A confidential NSW government document reveals NSW transport officials were warned a year ago that parts of the digital trains radio system that crashed last week were outdated.
abc.net.au/news/confidential-document-finds-trains-radio-system-obsolete/102091338Transport officials in the NSW government were warned a year ago that parts of the digital trains radio system that crashed last week were outdated, a confidential document reveals.Passengers reported being stuck at stations or halted mid-journey for more than an hourThe entire Sydney train network shut down last Wednesday, stranding tens of thousands of afternoon peak-hour commuters.
The report by Transport for NSW, which is dated March 24 last year, found that components in the digital trains radio system were "obsolete". He said the fact NSW transport workers got the system back up and running in one hour and 15 minutes during peak-hour traffic was "positive".A Sydney Trains spokesperson said it had identified in 2021 that parts of the system would become obsolete in the next five years.
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