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Kat Wong

UNBELIEVABLE: Wake up call as train system s failures laid bare - The Untold Story

The government will spend $458m upgrading track, signals and overhead wiring for Sydney Trains. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Passengers on Australia's busiest railway system will be forced to endure even more delays in a bid to address the cascade of failures that brought the network to its knees.

More than one million people were affected when Sydney's rail system ground to a halt after an overhead wire fell onto the roof of a train in May, trapping 300 passengers.

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