The state’s transport agency failed to detect squatters living in buildings that house key rail infrastructure for weeks, despite police and council knowing.
The state’s transport agency failed to detect homeless people living in buildings that house key rail infrastructure for weeks, despite police and the council knowing of the squatters, before damage to signalling equipment caused tens of thousands of Matildas fans to be delayed for hours on Wednesday night.
Anthony Pike, 33, had been living at the railway near Ashfield station for weeks, with swags and personal effects arranged about the station, his legal aid lawyer Matthew Lorkin told Burwood Local Court. Pike’s alleged accomplice, Damian Stewart, 47, who also has mental health issues, had been sleeping rough at the railway station as well for the last month, Lorkin said.
“This is a violent act of vandalism on the transport network that’s resulted in tens of thousands of people being severely disrupted in the middle of the night from getting home,” he said. Premier Chris Minns and Transport Minister Jo Haylen apologise to football fans for the major train delays.Hounsell said security of key infrastructure needed to be bolstered, and the transport agency should put on more buses from Olympic Park to key interchanges such as Strathfield, Lidcombe and Auburn during major events.Sydney Trains chief executive Matt Longland said authorities were able to redeploy some buses from other routes on Wednesday night to ferry fans to the CBD from Olympic Park.
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