Event Blackouts & T-Countdown Governance

Municipal event periods are applied as hard constraints on affected segments. The T-countdown enforces progressive lockdown of scope, with automated delay-minute penalties for post-lockdown change.

Blackout periods
6
Windows inside a blackout
0
Executive overrides
0
Delay-minute exposure
0min

Blackout calendar

Seeded events feed — structured so a municipal events API can replace it without changing the constraint engine.

Vivid Sydney 20272027-05-212027-06-12M1-CITYM1-NWseeded_events_feed

23-night festival. M1 recorded 164,300 journeys on its busiest Vivid Sunday; 600+ extra services run.

Sydney Royal Easter Show 20272027-03-252027-04-07M1-CITYM1-SWseeded_events_feed

Interchange nodes to Olympic Park must remain fluid across the full show period.

New Year's Eve 20262026-12-302027-01-02M1-NWM1-CITYM1-SWseeded_events_feed

Network-wide blackout. Harbour foreshore access is entirely metro-dependent.

Boxing Day / Test Cricket 20262026-12-242026-12-28M1-CITYseeded_events_feed

SCG event series driving sustained CBD evening peaks.

Sydney Mardi Gras 20272027-02-262027-03-01M1-CITYseeded_events_feed

Parade night converts the overnight window into an absolute peak.

Accor Stadium Finals Series2026-09-182026-10-05M1-SWM1-CITYseeded_events_feed

Finals crowds interchange heavily via Central and Sydenham.

Horizon strip

Each cell is one week of the 52-week horizon; red marks a week intersecting a blackout on any segment.

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T-countdown milestones

T-529 windows in band
T-52 Possession Lockdown

Total lockdown of possession boundaries, times and dates. Timetable changes published for long-range passenger notification. New major possessions after this point require executive override.

T-26112 windows in band
T-26 Clash Detection & Stacking

Algorithmic checking of worksite limits and resolution of concurrent work incompatibilities via the matrix.

T-1261 windows in band
T-12 Timetable Finalisation

Train Alteration Advice finalised and the working timetable published.

T-435 windows in band
T-4 Supply Chain Lock

Ballast and plain line rail deliveries confirmed; RRV and MEWP allocation locked into the schedule.