'I'm very sad': Telstra outage dashes five-year-old's train dream

It was going to be Leo Taylor's first ever train ride. He was heading to watch The Lion King musical at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.

"I'm very sad I couldn't go in the train," said the five-year-old from Jerrabomberra, who was standing alongside his grandmother, Louise Rogers, outside the Canberra railway station in Kingston on Wednesday, July 8.

Leo Taylor's excitement turned to disappointment as, background and inset right, commuters at Canberra railway station were left waiting for replacement buses and, inset left, Telstra CFO Michael Ackland addressing media. Pictures by Ray Athwal, AAP