Sydney train network plagued by almost 40,000 defects – and delays ‘likely to worsen’

Scathing review finds the only time the network ran in line with its targets was during periods of lockdown or other Covid restrictions

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The number of active defects across Sydney's train network has soared to almost 40,000, as a scathing review finds the performance of the transport system has been hit by recent outages and delays is likely to worsen".

Defects related to infrastructure such as tracks and electrical circuiting - but not the train fleet itself - have increased from about 23,000 in December 2018 to about 37,000 in April this year. This has coincided with plunging on-time performance and spiralling service cancellations.

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