'Simply outrageous': Train strike could cost economy $100m

By Rachel Clun
Updated January 17 2018 - 2:48pm, first published 2:43pm
Commuters wait for the train at Strathfield station as timetable changes and shortage of train drivers has forced some services to be cut. Strathfield, Sydney. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Commuters wait for the train at Strathfield station as timetable changes and shortage of train drivers has forced some services to be cut. Strathfield, Sydney. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty
NSW Premier Mike Baird,  Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian and Sydney Business Chamber Executive Director Patricia Forsythe make a business tax announcement.
Photo Nick Moir 13 June 2016
NSW Premier Mike Baird, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian and Sydney Business Chamber Executive Director Patricia Forsythe make a business tax announcement. Photo Nick Moir 13 June 2016
NSW Minister for Transport Andrew Constance (left) & Sydney Trains CEO Howard Collins (right) at Martin Place train station. Sydney CBD. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty
NSW Minister for Transport Andrew Constance (left) & Sydney Trains CEO Howard Collins (right) at Martin Place train station. Sydney CBD. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty

A planned 24-hour train strike later this month could cost the local economy more than $100 million, the Sydney Business Chamber says, labelling the strike "simply outrageous".

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