Sydney Trains | K Sets and Tangara T Sets Only! | No Waratahs! | Industrial Action 20 October 2021

On Wednesday 20 October 2021, industrial action resulted in train crew not operating Waratah, Millennium or Oscar Trains. So that means K Sets and Tangara T sets only for Sydney Trains services, and V sets for NSW Trainlink services.

So this day was like a blast from the past as trains that are between 25 and 40 years old took centre stage on Sydney's Suburban Rail Network.

With over 120 Waratah trains confined to sidings and maintenance facilities, services were slashed to a train every 30 minutes on most Sydney Trains Lines.

Tangara trains operated all services on the T1 and T9 lines (as well as the T4 of course). They also operated 50% of the T3 services on the Bankstown Line. Meanwhile, the K Sets covered the T2 & T8 lines and the other 50% of the T3 line.

In this video, you'll see footage of K Sets and Tangara T Sets at Central, Redfern, Museum, Circular Quay and Granville Stations.

I also go hunting to find out where the Waratah, Millennium and Oscar trains are hiding. They were found in predictable places such as Auburn Maintenance Facility and MacDonaldtown sidings. However an Oscar train was hiding in Central Station and 2 Waratah Trains were keeping out of trouble at North Sydney Station.

So this video is a fairly light-hearted look at how the Sydney Trains Network operated with all services using 25 to 40 year trains.

Timestamps
00:00 Central Station
05:14 Redfern Station
07:33 Waratah Hunting!
09:08 Granville Station
11:27 Central Station Part 2
12:37 Museum Station
13:44 Circular Quay Station

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