{"id":196759,"date":"2025-04-07T14:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=196759"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:58:05","slug":"another-open-door-incident-on-sydney-metro-not-impossible-transport-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=196759","title":{"rendered":"Another open door incident on Sydney Metro ‘not impossible’, transport minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another ‘open door’ incident on Sydney Metro is “not impossible,” according to Transport Minister John Graham, but he said adding extra onboard staff will not reduce the risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After meeting with the private operator, Metro Trains Sydney (MTS), Mr Graham said he had confidence in the safety systems in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The chances of this happening again are small,” he told the ABC’s Stateline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[But] it’s not impossible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday morning, video emerged<\/a> of a peak-hour metro service travelling between Chatswood and Crows Nest with a set of doors wide open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Graham said the metro’s safety systems were specifically designed to prevent a train from moving with an open door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Graham says workers have been warned not to manually override the automatic safety system. (ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He said the doors were open for “around two minutes”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This shouldn’t happen. If the door is open, the train is stopped, and that’s what the automatic systems are set to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was overridden,” he said, describing that decision as a “procedural error”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Graham said MTS had since warned metro workers against manually overriding the automatic safety system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They’ve emphasised these procedures now with all their staff,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And we’re certainly not going to stop metro trains running across Sydney.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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