T4 Eastern Suburbs train line hit with massive delays due to Martin Place repairs

Hundreds of commuters are being warned of delays during peak hour on Sydney’s train network.

Urgent track repairs at Martin Place train station have led to delays on one of the city’s main train lines, the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line.

Passengers have described packed carriages pulling up to the CBD station, further extending delays on the network.

‘Allow extra travel time on T4 due to urgent track repairs at Martin Place,’ Sydney Trains tweeted just after 7am on Wednesday.

‘Trains may stop at or between stations for longer than normal.

‘Stops will change for some trains.’

Passengers have been urged to use alternative transport to get to work with local bus routes 333 or 444 available for travel between Bondi Junction and the City.

One passenger took to social media after typing their destination into the trip planner app and seeing a 21 minute delay for his first train.

‘Sydney trains fail again,’ he said just before 7.30am.

‘Taking taxi to get to Central to chair my 8.30am meeting.

‘Yet another time no trains servicing Eastern suburbs in the morning peak due to urgent track repairs.’

The rail meltdown is the latest in a series of delays on the network that have left travellers frustrated.

It comes just four days after evening commuters were left stranded on platforms after a single transport employee called in sick to work.

Passengers waited for up to an hour for trains.

Transport New South Wales said a ‘staff resourcing issue’ had been causing the cancellations.

The T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line were affected by the delays with passengers urged to consider alternative routes

T1 Western and T5 Cumberland lines were completely stopped in both directions at around 3.30 on Thursday afternoon, with commuters having to use buses instead.

The T1 North Shore and the T2 Inner West and Leppington lines were also affected.

The missing staff member’s role involves telling train drivers when the path is clear to avoid any collisions.

‘Sydney Trains had late notice of resourcing issues this afternoon at the Rail Operations Centre.

‘As a result, the continuity of the operations plan was impacted,’ the spokesperson said.

‘The resourcing issue involved highly specialised roles and the incident will be reviewed.’