Commuters in Sydney are feeling annoyed after an pressing problem has led to delays on a handful of prepare traces — simply days after town’s total community went down as a consequence of a communication error.
An pressing wiring problem in Panania, in Sydney’s west, has led to delays and altered stops at prepare traces such because the Bankstown and Macarthur traces.
The problem first occured on Friday afternoon, with no estimated time-frame on when will probably be resolved.
A Sydney trains spokesperon informed news.com.au: “Customers are advised that services on the T8 Airport & South line have been suspended between Kingsgrove and Glenfield as repairs continue on the overhead wires at Panania.
“Emergency repair works commenced last night, including the removal of the affected train. Teams are currently working on the reconstruction of the overhead wiring.
“Buses continue to replace trains in both directions between Kingsgrove and Glenfield on the T8 Airport & South Line.
“Passengers are advised to allow plenty of extra travel time or consider using alternative transport.”
T8 Airport & South Line trains remains to be operating between town and Kinsgrove in each instructions, whereas trains heading too town from Macarthur and Campbelltown will now terminate at Liverpool.
“Customers may need to change at Liverpool to complete their journey,” the spokesperson stated.
“Sydney Trains apologises for the inconvenience and thanks our customers for their patience.”
One annoyed commuter stated they’ve been left caught on the prepare for greater than half an hour.
“The most unreliable train system, stuck on a train for more than half an hour now with no movement,’ the social media user said.
“Going to be late for my appointment despite me taking 2 earlier trains to account for any delays. DO BETTER.”
Another stated: “Sydney Trains failing to meet the bare minimum of service. Just a reminder: We vote this month.”
It comes after hundreds of night commuters had been stranded at prepare stations for hours on Wednesday evening after a network-wide shutdown throughout peak hour.
The shut down began after Transport was suggested the Digital Train Radio System (DTRS), which connects the prepare crew with the signaller and the rail operations centre, had failed at 2.45pm on Wednesday.
The outage lasted simply over an hour however Sydney Trains employees had been left scrambling into the early hours of the morning to get scheduled journeys again up and operating.
Source: www.news.com.au
