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Alex Mitchell

Government caves to worker calls for 24-hour trains

Sydney will trial around-the-clock transport services this weekend. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Commuters will get 24-hour trains in Sydney this weekend after the government caved to a union demand to stop potentially-crippling strikes.

Escalating industrial action between government and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union had looked to spill over with a shutdown of the rail network threatened from Thursday.

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