First known peak-hour Opal glitch hits commuters

By Ben Grubb and Jacob Saulwick
Updated August 1 2014 - 5:26pm, first published 4:42pm
What Town Hall looked like Thursday morning. Photo: SMH reader Sheridan Ah Colt
What Town Hall looked like Thursday morning. Photo: SMH reader Sheridan Ah Colt

Fears of overcrowding at train stations due to a shutdown of the Opal system have been realised, with one of the first known instances of a glitch affecting commuters during peak hour in the Sydney CBD.

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