Last-Minute Crisis Talks Head Off Trains Shutdown

Passengers wait for the arrival of a Sydney Metro train at Chatswood Metro station for the first day of public travel, Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2024. AAP Image/Jeremy Piper

The trains will keep rolling across NSW—for this week at least—after crisis talks and a government backdown averted strikes.

Trains from Newcastle to Wollongong and across Sydney were due to lay dormant from Friday morning until Sunday night amid an escalating pay dispute between the state government and rail workers.