Train services slowly resume after five-minute strike, T8 Line hit hardest

A snap strike lasting just five minutes early Thursday morning caused chaos on Sydney’s rail network, with extensive delays across some lines.

All train lines across Sydney have been impacted by the snap strike.

Sydney’s rail services are slowly getting back on track after an earlier five-minute snap strike caused widespread disruption across all train lines on Thursday morning.

The brief industrial action, which began shortly after 3am, left commuters facing delays, with Transport for NSW warning of “larger than normal gaps in services.”

“The worst affected is the T8 Airport and South Line,” according to authorities.

Passengers were reporting delays of up to 30 minutes on the T8 Line at Green Square Station just after 9am.

Trains on this line will now terminate at Campbelltown instead of Macarthur, with buses replacing services for the remainder of the journey.

T8 Sydney Trains said on X:

“Please catch local buses or delay travel if possible, and allow plenty of extra travel time.”

“Trains stops and platforms may change at short notice and some trains may be cancelled,” Transport for NSW said in a statement.

A commuter in Sydney’s southwest said his train had come to a halt for 30 minutes. “Eventually I got a train from Campbelltown, but we’ve been stuck here for 30 minutes because the driver had to be changed,” Peter told 2GB radio station.

“So we’ve been waiting 30 minutes for a release driver.”

Passengers have been urged to use Metro services between Epping, Chatswood, Central, and Sydenham to ease their commute amid the lingering delays.

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