A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.

A crippling statewide cancellation of Victoria's regional trains, linked to a Telstra outage, is set to continue disrupting services into Thursday morning.

Telstra customers are reporting problems connecting to the internet and making calls this morning. Follow live.

A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout…

Mobile and internet services are affected as the telco says it is "looking into" the problem.

Trains in Victoria and NSW were brought to a standstill as thousands reported issues with their Telstra network on Wednesday morning.

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Telstra said about 90 per cent of calls were restored by 10am Wednesday. But phones weren’t the only technology impacted.

V/Line services have been thrown into chaos after a major Telstra outage affected signalling.

A nationwide Telstra outage cut phone service, halted regional trains and froze card payments across Australia. Telstra blamed a network timing fault.

Telstra’s nationwide outage caused chaos in Victoria on Wednesday, with dozens of Triple Zero calls dropped and thousands of commuters stranded.

V/Line has advised commuters not to use its services, as a telecommunications outage continues to cause safety issues with the network.

Dozens of V/Line services remain halted as the impacts of Wednesday’s nationwide Telstra outage continue.

Travellers are counting the cost in time and fuel as V/Line trains remain at a standstill, more than 24 hours after the nationwide Telstra outage began.

Trains relying on the 4G network of freight rail track operator ARTC went down amid the Telstra failure.

Victoria's regional trains are slowly resuming after Telstra's major network outage forced all services to stop for a second day.