A wall gave way at Harris Park railway station, covering the tracks in debris. Picture: Attila Szilvasi Source: The Daily Telegraph
A LANDSLIDE at a western Sydney train station happily didn't cause any delays for citybound commuters this morning but is expected to cause headaches this afternoon.
RailCorp authorities were called to Harris Park station yesterday evening after a concrete wall collapsed across the westbound lane and onto platform 4.
Nobody was injured in the accident.
Commuters this morning captured the extraordinary scene on their smartphones while waiting for their trains on platforms 1 and 2.
Neil Dutfield said it was quite shocking to see.
"It's definitely not something you see every day," he said.
"They are saying its because of the rain but rain shouldn't do something like this."
Harris Park's Kelly Singh said she heard the wall collapse last night.
"I just live around the corner and it was so loud," she said.
"I can't believe no one was hurt."
A RailCorp spokesman said most of the delays would be experienced during the afternoon's peak as commuters head west.
"This will take a couple of days to clean up at least," the spokesman said.
Parramatta local area command Acting Inspector James Littler said nobody was injured and it was believed nobody was on the platform when the embankment fell.
"It’s quite a significant landslide. It’s basically gone on the platform and covered the tracks," Acting Inspector Littler said.
"It’s very fortunate there wasn’t a train at the time and the best thing is that nobody has been injured."
Trains were prevented from stopping at the station yesterday but bus services were arranged from Harris Park Railway Station to replace train services between Granville Railway Station and Parramatta Railway Station.
Emergency crews were working through the night to clear the line.
A tree fell over Hyde Park Sydney. Source: Twitter
Earlier in the day a huge fig tree toppled over in Hyde Park narrowly missing two mothers and their young children.
The tree, located near the Park and Elizabeth St entrance to the park, collapsed in the wet soil.
It is understood the tree narrowly missed two mothers and children, including at least one in a pram.
There were no injuries as a result of the tree collapse, but police, ambulance and emergency services workers attended the scene.
Park rangers will inspect large trees in the park today to determine if any more are at risk of collapse.
A wall gave way at Harris Park railway station, covering the tracks in debris. Picture: Attila Szilvasi Source: The Daily Telegraph
Sydneysiders woke up this morning delighted to see a break in the weathe after the wettest June in six years wrapped up yesterday with nearly 260mm of rain falling in the past 12 days.
The showers that have bombarded Sydney for nearly two weeks have shifted to the mid north coast and Northern Rivers region.
But while temperatures could reach 19 degrees today, the city is not being guaranteed a mostly sunny day until Wednesday.
The emergency services have been kept busy with more than 80 accidents or collisions from midnight Friday to lunchtime yesterday.
More than 600 SES volunteers were deployed to 1200 calls yesterday as a result of the rain.
SES spokeswoman Sue Pritchard said half of the calls for assistance were to stop leaking roofs and there had been 230 calls for help in Sydney from Saturday to Sunday morning.
"There have been lot of leaky roofs and trees down as well as few retaining walls falling down from the cumulative effect of the weeks' worth of rain," she said.
SES volunteers had to use a dingy to cross a swollen Wollondilly River and walk 2km to check on an elderly couple yesterday, cut off after their phone and power lines were cut, 30km west of Mittagong in the Southern Highlands.
After the Big Wet, sun set to shine in Sydney
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