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Maureen Dettre

Sydney trains comms equipment ‘obsolete’

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A week after the Sydney train network was shut down during the afternoon peak it has been revealed NSW Transport officials were warned a year ago that communication components on trains were too old and could fail.

A confidential report by Transport for NSW published on Monday in the Sydney Morning Herald warned trains’ digital radio system components were obsolete and fixing the problem was a priority.

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