The railway line in New South Wales, Australia has experienced many incidents and accidents since its formation in 1831. (There are nearly 1000 names related to rail-related deaths in NSW on the walls of the Australian Railway Monument at Werris Creek.The dead are all employees of various railway lines NSW The details below include the deaths of employees and the general public).
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Lokomotif No.1, 1858
This locomotive, built in 1855 by Robert Stephenson along with three others for the first railway line in New South Wales, was involved in two fatal accidents. The first took place as a derailment on 10 July 1858. The locomotive drew two open third class carriages, the first and second carriages between Sydney and Parramatta. Near Homebush, two third-class compartments left the tracks and dropped the embankment. There were thirty people in two carriages, two of them dead, one lawyer, and another gardener. In subsequent investigations, reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, it is suggested that this problem is caused by damage to the potholes that are unable to withstand the load of the locomotive. Train workers, some of whom witnessed the derailment, claimed that the problem was caused, at least in part, by the practice of the third-class casual release light in the same way as heavy truckloads. This issue also attracted managers' attention to the fact that the price of first class travel, with four shillings, is so high that even the wealthiest citizens in Sydney choose to travel in open carriages.
Newtown collision, 1868
On January 6, 1868 a man was killed when No. Locomotive. 1 collided with a passenger train at Newtown station. The locomotive was badly damaged and retired. It is now on display at the Powerhouse Museum. The Newtown station at the time was located west of the station now, its platform eventually forming part of the foundation of Crays's Flour Mill.
Emu Plains Collision, 1878 Bethungra train disaster (Cootamundra), 1885
On January 25, 1885 the Melbourne-Sydney Express passenger train slipped near Bethungra, killing seven people and injuring more than 20 people. The cause is the culvert above Salt Clay Creek during periods of heavy rain.
Peats Ferry, 1887
On June 21, 1887, the sightseeing train from Sydney ran out of control under the steep Cowan Bank. There were two other trains full of tourists standing on the platform at Hawksesbury River station and the disaster was only blocked by the alert station master who could hear the roar of the engine and the whistling sound. He sent a train porter to throw the levers open and divert a fugitive downward escape that led to the new bridge site. The train lost speed along the railroad to Long Island and collided with several empty carriages. The locomotive slid off the embankment and finally partially submerged in the river. The engine driver got stuck in the cabin and drowned but the firefighter fled. The victims were six people killed and seventy injured.
Bathurst Accident, 1890
On April 25, 1890, a mixed cart, after shunting at Kelso, climbed to class 1 at 50 to Raglan where again stopped to unload the cargo and also picked up and dropped off passengers. The blades between the third and fourth vehicles broke, releasing most of the trains that started running down the hill, no sustained air brakes on the entire train. The escaped vehicles ran all the way down the classroom, across the Macquarie River Train Bridge and into the Bathurst courtyard where they collided with the next freight train. Four passengers behind the Mixed train were killed and three others wounded.
Tarana, 1892
On April 27, 1892, eight passengers died as a result of slipping the rear carriage of the western bound carriage caused by a broken rail. Redfern Rail Collision, 1894 On October 31, 1894, a local train carriage with a capacity of 9.31 trains, departing from Strathfield railway station Strathfield approached the terminal at Redfern. When the train reached the signal, it was hit without warning by train 9.30am to Goulburn, which seemed to depart from the stop signals. Goulburn's train only travels at 10 kilometers per hour, but the accident was devastating in terms of damage, injury, and loss of life. Steam and cannery heat killed 13 passengers, including Edward Lloyd Jones, chairman of David Jones Limited, and twenty-seven people were wounded. Orton Park, Bathurst, 1898
Orton Park, Bathurst, 1898
On June 4, 1898, the No.29th No.22 subway departed from Bathurst. When passing by Orton Park the driver, Mr. Sargeant, became aware that he had run over something. He reports the problem on arrival at the George Plain, by phone to Bathurst. Mr. Rains, Head of the Night Station, sent shunting machines and shunters Mayo and Musgrave to find out what they were. Shunter Musgrave returned at 2.50am to report that they had found the remains of a human being devastated headless. Constable Brennan came out through postal mail No.61 to help search, for body parts, and take over his body. Some time passes before the head is found some distance away from the body. The remains were then taken to Bathurst Hospital. Although the formal identification took a long time, due to the defects caused by the accident, the corpse was initially identified as Herbert Thomas Smith, a 38-year-old Bathurst carpenter, from Oddfellows Lodge's donation book, which is on the body. From the observed mark on the front of the machine, it is suspected that Mr. Smith stood up and became confused as the train approached. After being hit, he crashed across the line and completely cut into pieces. Death will happen instantly. He returned from work in Rocklea and was thought to have chosen to walk on track because the track was too muddy because of recent rain. The subsequent investigation found that the deceased had come to his death by accidentally being crushed by a train and freeing the driver of all mistakes.
