Commuters are warned to brace themselves for more chaos on the Sydney rail network, because major delays expected destruction destruction during the morning peak hours
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Sydneysiders should Brace for more delays during their home -working traffic to work on Wednesday morning hours after a power failure caused widespread chaos.
The network was stopped on Tuesday afternoon after a passing train became entangled in fallen high -voltage wires Hung above the tracks near Strathfield Station in West in SydneyThat caused a power outage.
Large disruptions in the network went far into late Tuesday evening, where buses still replace trains in different lines in the city.
Sydney Trains could not Compare further delays in his last update shared shortly before midnight.
“At this stage we have no prediction if morning shifts are influenced,” read De Alert.
“We will let you know when we have more information.”
About 300 passengers on board the packaged train hit by live threads were stranded for three hours before they were evacuated one by one.
NSW Transport Minister John Graham described the situation as dangerous and said that a 1500-Volt power connector was on the train.

Communits will probably experience more delays on Wednesday morning. The town hall station is depicted during the chaos of Tuesday evening

The train was evacuated after passengers had been stranded for hours
This is a very serious incident, precisely in the heart of Sydney’s train network, “Mr. Graham told ABC News.
Mr Graham said that the pantograph of the train collided with overhead threads that caused the damage.
Air images showed that passengers were brought out of the train and walked along the tracks to safety.
The power outage ensured that three other trains came to a halt, where the staff arrived on the spot to evacuate the passengers.
Mr Graham said there were works to be done to move the affected trains and remove them from the network, allowing trains to work once the threads have been repaired.
‘We are aware that this will cause major problems and delays. We recommend in the morning to ensure that you check the latest information, “said Mr Graham.
“It is possible that there may be some domino effects.”
Strathfield is an important exchange for several routes, where the incident is caused cascade interruptions elsewhere on the network.

Passengers are in line outside the Gadigal Metro Station after they have been sent from the town hall station

The 1500-Volt Power Connector LiveWire fell on the train with 300 passengers
Communits were advised to postpone non-essential journeys or to consider alternative transport arrangements’.
“This incident took place between Homebush and Strathfield Station. This is such a large part of the network. Those lines that run close together, every disruption has a wrinkle effect, “said Mr Graham.
“It has influenced every line on the Sydney metro of the T4 line.”
The metro, light rail and local buses were not influenced.
Metro station platforms such as Gadigal, across the train station of the town hall, saw huge queues, because thousands of alternative journeys were looking for.
Buses run and an agreement has been reached with Rideshare operator Uber to prevent an increase in the incident.
‘About a million people trust public transport to move through the city. This is a major impact, the rail network is crucial. It is strongly helped by the bus and metro network. The fact that they run makes it easier tonight, “said Mr Graham.
An update on Services is expected to be provided in the coming hours, including how this will affect the peak hours of Wednesday morning.
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