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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Wire that fell on Sydney train in May identified as risky in 2020 – then inspected with binoculars

Passengers being detrained
Screenshot from Nine news of people being detrained after a high-voltage wire fell on a Sydney train in May. Photograph: Nine news

A high-voltage wire that fell on to a train in Sydney earlier this year, trapping 300 passengers and causing massive commuter disruption, was identified as a risk as early as 2020, a rail safety review has found.

The Minns government on Tuesday released the findings of the “sobering” report, which was commissioned after the Homebush incident in May. The study identified the need for extra care of critical assets on the city’s ageing heavy rail network.

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