NSW: Millennium trains off tracks after signalling problems
The troubled Millennium trains have been pulled off Sydney's railways -- less thana year after first going onto the tracks.
All four of the eight-carriage trains have been withdrawn from service to undergo testing,after months of problems with their electrical systems.
Coordinator-General of Rail VINCE GRAHAM says the electrical system on the much-toutedtrains has been failing two to three times a week, forcing other trains to stop and creatinghavoc in the city's underground tunnels.
A joint report from StateRail and the Rail Infrastructure Corporation shows the problemsbegan in September last year, less than three months after the trains were introduced.
Transport Services Minister MICHAEL COSTA insists the problems are operational anddo not affect safety.
And he's rejected suggestions the government has spent $232 million on 80 dud carriages,which were being rolled out progressively.
The state opposition has called on Mr COSTA to release all papers related to the Millenniumtrains.
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KEYWORD: MILLENNIUM (SYDNEY)
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