After the failure of the digital train radio system last Wednesday, which during the evening peak, officials are now set to give train drivers hand-held radios as a backup in case the technology fails again and communications are temporarily severed.
The failure of the digital trains radio system halted all services at 2.45pm last Wednesday, leaving Sydney’s major stations flooded with commuters. SMH
The digital train radio system crashed after a integral to communications failed after 2pm last Wednesday. It took almost two hours to replace the switch and reboot the system, which connects train drivers to a rail operations centre at Alexandria.
A confidential report by Transport for NSW, completed early last year, warned that the digital trains radio system “components are obsolete”, and the problem had been “identified as a priority”. The components refer to switches,…
