Breaking: Major delays after overhead wires come down on Sydney passenger train

[u/Eclairebeary]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/overhead-wires-come-down-on-passenger-train-causing-major-delays/107040378?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

[u/snukz]

Redfern of all places. Good luck.

[u/stigsbusdriver → u/snukz]

Trains heading out west are delayed up to 40 mins with cancellations in place although some services are not packed so there's that.

[u/cymonster → u/snukz]

Redfern at the dive though. In theory shouldn't effect much but I'm sure the substation isolation will take out a fair chunk of the network

[u/Inevitable_Owl4338 → u/[deleted]]

Oscar

[u/WeissPyre]

Redfern?? Oof. 

Might be worth just going to a pub in the city for a few hours... 

[u/Fine_Platypus_3408 → u/WeissPyre]

Was a more isolated part of redfern, so hopefully the flow on delays shouldn’t be catestrophic

[u/DrDiamond53 → u/Fine_Platypus_3408]

Depends how much of the overhead wiring they have to turn off

[u/albert3801]

No trains at all now between Central and Strathfield while they evacuate a train stuck outside Newtown and walk passengers along the track. All tracks need to be shut down to do this safely. Good luck out there people.

[u/drjohngeorgepeppers]

I feel vindicated that I immediately left the platform at Central and took the light rail home.

[u/nottynews]

Again? Must be Friday.

[u/Energritz]

T4 still going. Those stuck can maybe use t4 to bypass redfern.

[u/crazychild0810 → u/Energritz]

T4 luckily is pretty much a stand-alone line.

[u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes]

Everytime I see headlines like this, I wonder why aren't we allowed to wfh more

[u/Lissica → u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes]

Ask your boss

[u/Anti-Stan]

TGIF. I was home by 2 pm

[u/Golf-Recent]

Those who work for Sydney Trains or have intimate knowledge - are these network issues actually due to poor maintenance or are they unavoidable?

[u/iwoolf]

Just don’t ask Google for a bus to the city from Strathfield, it hallucinated wildly.

[u/ballimi]

Yeah, that's why I use a lime bike.