We are deep into day 2 of Sydney‘s train nightmare and I swear to God, we are about one incident away from everyone eating their own shoes and forming a new Mad Max-esque society in the stations they have been completely unable to leave.
Thanks to an unfortunate confluence of a shitload of lightning strikes causing electrical faults, an unusual amount of sick days being taken, and a shortage of available overtime thanks to the holiday period, commuters have been left stranded for hours as trains fail to arrive or do arrive but are too sardined already to fit anyone else in.
Scenes at train stations quickly devolved into an almost comical (I said almost, please don’t get angry at me, people who got stuck) Boschian nightmare as they got massively overfilled with people who were told to expect “infinite delays” (apparently not a typo).
It did not look like a fun time for anyone involved:
Gordon station. That crowd runs all the way out of the station into the replacement bus queues. Am I the only one who thinks this level of overcrowding is dangerous? #SydneyTrains pic.twitter.com/H7eFgqO2JF
— Anita (@EvilxMidget) January 9, 2018
Wynyard: This is a photo taken moments before access to the platform was restricted. Trains cancelled again today due to a driver shortage. #SydneyTrains #7News pic.twitter.com/mCeq2w2g1r
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) January 9, 2018
“We apologise as a train crew. We do not apologise for management’s stuff up”
I love you, Guard. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.#SydneyTrains
— Happy Singer (parody) (@HappySinger) January 9, 2018
@AndrewConstance hey Andrew, do you reckon trains will be on time tomorrow? Just want to know if I should leave now to be at work on time. #SydneyTrains
— Theeran Suntheradas (@edtheeran) January 9, 2018
#SydneyTrains view at 7.30pm, no trains have arrived and crowding is becoming dangerous. No updates on trains to Beverly Hills. Absolutely ridiculous. Government should be ashamed. Sydney cannot be a world city with these issues. pic.twitter.com/mPi9ketr4g
— C H L O E ✈️ (@_ch1oe__) January 9, 2018
Ok good to know #SydneyTrains pic.twitter.com/YzOGmkuH7O
— Kerin Melissa (@kerimellily) January 9, 2018
Had enough with #SydneyTrains. We pay the most expensive fare in the world, enjoy the worst infrastructure service. Someone need to do something. @AndrewConstance pic.twitter.com/ZAQIOx7k3Y
— bonniehuang (@bonniehuang01) January 9, 2018
It looks like the shittiness is set to continue for a while longer, so be sure to either factor that into your train commute or find an alternate way to work. As frustrating and shitty as it is, this is a management issue, not an employee one, so try not to take out your frustrations on the staff, who are probably having a worse day than you are.
