‘Today is possible’: V/Line CEO optimistic about return to regular services

V/Line passenger train services were unable to operate on Thursday morning following the nationwide Telstra outage on Wednesday.

V/Line chief executive William Tieppo told 3AW Mornings host Heidi Murphy he is confident services will return to regular operations as soon as possible.

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“We are pretty confident that at some point we will get trains up and running, I just don’t have an exact time for you right now,” he said.

Public Transport Users Association spokesperson Daniel Bowen told 3AW Breakfast hosts Jimmy Bartel and Mark Allen the situation was not good enough.

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“V/Line management and the government need to look very carefully at this,” he said.

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