Overview
- Overhead wires came down onto a South Coast Line passenger train between Redfern and Erskineville about 5pm on Friday, prompting crews to isolate power on two of the six tracks between Central and Newtown.
- Response teams removed passengers from affected carriages and evacuated some people along the tracks to safety while engineers began urgent overhead wiring repairs.
- Transport for NSW and Sydney Trains have diverted services, organised replacement buses and warned that delays and gaps in service will continue for the rest of the day.
- The cause of the wiring collapse is unknown and under investigation with operators saying crews remain on site to assess damage and restore power before normal services can resume.
- Because Redfern is a high‑volume hub one stop south of Central, the outage is cascading across almost every suburban and intercity line and may change stops or platforms at short notice for evening commuters.