{"id":46251,"date":"2024-05-17T12:19:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=46251"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:19:53","slug":"commuters-catching-the-sunbury-line-are-facing-major-disruptions-after-an-incident-at-watergardens-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=46251","title":{"rendered":"Commuters catching the Sunbury line are facing major disruptions after an incident at Watergardens station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Commuters using a line connecting the CBD and Melbourne\u2019s northwest suburbs are facing major train delays, cancellations and chaos after a vehicle smashed through a suburban railway station\u2019s fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sunbury train line was disrupted after a car smashed into Watergardens station\u2019s fence on Thursday about 9.05am.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-106.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-106.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-106-195x300.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A car smashed into Watergardens station\u2019s fence on Thursday. Photo: supplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Fire Rescue Victoria spokesman said firefighters arrived on scene to find a vehicle on a train line but found no one inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citybound Sunbury trains were stopped while firefighters lifted the vehicle off the track with commuters still facing significant delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Sunbury line: Major delays due to a vehicle blocking tracks in the Watergardens area.<br><br>&#8211; Select services may be held until further notice.<br>&#8211; Trains may terminate\/originate at intermediate stations.<br>&#8211; Check information displays and listen for announcements.<br><br>Info:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noMlAjWg9g\">pic.twitter.com\/noMlAjWg9g<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Metro Trains (@metrotrains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metrotrains\/status\/1790879786090573860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commuters are urged to allow extra travel time and watch out for announcements and updates as trains may terminate or originate at stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes 12 hours after the buses replaced Sunbury trains between Sunshine and Sunbury due to vandalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commuters using a major metro line connecting the CBD and Melbourne\u2019s northwest are facing major train delays after a vehicle smashed through a suburban railway station\u2019s fence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":46253,"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":[273,163],"tags":[9322,993,943,7,8,6],"class_list":["post-46251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-bendigo-rail-line","tag-melbourne","tag-metro-trains-melbourne","tag-transport","tag-victoria","tag-vline"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46251","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=46251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46254,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46251\/revisions\/46254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}