Train platforms closed after staff suffer electric shocks on new rail link

By Kirsty Needham
Updated February 7 2016 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
NSW Premier Mike Baird opens the South West Rail Link at Leppington station in outer western Sydney in February, 2015. Photo: Michele Mossop
NSW Premier Mike Baird opens the South West Rail Link at Leppington station in outer western Sydney in February, 2015. Photo: Michele Mossop
"Not installing electricity systems properly can have catastrophic consequences": Paul Lynch, Labor MP for Liverpool. Photo: Simon Bennett
"Not installing electricity systems properly can have catastrophic consequences": Paul Lynch, Labor MP for Liverpool. Photo: Simon Bennett

Two Sydney Trains staff say they have suffered electric shocks on the new South West Rail Link, prompting accusations the Baird Government is failing to ensure quality standards in its huge infrastructure construction program.

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