South Coast train capacity slashed as COVID-19 safety measures introduced.

Glen Humphries
Updated May 18 2020 - 6:25pm, first published 4:00pm
Space: Transport for NSW is aiming to avoid crowded South Coast platforms and trains as more people return to work.
Space: Transport for NSW is aiming to avoid crowded South Coast platforms and trains as more people return to work.

Key Illawarra train stations like Thirroul, Helensburgh and Wollongong could be closed for short periods if crowding becomes an issue.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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