Sydney Trains WILL run as normal as union battle with NSW government ends

Greater Sydney’s crippled train network could be back to normal next week after the rail union was ‘vindicated’ in an industrial dispute with the NSW government, following two days of transport chaos across the city.

After nearly 48 hours of rail turmoil in Sydney, the NSW government on Tuesday afternoon backed down in its fight with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, withdrawing proceedings against it at the Fair Work Commission.

The about-face came after the union demanded to see a copy of the safety assessment used to justify shutting down the network on Monday morning, a decision that disrupted hundreds of thousands of commuters, before limited train services resumed on Tuesday.

RTBU Secretary Alex Claassens described the union’s industrial position as ‘vindicated’, and reiterated that the…