Sydenham's Dropping, 1901
Seven people were killed and twenty-six wounded when steam locomotives and two passenger cars slipped south of Sydenham station.
On December 8, 1908, a locomotive carrying Sydney-bound stopped at 1 in 30 gradients near the Clarence tunnel. The engine driver decides to split the train. Unfortunately the engineman couple did not release the air in the brakes. The second part of the trained rolls down. The caretaker fell from the guard van and got hurt. However, the keeper of the stationary freight train passing by the escape train was killed.
Ardglen Tunnel, 1909
On November 27, 1909, Fireman on a T727 engine was scalded to death by the release of vapors being vomited from his mouthpiece in the Ardglen Tunnel (between Werris Creek and Murrurundi.)
Brooklyn, 1913
On October 8, 1913 at about 10:00 pm, a migrant employed as a trainer on a train, was crushed by a train to the north and killed. The body, which was highly mutilated, was not found until around 6 am the next day (9).
Exeter, 1914
On March 13, 1914 fourteen passengers were killed and thirty-two were injured when Temora's train trains hit a stationary train.
Moss Vale, 1914
On May 12, 1914 a man was killed and five wounded around the Bong Bong Bridge when an express freight train from Goulburn crashed into the train trolley where they were traveling.
Hurstville train disaster, 1920
On August 30, 1920, five people were killed when a train was driven behind a locomotive at Hurstville station.
The Aberdeen Accident, 1926
The Derailment of Brisbane Express is caused by the wrong path and the fall of flood opening by washaways. Five people were killed and 39 wounded.
Murulla train crash, 1926
On September 13, 1926 the collision in Murulla. The collision resulted in the deaths of 26 people. (Gunn has 27 deaths.)
Eastwood, 1940
Eastwood,A machine driver was killed in a situation similar to Eastwood, a 1948 accident described below.
Brooklyn, 1944
A total of sixteen were killed and at least four others seriously wounded following a collision on January 15, 1944 between the Tamworth train and the bus at a crossing level not far from the Hawkesbury River station. The railway engine hit a bus, which contained 21 passengers.
Middle, 1947
On December 24, 1947 a man was attacked and killed by train at Central station.
Sefton, 1947
On December 24, 1947 a man was attacked and killed by a train near Sefton station as possible while crossing the line to visit his daughter's home.
Redfern, 1947
On December 25, 1947 a man collapsed and fell in front of the train. The man was killed.
Bundanoon/Tallong, 1947
On December 23, 1947, a private soldier, Bryan Williams (18), was killed on the train roof resulting from a bridge attack on it.
Rocky Ponds (Harden), 1948
on June 30, 1948, four people were killed and 19 wounded when the loud South-West train train fell 9 meters (30 feet). levee near Harden, about 370 km (230 miles) south of Sydney, just before 5 am.
Sodwalls, 1950
On April 3, 1950, a firefighter was killed and his driver was badly injured when a gas tanker on a slipped train exploded. The explosion occurred when the rail embankment, weakened by heavy rain, collapsed, and locomotives, with several trucks, fell into a 30-foot-deep cavity near Bathurst. The train traveled between Tarana and Sodwalls, around 10 pm. It attracts trucks carrying oil, wood, and at least one gasoline tanker.
Berala train collision, 1952
On May 7, 1952 in a thick fog, a loaded passenger train ran to the rear of a stationary passenger train at Berala station. The death toll was 10 people wounded with 140 other passengers. A bustling suburban railway from Liverpool to Sydney stood at Berala station when the equally crowded second train from Bankstown ran back (in heavy fog) killing 10 people and wounding 140. Four trains from the Liverpool Railway covered each other others, with death being in the last two. The accident was so severe that it sounded 4.5 km away. The late warning service was held 50 years later.
The Bankstown train passed the red railway, according to the rules.
