Telstra's Failure Leaves Regional Australia in the Dark The recent nationwide outage of Telstra's network had a profound impact on Victoria's regional train network, leaving V/Line's trains operating in the dark for several hours.
The disruptions highlighted the fragility of our telecommunications infrastructure and the ripple effects it can have on critical services.
One hundred trains were unable to communicate with their control room when V/Line's communications systems went down, forcing operators to take drastic measures to maintain safety.