There is good news for travelers in Melbourne. This time the good news is that the Metropolitan train services in Melbourne, which is Australia’s second most populous city, has finally resumed. Apparently these train systems had been shut down after equipment failure at the biggest rail station caused some disruptions.

The problem was seen at the Southern Cross train station in the central business district. Apparently it had caused major delays with commuters facing waits for more than an hour. Normal services finally started to resume on all but one of the 16 metropolitan lines as of 5:25pm local time yesterday.

Apparently a train had pulled down overhead wires near Southern Cross station. This caused a power cut at about 4:55am yesterday. The metropolitan network has 211 train stations that carry about 400,000 people every single day.

Although people are upset about these delays, it does appear that those affected will get something in return. Apparently commuters that were affected will travel for free on July 30 as compensation. This came from reports that were citing the state’s Minister for Public Transport, Martin Pakula.

Right now train services and other forms of travel are locked in a bitter battle to win the heart of travelers. It now seems that a lot of short-haul destinations are starting to see people fancy train travel more than planes. Although this is great news for the train industry, it is not good for the airline industry, which has been suffering ever since the economic downturn.

Of course, people are not just choosing trains because they are cheaper most of the time. People are also starting to choose trains, because it is better on the environment and people are starting to think “greener.”