Train guard concerned about staffing of new intercity fleet

By Phoebe Moloney
Updated August 30 2018 - 12:06pm, first published August 28 2018 - 5:00pm
MODEL: A life-sized model of the new train design, which supports 'driver only' operation. Picture: Janie Barrett
MODEL: A life-sized model of the new train design, which supports 'driver only' operation. Picture: Janie Barrett

A guard on Transport NSW’s intercity lines has contacted the Lithgow Mercury with concerns that staffing arrangements on the new intercity fleet of trains, which can be operated as ‘driver only’, will increase delays and reduce safety for customers using the intercity network, including the Blue Mountains line from Central to Lithgow. 

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