Sydney Train delays: Commuters warned to allow extra travel time after an incident at Artarmon

Sydney commuters have been warned to ‘allow extra travel time’ following an incident in the city’s north.

Trains on the T1 and T9 lines have been affected by a mental health incident at Artarmon.

‘Allow extra travel time due to an incident requiring emergency services at Artarmon,’ Sydney Trains said.

‘Stops may change at short notice. 

‘For service updates, please check transport apps, information screens and listen to announcements.’

Travellers on the T1 line were advised trains would not be running and were instructed to consider using the Metro or bus services. 

The incident was resolved about 4.30pm with train services resumed.

However, commuters could face flow-on delays. 

The news comes on the same day Sydney Trains was to offer millions of commuters free transport. 

On Monday, travel was free on all Sydney trains, Airport Link and Metro services on the Opal network.

Opal gates and readers were turned off and passengers did not need to tap on and off.

The free travel did not extend to buses, ferries and light rail, regional train services or coach ticketing, which will charge fares as normal. 

The NSW government announced the changes on Saturday to placate frustrated commuters after a ‘nowhere-near-good-enough’ power outage caused carnage to the network on Tuesday.

A live wire suspended above train tracks near Strathfield station at Homebush hit a passing train, triggering a power outage and creating chaos for hundreds of thousands of travellers.

Commuters queued at stations across Sydney on Wednesday morning, waiting for a trickle of replacement buses, themselves hampered by increased traffic clogging the city’s roads.

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