{"id":58651,"date":"2024-06-03T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T01:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=58651"},"modified":"2024-06-03T11:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T01:14:25","slug":"perth-football-fans-rocked-by-train-chaos-before-ac-milan-roma-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=58651","title":{"rendered":"Perth football fans rocked by train chaos before AC Milan-Roma friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Western Australian football fans have been rocked after train chaos in Perth left thousands of fans stranded ahead of a friendly between AC Milan and AS Roma at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 50,000 fans were expected to attend the match but 45 minutes before kick-off, half of Perth\u2019s train lines were hit with unexpected technical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transperth, the agency that administers the public transport system in Perth quickly released a series of statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7.19pm, Transperth posted: \u201cTrains on the Armadale Line are currently delayed due to a technical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrains will continue to run however they will not be running to the regular schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease allow extra travelling time and be aware that delayed trains may not connect with timetabled bus and train services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just three minutes later, the agency posted on its website: \u201cTrains on the Fremantle and Midland Lines are currently delayed due to a technical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrains will continue to run however they will not be running to the regular schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease allow extra travelling time and be aware that delayed trains may not connect with timetabled bus and train services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The excitement was palpable for fans of the Italian giants. Photo by James Worsfold\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Podcast and football channel The Far Post Perth took to social media during warm ups where it was clear plenty more people still had to arrive, writing: \u201cWarm ups are underway but word is there\u2019s thousands of fans stuck in the city waiting for trains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans were fuming, lashing out at 40 minute waits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australian football fans have been rocked after train chaos in Perth left thousands of fans stranded ahead of a friendly between AC Milan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":58652,"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":[273,163,9943],"tags":[9944,8339,4553],"class_list":["post-58651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-transperth","tag-armadale-railway-line","tag-perth","tag-western-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58651","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58653,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58651\/revisions\/58653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}