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Phoebe Loomes

Urgent service blitz could fix Sydney’s late train woes

A review has found Sydney's beleaguered rail system needs an urgent maintenance blitz. Photo: AAP

An urgent maintenance blitz is needed to fix Sydney’s growing backlog of failing rail infrastructure as the government works to reverse the trend of late and cancelled trains.

A surge in infrastructure-related defects, coupled with a growing backlog of compliance checks on those defects, were the main causes of disruption across the rail network, an interim review of Sydney Trains released on Monday has found.

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