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Season 1, Episode 10 - W3 Restoration & St James Tunnels - Ep 10

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Venture deep below one of Sydney's oldest subway stations, to reveal a secret that sheds light on the city’s wartime history, and at Central, Duty Manager Buck has the granddaddy of all invasions on his hands. Today is the day of the Premier's Gala Concert - a hugely popular show for senior citizens. With a growing crowd o...
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Season 1, Episode 9 - T4 Line - Ep 9

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It’s almost Christmas, one of the busiest times of year for Sydney Trains. With over 3000 train journeys every day, staff at Central Station and at the Rail Operations Centre are working around the clock to keep trains on track and on schedule. But at Central it’s not only commuters keeping everyone busy. Event manager Gar...
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Season 1, Episode 8 - Mardi Gras - Ep 8

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There are more than 11,000 staff and crew working across the Sydney Trains Network. It has one of the most diverse workforces in the country. For Bea, a transgender woman, the upcoming Mardi Gras parade will be the first time she will be marching as part of Transport for NSW Mardi Gras group. With dance rehearsals and a fl...
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Season 1, Episode 7 - 3801 Launch - Ep 7

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In this episode, we go behind the scenes of Sydney Train’s ongoing battle against graffiti. Train tagging costs the network more than $35 million every year to clean off more than 11 thousand tags, but the true price is much higher. Train taggers put lives at risk venturing onto tracks to paint carriages. Also, we're on bo...
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Season 1, Episode 6 - After Dark - Tamale - Ep 6

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We go behind the scenes of the Sydney rail network at night. CSA Tamale is on night shift, looking after the platform servicing Kings Cross, Sydney' s nightclub district. There is only one certainty - as the night wears on, passengers will be more and more boisterous. Sure enough, Tamale must manage intoxicated crowds. Som...
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Season 1, Episode 5 - Man Falls In Train - Ep 5

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In this episode, we mark the anniversary of Australia's worst train disaster. In 1977, 84 people were killed when a passenger train left the tracks and crashed into an overpass at Granville. The day is marked with a sombre ceremony, but it also serves as a reminder of how much safer the network has become as a result of th...
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Season 1, Episode 4 - Rain - Ep 4

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Sydney is in the grip of one of the worst weather events in decades. Over 48 hours, the city is drenched by over 300 millimetres of rain causing chaos on the rail network. As rain buckets down across Sydney, staff at the Rail Operations Centre are bracing themselves for the worst.
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Season 1, Episode 3 - Lidcombe Self Harm - Ep 3

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At Lidcombe station, a man has tragically taken his own life. Although the human tragedy is overwhelming, rail staff focus on dealing with the immediate impact on passengers and the network.
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Season 1, Episode 2 - Woman Faints Into Train

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Back at Central, we meet Nasser, a customer service attendant at Central Station. Nasser is first on the scene when a woman faints onto another person standing on the platform and they both fall onto the side of an incoming train. It doesn’t get any closer to disaster. Emergency procedures swing into action.
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Season 1, Episode 1 - Sydney Harbour Bridge Closure

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It’s New Year’s Eve and on Sydney’s Harbour Bridge the most ambitious ever repair of the Bridge’s rail corridor has begun. A massive lightning strike takes out a signal box bringing trains to a stand-still and stranding thousands of passengers.
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