Labor MP told to delete meme depicting David Elliott as Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes

A Labor frontbencher has been directed to remove a social media image depicting the transport minister in a Nazi uniform as Sergeant Schulz from sitcom Hogan’s Heroes.

A senior Labor frontbencher has been forced to take down an image depicting Transport Minister David Elliott in a Nazi uniform as the fictional Sergeant Schultz from 1970s US sitcom Hogan’s Heroes.

The meme, which accused Mr Elliott of deploying the “Sergeant Schulz” defence in relation to Monday’s train debacle, drew criticism from Mr Hoenig’s own side.

A Labor source last night said the post was in bad taste, and said Mr Hoenig had been directed to take the post down.

The social media post was removed by Sunday night.

The image, posted on Sunday morning, had disappeared by Sunday night.

Mr Elliott - who is also Veterans Minister - is a former soldier.

“No one appreciates the brutality of state politics more than me and I’m more than happy to have people take the mickey if it makes them feel better but there are plenty of other ways to do it than depict me in a Nazi uniform,” Mr Elliott said.

Mr Elliott was asleep when bureaucrats decided to shut down the train network last Monday amid an ongoing industrial dispute.

Senior public servants did not tell Mr Elliott about the decision to cancel Sydney’s trains until after the decision was made.

Meanwhile, Sydney trains are finally running to their usual Monday timetable to facilitate thousands of commuters returning to the office.

But Dominic Perrottet has warned ongoing industrial action and torrential rain could cause havoc even as the trains resume their more frequent services.

“That industrial action is still happening and will provide some disruption … Our number one priority is commuter safety,” the Premier said.

“We are likely to see rainfall all of this week, there is likely to be disruptions. The advice we have received is that disruption should be minimal.”

Mr Perrottet said the ongoing industrial action would mean “if there is an incident it may take a bit more time to recover”.

He said the return to a full timetable was a positive sign after days of disputes between the rail union and Sydney Trains.