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Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell

Trains and a pay deal delayed as court halts work bans

Most suburban trains ran on time on Monday morning, but intercity services were hit by disruptions. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Any further disruptions on the nation's busiest rail network should be put down to operator incompetence not industrial action, a union says after drawn-out pay talks ended with a dramatic legal intervention.

The NSW government took the state's Rail, Tram and Bus Union to court a day before work bans were due to resume on Monday, a move that came too early for the union but too late for the state's opposition.

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