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Train slams into car at level crossing on Central Coast

Trains are not running and travellers should allow extra time.

Newcastle Herald

Dispute with Spanish maker leaves Newcastle tram laid up for two years

The trams are experiencing problems with their onboard batteries.

Newcastle Herald

On your bike then: London's calling Newcastle's anti-car fanatics

Newcastle is a city built for driving, but the anti-car brigade is having none of it.

Newcastle Herald

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Horseplay On Train Platform Captured In Bizarre Video

A horse's mischievous antics at a railway station in Sydney, Australia, captured in a viral video.

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Expert panel weighs up NSW ports policy after container terminal ruling

The policy favours Kembla over Newcastle as NSW's second port.

Newcastle Herald

Broken cherry-picker shuts Hexham Bridge, causes five-hours of delays

'We apologise,' says Transport for NSW.

Newcastle Herald

Liberal councillor renews push for Wallsend-Mayfield road

The proposal was heavily criticised when Cr Pull last raised it.

Newcastle Herald

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Summer sting: jet ski offences triple on Hunter waterways

The rules riders are breaking as the sport's popularity surges.

Newcastle Herald

Heritage plan for locomotive depot as subdivision receives support

A conservation management plan will be developed.

Newcastle Herald

Adamstown gates alternative buried for good as state pursues 'better' options

The maligned rail crossing is getting traffic lights instead.

Newcastle Herald

Deadline blows out to clean up asbestos ground zero

The closure of a park less than a month after it opened because of contaminated mulch kicked off an asbestos scandal that has spread outside NSW.

AAP

Asbestos: Rozelle parklands reopening delayed, with critics arguing extension shows EPA is a ‘toothless tiger’

Environment Protection Authority originally demanded asbestos be cleaned up by end of February but Transport for NSW granted extra month by watchdog

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Transport for NSW picks Newcastle 'mass transport corridor'

The corridor is expected to link the city centre with the suburbs.

Newcastle Herald

Only 500 from Hunter to use public transport for Swift concerts, govt says

Inside the public transport plan for 'up to 500' Hunter concert-goers.

Newcastle Herald

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Third time lucky the hope for fix to licence system

A major database holding images and home addresses of one in four Australians is decades old but replacing it has been plagued by issues, a report has found.

Newcastle Herald

Buses to replace trains from Newcastle on Taylor Swift weekend

Why your public transport plan might be derailed.

Newcastle Herald

Four million trips as Newcastle light rail marks five years

An average of 3019 trips were taken per weekday in January 2024.

AAP

Riverside suburbs cast adrift by ferry strike

Ferry services will be halted on Sydney's outskirts as operators strike over stalled wage negotiations.

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‘Filling potholes with rocks’: the $2bn task to repair NSW’s flood-damaged roads

Councils encouraged not to apply ‘Band-Aid’ solutions to restore damaged roads that were in poor condition before the 2022 floods

Newcastle Herald

Everything you need to know about seeing Pink in Newcastle

Free shuttles, added transport and more for Tuesday's concert.

AAP

More asbestos discovered at NSW govt projects

Bonded asbestos fragments have been found in recycled mulch near two Sydney train stations and a bridge construction project in the state's south.

AAP

Balaclava clad neo-Nazis arrested after storming train

About 60 men in balaclavas, including Australia's neo-Nazi leader, were held in North Sydney by police after swarming a train and waving Australian flags.

Newcastle Herald

Port of Newcastle container compensation on state's freight reform agenda

State government's freight reform program to examine ports, rail and roads

AAP

Concerns grow about spread of asbestos-tainted mulch

Backyard mulch testing has been floated after even more asbestos was found in recycled mulch in transport sites across Sydney.

AAP

Vintage rest stop photos a window into road-trips past

Nostalgic black-and-white photos of NSW's highway rest stops have been digitally archived for the first time.

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