Telstra outage causes train chaos across Victoria

7News Just In · Jul 9, 2026 · 2m

Train services across regional Victoria are gradually resuming after nearly 36 hours of disruption caused by a Telstra network outage. V-Line's train tracking system, which relies on the 4G network to monitor train locations for safety purposes, failed when the network went down, and the backup satellite phone system was also intermittently affected. Thousands of country passengers were left stranded, with some forced to stay in hotels overnight as services ground to a halt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.