Sydney Trains review finds system failure risk was detected but not repaired | ABC NEWS
A scathing report into Sydney Trains has suggested incompetence among senior management during a major network meltdown in May. It found that the overhead wire that fell onto a train, plunging services into chaos, had been identified as a risk in 2020 but was not repaired.
The NSW transport minister said the state government accepted all 12 recommendations made with a $458.4 million maintenance blitz to come.
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