‘A bus is more annoying than a train’: Sydney commuters on the Bankstown line adjust amid wait for metro

‘It’s all a bit annoying to be honest’ … Therese Manuel had to wake up much earlier than she would have wanted to get the bus to Sydenham. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

As Anna Masood and Esmeralda Quintal waited for their train replacement buses, their patience began to wear thin as it began sprinkling.

They were waiting for an express bus to Sydenham, from where they would be taking the metro into the CBD, but they got frustrated after two all-stops buses passed them.