The Labor Party’s commitment to improving the pay and conditions of Metro Tasmania workers, recruiting more drivers, and criminalising the abuse of public transport workers will create a stronger public transport network for all Tasmanians.

Rail workers will be seeking mandatory safety cameras at level crossings, and increased penalties for drivers who cross in front of a train at next week’s national level crossing safety summit.

All candidates standing in the Tasmanian state election are being asked to commit to fixing Tasmania’s government-owned bus operator, Metro Tasmania.

Rail Tram and Bus Union Tasmanian Secretary Byron Cubit today called on all sides of politics to fully explain how they will fix Tasmania’s public transport system.

Tasmanians are being short-changed on public transport, and more funding is needed to bring the state’s public transport services up to scratch.

Rail workers are spearheading a new community campaign to save the sleeper carriages on train services between Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane and Casino.

The January 2024l edition of the RTBU's quarterly national member magazine, Transport NOW, is hot off the presses!

The details of police charges against a truck driver who caused a huge collision with a full-laden freight train in Katherine in June 2023 reinforce the need for a new approach to level crossing safety.

Over 70 elected National Council Delegates and observers from all parts of our union, and all parts of the country, gathered in Brisbane from 21-23 November for the 15th bi-annual RTBU National Council.

Rail workers are demanding urgent action to prevent more level crossing deaths after two train drivers were killed in South Australia on New Year’s Eve.