Sydney Light Rail not running - 0915, Tuesday 17.12.2023.

[Hunslet]

L1, L2 and L3 Light Rail services are currently not running due to a network wide communications issue.
Consider alternate transport including local buses.
L2 and L3 passengers should also consider catching a train between Central and Circular Quay instead.
Allow extra travel time.

From Transport for NSW Alerts Page. Sydney Trams (pre-1961) never seemed to have this problem!

[Matthew Geier]

That's because tram (and train) drivers are not trusted to run a service
with out 'supervision'.
Tram drivers can not 'run on sight'. Trains can't proceed if they don't
have comms to the control centre
(ie the entire Sydney Trains network coming to halt because the train
radio system went down due to a bad software update - signals and
interlockings were all fine, but 'no communications, no movement' )

I assume Randwick control had another fire alarm and again hand over to
the Moore Park bunker failed.

[Geoff Olsen]

Do any of the other tram systems in Australia have this problem?

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[Mal Rowe]

On 17/12/2024 11:04, 'Geoff Olsen' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> Do any of the other tram systems in Australia have this problem?

Yes, Melbourne has disruptions all the time.

Sometimes it delays the trams for quite a few minutes - and occasionally
longer.

Mal Rowe in a city where tram drivers can drive unsupervised