THE NSW government has apologised to commuters after major train delays caused havoc on the Sydney network.
Citybound trains were suspended on the Northern Line between Hornsby and Epping on Tuesday morning and delayed from the city centre to Epping because of urgent overhead wiring repairs at Epping.
It's the seventh major train delay in six weeks on the CityRail network.
Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian apologised to rail commuters in parliament, saying they deserved better.
"I would like to start by apologising to our customers who were travelling on the northern line this morning for the inconvenience caused," Ms Berejiklian said.
I agree that simply services need to improve... customers deserve better."
She said the O'Farrell government had inherited a rail system from Labor that was 20 years behind what was best practice.
She said the government had a plan to fix the rail system, noting that "every single spare dollar" was going into improving it.
Opposition transport spokeswoman Penny Sharpe said earlier on Tuesday that the problems with overhead wiring identified as the cause of the delays were a direct result of budget cuts.
The disruptions follow what Ms Sharpe described as a "horror month" of delays in February.
They come after the NSW government's announcement it would replace RailCorp with two new agencies, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains, from July 1.
London Underground chief Howard Collins has been selected to lead the new Sydney Trains.
Mr Collins has a 35-year career in London public transport, during which he was responsible for the restoration of the Underground after the July 2005 terror blasts.
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