It’s a feeling all too familiar to Sydney residents – the weekend trip that suddenly gets thrown into confusion when you get to the train station to be greeted by the yellow sign and the three-word sentence nominated by the internet as the worst in the English language: buses replace trains.
But is trackwork in Sydney really more frequent and more disruptive than in other global cities? Experts say it is, but that embracing overnight repairs to reduce the number of weekend closures would increase labour costs and noise complaints.
