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Paulina Vidal and Sean Tarek Goodwin

More than half a million Sydney rail commuters face weekend disruptions for at least a year in 'biggest ever' fix to network

Maintenance work on the rail network has started and will continue continue until next year. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts )

More than half a million rail commuters will be forced to catch buses on weekends for at least a year as the Sydney network undergoes a major maintenance blitz.

Close to 4,000 repairs, upgrades and refurbishments to equipment, including tracks and signalling systems started this weekend at a cost of about $97 million — impacting about 600,000 passengers.

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