Cancelled safety upgrades on Sydney light rail would have only cost $2.2m, whistleblower claims after fatal incidents

NSW government urged to investigate if transport department refused to share cost of sensors that would detect a person entering coupling area

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The potentially life-saving safety upgrades to Sydney’s light rail, which a former Transdev employee has alleged were cancelled in order to save money, would have only cost about $2.2m, according to the whistleblower.

The New South Wales government has been urged to investigate whether its transport department https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/sydney-light-rail-death-pedestrian-sensors-transdev-tram-trial-scrapped">declined to share the cost of installing sensors that would detect a person entering the coupling area between two joined trams after a fatal incident in 2023.