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Behind this door is the huge fatberg that can’t stop depositing poo balls on Sydney’s beaches
Guardian Australia tours problematic Malabar wastewater plant where some accumulated fats, oils and grease can’t be accessed – let alone cleared
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“This,†says Fiona Copeman, the hub manager of the Malabar wastewater treatment plant, “is what you would call our four-bus area.â€
Copeman is gesturing to a model of the plant on a table inside the facility itself. She’s referring to a 300 cubic metre underground chamber that houses, as Guardian Australia revealed in January, a “fatberg the size of four buses that likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beachesâ€.
Sydney-Wollongong commuters finally get start date for new intercity trains
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After a five-year delay, NSW’s multibillion-dollar fleet of new Mariyung trains will start carrying passengers on the South Coast rail line between Kiama and Sydney from next Tuesday, raising commuters’ hopes of more reliable and frequent services.
The new intercity fleet will be progressively rolled out on the line over the next year, starting with seven trains of four and six carriages, before longer eight and 10-car sets enter service during peak periods.
All 16 new trains to eventually be used on the line will terminate at Sydney’s Central Station – like those used on the Blue Mountains and Newcastle lines – partly because 10-carriage trains are too long to stop at platforms on the underground line between Redfern and Bondi Junction. The longest Mariyung trains also cannot be turned around at Bondi Junction.
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Mariyung Fleet: Long-awaited new trains to hit South Coast line on Tuesday
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The Mariyung Fleet will start carrying passengers on the South Coast line from Tuesday – five years after originally scheduled.
The fleet was originally slated to be in service in 2021 but a range of issues including ordering more carriages, the need for infrastructure upgrades and conflict with rail unions pushed back the delivery date.
The first Mariyung passenger service will leave Kiama Station at 7.56am on Tuesday, April 14, heading for Central Station.
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