Sydney's entire rail network was today cut off by an unprecedented and devastating technical breakdown, at the most crucial time of the afternoon. DamoNews, heinkealex, lizziepearl and WesternWilson9 have the latest from across the city. 9News MORE:
Sydney Trains chief executive Matthew Longland said the network had to be halted for safety reasons after the "critical" radio system's failure at about 2:45pm.
"For safety reasons, that meant we had to bring trains back to platforms so that customers could safely hop off those trains. "That switching took place around . And ... at around 4:00pm this afternoon, trains have progressively recommenced operations across the Sydney Trains network. Longland said that while the radio system had been upgraded over the weekend, that is not believed to have caused the failure."We've got trains running again, and we will fully investigate the root cause of this particular incident," Longland said."The lights are out across the Sydney transport network and the lights are out in the transport minister's office too.
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