Chaos as Sydney trains halted

A police operation on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has heavily impacted the rail system, with passengers advised to make other travel arrangements or consider a Metro service instead.
The delays come as crowds flock to the West Tigers versus Parramatta Eels game on Monday afternoon.
T1 North Shore Line trains are not running between Wynyard and North Sydney, and passengers are advised to make alternative travel arrangements.
Those impacted by this can catch a Metro service instead.
Trains are also delayed on the T1 Western Line, T9 Northern Line, T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line, T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line and T8 Airport & South Line. Trains are shut down between Wynyard and North Sydney due to a police operation on the Sydney Harbour Bridge NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard Credit: News Corp Australia
Two northbound lanes and one southbound lane are also closed across the Harbour Bridge due to the police operation.
Drivers are advised to plan for plenty of extra travel time as heavy travel remains.
Traffic crews and emergency services are also on the road.
T7 Olympic Park Line, T8 Airport & South Line, T9 Northern Line, South Coast Line and Southern Highlands Line are also impacted with delays according Travel alerts on Transport Stops may change at short notice so passengers are advised to allow extra travel time, listen to announcements and check information displays for service updates.
Emergency and traffic crews are also on site.

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