Sydney Trains delays and cancellations today: Warning issued
Sydney Train Commuters are being warned to check before they travel and be prepared for delays.
On the Central Coast to Newcastle Line, trains were not running early on Thursday morning between Wyong and Fassifern due to overhead wiring repairs at Dora Creek.
Limited buses replacements were introduced between the two stations and a shuttle train service has been put in place between Fassifern and Newcastle Interchange.
NSW TrainLink North said response crews have attended to repair the overhead wiring but 'due to extensive damage, repairs may continue for the next two days'.
'Please delay non-essential travel if possible or consider using other transport,' the statement on social media said.
'If you must travel, allow plenty of extra travel time.'
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- The Guardian
Deep impact: touring central Australia's cosmic craters
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We visited both during Victoria's fifth Covid lockdown in 2021. Henbury is a site where a nickel-iron meteor about the size of a garden shed disintegrated before striking the land to carve out over a dozen impact craters, just 4,500 years ago – so recently that the site has significant cultural meaning as a sorry place for the Luritja people, whose sacred songs and oral histories tell of this devastating event. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Scientific models suggest the meteorites hit Earth at 40,000km/h in an explosion akin to the Hiroshima blast. The site's 12 craters are best viewed when the sunlight's low angle reveals the smaller, heavily eroded examples. Among the youngest of Earth's known impact sites, Henbury's pits have been scoured by wind and rare deluges down the Finke River flood plain. Extreme temperatures do the rest. 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- Sky News
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