{"id":361955,"date":"2026-02-04T09:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=361955"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:36:32","slug":"commuter-chaos-as-wiring-fault-grounds-train-services-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=361955","title":{"rendered":"Commuter chaos as wiring fault grounds train services in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0commuters have faced major peak hour delays after an overhead power fault forced the suspension of multiple train lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wiring fault near Armadale led to the suspension of trains on the Cranbourne\/Pakenham line between Caulfield and West Footscray and the Sunbury line about 5pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspension was impacting some services running through the Metro Tunnel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Melburnians are facing a long commute home following an overhead equipment fault. (Nine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

By 8pm, the metro line was still facing delays up to 40 minutes with passengers between Hawksburn and Caulfield advised to switch to the Frankston line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passengers on the Sunbury line were advised to allow an extra half hour as buses replaced trains between West Footscray and Footscray, with delayed trains on to Sunbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V\/Line<\/a> services on the Gippsland line were suspended as buses replaced trains between Southern Cross and East Pakenham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passengers were asked to check station platform displays and allow extra travel time.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A wiring fault near Armadale led to the suspension of trains on the Cranbourne\/Pakenham line between Caulfield and West Footscray and the Sunbury line about 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":198284,"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":[35,1168,47],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-361955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-metro-tunnel","category-rail-news","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t