‘Software glitch’ blamed for mass outage – as it happened

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Telstra outage reported to be cause of Victoria train stoppage

There is a long list of cancelled trains on the official V/line site, but the TL/DR is that Victoria's regional train network has ground to a halt.

Due to a radio network fault affecting the network, services are currently unable to operate ...

Passengers are advised to defer travel where possible.