“When we deployed all of our teams to find out what the problem was, we were able to find out quite quickly. We discovered a possum had got itself caught on the overhead wire, which causes the electrical circuits to circuit break out and to trip, therefore isolated the power.“What that does is it actually reduces the capacity significantly and we had to route all of the trains through two of the lines rather than through four.“As you can imagine, that caused significant delays into the city.”
How resilient is our Brisbane rail network if all lines are suspended because of a possum? It’s a valid question…
— Laura Gannon (@_lauragannon_) July 26, 2017
Lmfao a possum got stuck in some cables and suspended train services both ways I love this country ????????
— Dhivya Nair (@dhivyanair_) July 27, 2017
A possum was responsible for the train delays this morning in #Brisbane. That is #Adelaide levels of hilarious.
— Adam (@Yeahbutnaahh) July 26, 2017
Today in Brisbane: entire rail system crashes due to a “possum incident.” I couldn’t make this shit up.
— Bianca Jane Insane (@Conepig) July 26, 2017
Commuters in uproar with a possum to blame for Brisbane rail disruptions yet no thoughts spared for the possum, his wife & kids #poorform
— Andy Moratis (@AndyMoratis) July 26, 2017
Buses aren’t free today. Some BCC bus drivers may not be taking fares, please try to touch on as usual https://t.co/F6Mm8TFeTa pic.twitter.com/xMFgPD6moV
— TransLink (@TransLinkSEQ) July 26, 2017
