Heatwave in SE Australia

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Are the trains air-conditioned?

They are in both cities.

The trouble is, the trains are sealed tight, with widows that do not open. If the airconditioning is not working in a carriage of a packed train, it's unpleasantly like being in a sardine can while they're cooking the fish in the can. Yuck.

So in Melbourne they cancel trains on hot days if the aircon isn't working.

The trouble is, in Melbourne they cancelled 200 trains yesterday. Some train lines were shut down due to lack of trains and power to run them (they ran buses instead), other trains could not run because the tracks buckled, or for other reasons.

Some country trains did not run yesterday because the bush near the tracks is tinder-dry and sparks from the trains have been known to start bushfires.