{"id":125912,"date":"2024-09-13T16:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125912"},"modified":"2024-09-13T16:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:07:51","slug":"light-rail-tram-derailed-after-truck-collision-in-sydneys-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125912","title":{"rendered":"Light rail tram derailed after truck collision in Sydney&#8217;s CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A light rail tram and a truck have collided in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney<\/a>&nbsp;CBD, triggering major traffic delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pitt Street in Haymarket has been closed in b\ufeffoth directions at High Street, with very heavy northbound traffic backing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images showed the tram had been at least partly derailed. Around 60 passengers onboard have been safely evacuated and no major injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/https-prod.static9.net_.au-fs-4f4090eb-528a-40ac-82ef-88bbe5872d41.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A truck has collided with a light rail in Haymarket, Sydney.&nbsp;(9News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Light rail services are closed between Convention and Central, but continue to run from Dulwich Hill to Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commuters are urged to allow extra travel time, catch a route 501 bus, or walk instead.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitt Street in Haymarket has been closed in both directions at High Street, with very heavy northbound traffic backing up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":125913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,47],"tags":[5026,2139,10323],"class_list":["post-125912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-light-rail","category-rail-news","tag-nsw","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-light-rail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125914,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125912\/revisions\/125914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}