DELAYS across the Sydney Trains network have sent this afternoon’s peak hour commute into meltdown following power supply issues at the CBD hub of Central Station.
On Monday, Sydney Trains said “urgent power supply issues” at the major interchange had impacted the majority of services.
A broken cable prevented trains from traversing the City Circle lines for 40 minutes on Monday morning backing up trains.
Trains are now running but the system is in recovery mode. Some commuters have reported that at least one packed peak hour train has already experienced airconditioning failure as the hovers around 30 degrees celsius. Some of the older trains are not fitted with airconditioning and many commuters complained that the temperature inside was at least six degrees hotter than outside.
“I’m melting,” one commuter on-board the sweltering train wrote on Twitter.
Lines affected are the T1 Western, Northern and North Shore, T2 Inner West and Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T8 Airport and Macarthur.
@GladysB it's 29 degrees and the air con just died on the packed peak hour train could you bring some paper fans to us please #sydneytrainspic.twitter.com/RLEb4EIlsh
— Tiani Chillemi (@tianichillemi) March 19, 2018
EVERYTHING IS FINE 😂 #sydneytrainspic.twitter.com/t9UnQXFTE0
— Rosie Russell (@rosierussell123) March 19, 2018
If the ridiculous cost of housing in Sydney doesn’t eventually force me back to Melbourne than its absurd train system will. Such a joke. #sydneytrains
— James (@JRicoops) March 19, 2018
T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra trains are the only main suburban route unaffected.
There were some reports of trains being delayed by up to 45 minutes. Electronic indicator boards are also said to be not working.
“Sydney Trains is advising customers there will be some service changes during the evening peak due to an earlier power supply issue at the Sydney signal box,” a spokesman told news.com.au.
“The issue was due to a faulty cable which meant trains could not run on the City Circle for approximately 40 minutes.
“For the evening peak we will be running a regular service, however some trains will be operating out of sequence.”
#sydneytrains@T8SydneyTrains late again, hot, crowded, and what the hell do you mean stand behind the lines on a crowded platform WTF
— Max Stravinski (@Max_Stravinski) March 19, 2018
Hi Vicki, our 24 new air conditioned trains will start rolling out from the middle of this year to replace the old non air conditioned ones. Sorry for the discomfort on your current service.
— T8 Sydney Trains (@T8SydneyTrains) March 19, 2018
Considering bringing a thermometer into these sweatboxes. This actually has to be illegal??? 🤒☄️🔥 #sydneytrains
— Lauren Elloise (@laurenelloise) March 19, 2018
It's a nice 26°c outside in Sydney, but a nasty 32°c+ in the old smelly @T8SydneyTrains. #wtf#sydneytrains#cityrails#nsw#trains
— Simon (@_Sim_On) March 19, 2018
Customers have vented their frustration about the delays on social media. “Another day another F’up. Sydney Trains is now at a stage where its just expected there will be delays,” was how one traveller summed up the situation.
The train operator was earlier aiming to get services back on track for the evening peak but it seems to have fallen short.
It’s the latest disruption on the city’s train network that has been plagued by a lack of staff due to overtime bans and technical glitches.
A timetable change last year, that flooded the network with more services, was also blamed for leaving little room in the timetable to recover when things go wrong.
Transport for NSW subsequently announced changes would be made to the timetable to remove some services to decrease the pressure on the network and the reliance on staff overtime.
Real time information can be found at the Transport for NSW travel alert website.
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