Aussie sums up the most infuriating problem with Sydney - and most people would agree
An outraged commuter has slammed Sydney 's public transport system after she spent two and a half hours getting home due to cancellations.
Monique, who shared her frustration on TikTok, said she was left stranded and forced to share an Uber with two strangers during peak-hour traffic as a result.
'Sydney trains need to be fixed, because every month I am deserted on a random platform with no idea how to get home,' she said.
'They literally took us forward, then dumped us here and said, hey we're not going to your destination anymore.
'Then we get out, we have to go back to the way we came. Get off at another station for them to say, there's literally no trains.'
The commuter said there were no bus replacements.
A staff member advised Monique and two other passengers to go to another platform and catch a train to Central Station, where they could catch another train home.
'We run to that platform, we miss it, and then everything else is cancelled after that,' Monique said.
With no other option to get home, she booked an Uber, which was cancelled twice.
Monique eventually shared an Uber with two strangers and travelled to a nearby station, hoping to reconnect with a functioning train line.
One passenger was picked up by a family member, while another attempted to board a short, five-minute train journey, only to find that one service had been cancelled and the next wasn't scheduled for another 40 minutes.
Monique then accepted a lift from a couple to her parked car.
Social media users shared their own stories of frustration with one Penrith commuter saying it took them three and a half hours.
One said it took them six and a half hours to travel from Warwick Farm to Burwood, while another said they spent $200 on alternative transport to get from Central Station to Parramatta.
'Two-and-a-half hours was stranded in Cabramatta, then a train finally shows up, takes us to Lidcombe, then a 400 to 500m line up for bus replacement,' one said.
'Sydney trains are a burden on Sydneysiders.'
Another said Sydney's public transport was one of the 'worst in the world'.
'Something is always happening every month,' she said.
Sydney's rail network has faced recurring service disruptions, delays, and infrastructure issues in recent months.
In May, thousands of commuters across the city experienced two days of disruption when a train hit an overhead power line at Strathfield Station.
In the same month, flooding across tracks caused major delays just as Vivid kicked off.
NSW Premier Chris Minns said at the time $1.5billion a year was spent on rail infrastructure and maintenance, so punters should expect a more reliable network.
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