Train services suspended due to Telstra outage

Train services across Victoria have been suspended as a widespread Telstra outage continues to affect thousands of users.

All trains in operation are being held at their nearest railway station, and limited coaches are replacing V/Line trains across all services.

V/Line is asking passengers to avoid travel until further notice and check on the V/Line website and app for the latest information.

“We thank passengers for their patience and understanding while we work to restore services as soon as possible,” a V/Line spokesperson said.

Transport Victoria’s signals team is monitoring conditions near railways and will adjust traffic lights to assist with bus movements.

Telstra, which powers about 25 million mobile services nationwide, confirmed the outage earlier today.

“We’re looking into an issue affecting some mobile calls and data connections,” Telstra said on X.

“We’re on it and will share an update as soon as it’s fixed. Thanks for bearing with us.”

Telstra asked users to restart their devices as a temporary fix.

More than 7,500 customers reported the network disturbance on online monitoring platform Downdetector.

More to come.

 – WITH AAP