The following reduced timetable will run:
L1 Dulwich Hill Line
Tonight
No trams 11pm – 1am, customers should consider alternate travel including bus, train, and metro services.
Friday/Saturday
- 7am-7pm
- Trams between Central Grand Concourse and Lilyfield every 10mins (Fri), 15mins (Sat)
- Buses between Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill.
- 5am-7am & 7pm-1amBuses between Central Grand Concourse and Dulwich Hill.
L2 Randwick Line
Tonight
No trams 11pm – 1am, customers should consider alternate travel including bus, train, and metro services.
Friday/Saturday
- 7am-7pmTrams between Central Chalmers Street and Randwick every 10mins both Friday and Saturday.
- 5am-7am & 7pm-1am
- Buses between Central Chalmers Street and Randwick.
- No services between Central Chalmers Street and Circular Quay.
L3 Kingsford Line
Tonight
No trams 11pm – 1am, customers should consider alternate travel including bus, train, and metro services.
Friday/Saturday
- 7am-7pmTrams between Central Chalmers Street and Juniors Kingsford every 10mins Friday and Saturday.
- 5am-7am & 7pm-1am
- Buses between Central Chalmers Street and Juniors Kingsford.
- No services between Central Chalmers Street and Circular Quay, customers should consider alternate travel including regular bus, train, and metro services.
There may also be disruptions early on Sunday morning on all lines.
Service information for Friday and Saturday will not appear in Journey Planner or travel apps. Customers should plan their trip, allow extra travel time and consider catching alternate transport or active travel.
Cricket fans heading to the T20 international between Australia and Pakistan on Saturday night at the Sydney Cricket Ground, should plan ahead, arrive early, and allow extra travel time. Limited trams and replacement bus services will run to the SCG before the match, with buses only running afterwards.
Staff will be stationed across the tram network to help customers. We expect normal tram services to resume from Sunday morning, 17 November 2024.
Reasons behind the Dispute
Transdev Sydney Managing Director Arsene Durand-Raucher apologised for the inconvenience of this industrial action.
“The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) wants tram drivers to reduce tram speeds to less than 10 kilometres an hour unless the State Government cuts fares to 50¢ a trip, and also ran trams 24/7,” Mr Durand-Raucher said.
“Driving trams at less than 10kmh poses real safety risks and this action has made demands about fares and hours of operations which we don’t control.
“All our people have the opportunity to work and get paid in full so there is no lockout, and we will be running trams at normal speeds tomorrow and Saturday.
“Our pay offer of an 18% wage increase over four years, 11 days of paid sick leave and 50 weeks of backpay, was recently voted down by the RTBU.
“Transdev has been attempting to meet with the RTBU all week, including this weekend, but unfortunately the union has been unable to sit down with us.
“We apologise for this disruption and thank passengers for their understanding.”