Sydney buses to stop for two periods on Friday strike, hitting eastern suburbs, Northern Beaches and more

Transport for NSW announced on November 11 that the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) plans industrial action on Friday, November 13, in two periods, affecting bus services across several parts of Sydney.

Two strike windows, morning and evening

The strike windows are 6:30-7:30 a.m. and 5-6 p.m., affecting Sydney's eastern suburbs, Northern Beaches, Lower North Shore and inner north-west. Both sides are in intensive negotiations, and the state government hopes to reach an agreement to avoid the strike.

Sydney Metro peak services to start earlier on Friday

To ease the impact, Sydney Metro's peak four-minute services will start an hour earlier on Friday. Some bus services have already been affected by ongoing industrial action since November 4, and real-time travel information may also be affected from Monday, November 16.

A new development in the same dispute

The strike is a new development in the same industrial dispute: the union has imposed indefinite work bans since November 4, which this site reported at the time. This announcement is the first to set out specific strike dates and times. Source: Transport for NSW.