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Mr Adams said he was not in a position to comment in detail on the suspected backgroundof the people police had received an alert about, saying that was subject to ongoing investigation.
The assistant commissioner also declined to reveal how police were notified, but saidrelevant state and national authorities had all been alerted.
"I want to make it quite clear this is not a terrorist alert, there is no actual threatto the rail network or to any other persons," Mr Adams told reporters in Sydney.
"And there have been no demands made by anyone."
Mr Adams said police had decided to publicly release this information to avoid potentialcriticism that the community was not alerted and could not make their own informed decisionsabout train travel.
"I don't want anyone to panic out there. I want to reassure you that the rail network,in our opinion, is safe," Mr Adams said.
"In these times of heightened alert, we alerted all the authorities, we carried outa number of risk assessments and it is our considered opinion that there is no cause forconcern.
"We've discussed these issues with government and the rail system is operating."
Mr Adams confirmed police were carrying out bag searches across the Sydney rail networkand specialist resources had also been deployed.
"If this information was received two or three years ago it would not have got thesame amount of attention it has now," he said.
"I want to make sure, without playing down the fact that this information could begenuine or not, I want to make sure people understand that the rail system in our opinionis safe."
Mr Adams said increased security would remain on the train system until police weresatisfied the issue had been dealt with.
"We have increased our security at railway stations; we are looking to make sure thatno-one gets on the rail system that shouldn't be there, that people aren't leaving anypackages on any rail property or on the rail system today."
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