After the 2019 New year fireworks, Sydney`s public transport was paralysed by revelry crowds returning home, a situation that one angry passenger described as a "shame."
Chaos emerged after crowds poured into Sydney`s CBD for the annual New year celebrations, the Daily Telegraph reported.
While organizers encouraged the use of public transport, photos of large crowds gathered at the central railway station around 1 a.m. This morning have been posted online.
Passengers complained that the delay had lasted three and a half hours as early as 6 p. M. Yesterday.
And yesterday evening`s lightning strike, also caused damage to several railway lines, leading to delays in central railway station. "the train collapsed completely," said one frustrated passenger.
On the first day of the New year, when the sun rises, public transport chaos still affects travel. Sydney Train Corporation accused thunderstorms and lightning of causing the current problem in a statement.
Sydney Traffic Statistics said 45 percent of Sydney trains were delayed between 7 and 9 a.m. this morning.
A train driver who entered the city around 5 a.m. Told passengers that the trip would take longer than usual because Sydney`s train network was "so chaotic."
Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Walton APM, commander of the 2018 New year`s Eve operation, said the police had to intervene when the number of passengers reached the limit.
"there was a delay in the public transport network as a result of the storm, and eventually, for security reasons and to prevent overcrowding, the police took the crowd away from the train platform," he said. In spite of the excitement, the crowd was well managed. "
Despite praise for the public`s good behaviour on Monday night, police arrested a number of people throughout the city as revelers began to behave improperly after a massive fireworks display.
Police arrested 35 people all night and filed 45 charges, almost half of which were drug-related.
Six people were charged with brawling, four accused of assaulting police and resisting arrest, and two accused of ordinary assaults.
An overzealous reveller has been accused of setting off fireworks illegally.
Another video showed a girl being treated by paramedics outside a Hungry Jack`s, and a drunken man discovered by emergency services that many young people were reveling until morning.
(photo source: daily Telegraph)
Angry passengers on Twitter called the train system "hell."
One netizen said:`# Sydney New year`s Eve, the train was so great that it just ruined my night. We drove on the train at a slow pace for two hours. We were supposed to be home long ago, but we are only halfway home. Thanks to your incompetence, I was trapped in this hell at midnight. "
Another said, "Sydney, 02:30. Busy hours and chaotic Sydney trains, and self-conceited people, put their luggage on their seats, like the end of the world, with children lying on the stairs and on the floor. "
