Moore Park Light Rail: Carriage malfunction sees electrical infrastructure shatter car window
The $3.1 billion Sydney Light Rail was forced to close at a busy interchange this morning after a major electrical fault saw a carriage window shattered. SEE HOW IT HAPPENED HERE.
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The Moore Park Light Rail was forced to a glass-shattering halt today after electrical infrastructure from the $3.1 billion transport system smashed through the front window of a carriage during peak hour.
A NSW Police spokeswoman said the incident, which NewsLocal understands to have occurred shortly before 7am this morning on Anzac Pde near Robertson Rd, Moore Park was not reported to police.
NSW Fire and Rescue and NSW Ambulance were also not notified of the incident, with no injuries reported.
NewsLocal understands the pantograph or current collector for the Light Rail carriage dislodged from the roof of the car, shattering the front window.
A NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union division secretary David Babineau said the incident raised “serious questions about the safety and integrity of the CBD and South East light rail system”.
“The wheels, or in this case what looks to be an engine part, are falling off the light rail system only a few short years after it opened,” he told NewsLocal. “How did the NSW Government spend more than $3 billion on a new light rail system only to have an incident like this happen?
“After enduring five years of disruptive construction, the public was promised a world-class light rail service, that’s a complete joke.”
Mr Babineau said he feared “there’ll be engine parts strewn across Parramatta Rd” under a plan for four new trams on the Inner West Line, announced last week.
“The photos of this alarming light rail incident il is only the latest example of the NSW Government’s mismanagement of the state’s transport services,” he said.
“Commuters deserve a world-class transport system, but instead we’re paying through the nose for something that barely works.”
Transport For NSW is yet to respond to questions.
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