Tens of thousands of peak-hour commuters were stranded on Wednesday because of a serious malfunction on Sydney’s problem-plagued rail network that threatens to undermine the Perrottet government’s infrastructure credentials
as it enters the final fortnight of the NSW election campaign.
“I’m awaiting briefings on whether it was foreign interference or industrial sabotage, but at the moment my understanding is that it was more likely a glitch, but we have to investigate it and rule out the possibility of any other causes,” Elliott told theWhile Sydney Trains was quick to shut down speculation over the delay being linked to a cyberattack, Elliott indicated it had not yet been ruled out.
“It’s clear there is no accountability. No one knows who’s in charge and passengers are yet again paying the price.”The failure of the digital trains radio system halted all services at 2.45pm, leaving Sydney’s major stations flooded with commuters. Some were turned away from Town Hall station in what staff said was an unprecedented incident.
About 4.45pm the message that trains were starting to run again spread through the crowd, which began to dissipate as people returned to Central to try their luck. Sydney Trains’ digital train radio system, which connects trains to a rail operations centre at Green Square, failed about 2.45pm. Engineers weren’t able to reset the system, so switched it across to a backup site at about 3.30pm.
“We believe that the issues around upgrading the system haven’t caused this particular incident. Our early indication is that it’s unrelated to any cyber issue – we believe it’s a system-related issue,” he said.
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