected to threats and attacks while trying to do their job during the ongoing strikes, the union has revealed.
The RTBU have held rolling strikes across the month of August that have caused train chaos for commuters. Claassens called on the government to settle negotiations once and for all, a stance Premier Dominic Perrottet has reportedly echoed, saying he wants the issue finalised today. Even once bus services recommence, commuters can expect delays as banked up commuters need to fit on to buses with passenger limits.Masses of Sydney commuters try to go down stairs at a train station platform.The most disruptive train strike is planned for today with the union refusing to operate all foreign-made trains, which make up 75 per cent of the fleet.
"Customers should expect disruption including delays, altered stopping patterns and cancellations, with some of these impacts to be felt from around 9pm on Tuesday as we prepare for the reduced timetable."Buses will replace trains on the T3 Bankstown line between Lidcombe and Bankstown and the T7 Olympic Park line between Lidcombe and Olympic Park.T4 South Coast lines will operate hourly between Kiama and Waterfall while buses will replace trains between Port Kembla and Wollongong.
There has been a ban on transport officers issuing fines and cautions from August 7 which will also be in force until September 6. The union has been concerned about crucial blind spots in surveillance on the new fleet due to it relying solely on monitoring from CCTV cameras mounted on the sides of the trains, which have no audio and restricted line of sight because of the design of the carriages.to fix the fleet but the union claims the government has not committed to this pledge.
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