Sydenham rail disaster, 1953
On December 19, five people were killed and 748 injured when Bankstown bound trains crashed into the rear of the East Hills train at Sydenham station. An electrical technician manipulates the circuit relay circuit which fails, but is distracted and forgets to release the track circuit as the train passes, causing the failure of the wrong side and the collision.
Robertson, 1962
On 4 August 1962 a driver (Treharne) was killed when three locomotives 44 locomotives (4432, 4434 and 4439) in an escaped train hit a stationary freight train in Robertson. Liverpool, 1962
Liverpool, 1962
On July 15, 1962, freight trains transported by two diesel locomotives crashed into the rear of a passenger train on the bridge to the south of Liverpool station. Two men, a guard and a signal officer, were killed and seven wounded.
Liverpool train collision, 1965
On October 31, 1965 a freight train collided with a stationary electric passenger train waiting to leave Liverpool station on the south western outskirts of Sydney. One person was killed and four were injured. The reason is that the driver of the freight train fell asleep.
Kempsey, 1968
On December 9, 1968, the North Coast Daylight Express collided with a school bus at the Middleton St level junction at Kempsey. Four girls were killed and 17 wounded including 15 children.
Two injured girls died within days of the incident.
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On July 31, 1970, the passenger expedition of Silver City Comet had a collision with an Indian Pacific station in Borenore, near Orange. The Comet driver and an elderly female passenger were killed, with at least twenty people wounded.
Heathcote train collision, 1970
On October 29, 1970, three people were killed when a buggy motorcycle collided behind a stationary wagon.
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On May 6, 1972 a direct collision on Robertson resulted in the death of a fire truck fired by diesel oil. A driver is accused of murder.
Mellilee, 1974
On October 26, 1974 there was a collision between two freight trains. The collision thwarted fourteen carriages. A firefighter, injured in a collision that later died.
Gunnedah, 1975
On May 13, 1975, drivers from the Northern Tablelands Express and rail inspectors were killed when the train hit a semi-trailer at a level crossing near Gunnedah. Glenbrook, 1976
On January 16, 1976 a man was killed and ten others were seriously injured when a loaded freight train hit the back of a four-car passenger train 500 meters from Glenbrook station.
Granville rail disaster, 1977
On 18 January 1977 the 4620 electric locomotive, carrying an 8-car train traveling from the Blue Mountains to Sydney, slipped on Granville, crashed into a row of bridges overhead, causing the collapsing bridge to two passenger cars from the train to slip. 83 people were killed and more than 200 people seriously injured in this case, the worst rail disaster in Australia.
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On 21 March 1979 a woman was killed and her son was injured in a cross-border accident near Queanbeyan.
Valley Heights train collision, 1982
On July 18, 1982 there was a collision between an empty moving grain rail and an empty previous coal train stationary at Valley Heights station. Collisions occur in the early hours around 2 am. There is a risk of explosion from a gas leak from two cylinders in the van brake. The driver of the wheat train was killed. The guard of the coal train was only slightly injured, though the brake van he was driving had been reduced to pieces.
South America South Windsor, 1984
On February 13, 1984 a train driver was killed when a train hit a semi-trailer. The train guard was seriously injured.
Cowan, 1984
On April 28, 1984, the train driver on the outskirts of the city was destroyed to death when crashing into the rear of a freight train 1 km from Cowan station. Four passengers were injured.
The derailment of the Wentworthville train, 1989
On December 27, 1989, a train of eight passenger cars of Tangara that traveled west to Emu Plains became crashing to the east of the station. Three of the eight hopes skidded, the D6127 rear car crushed by impact with the platform and others, the T5127 was criticized several months later. It was the main Tangara accident CityRail. A 41-year-old male passenger who had to be cut from the ruins of a rear car died that day at Westmead Hospital.
(Brooklyn) Cowan Bank railroad disaster, 1990
On May 6, 1990 an intercity electric train traveling south between Newcastle and Sydney collided behind a historical heritage train, killing six people and injuring 99 people. The inheritance train (led by the 3801 steam locomotive) has stopped at Bank Cowan, and drops the sand onto the track to increase traction resulting in the failure of false side signals. Four casualties occurred when the rear train of the inheritance train was destroyed by the impact of an interurban electric train. The driver and one passenger on the electric train were also killed. The temporary ban was placed on the carriage of a heritage train in New South Wales after the disaster. Parkes, 1991 Parkes, 1991
6 passengers were killed on May 6th.
Muswellbrook, 1998
On August 9, 1998, two railway maintenance workers, 31 and 50 years old, were killed when an empty coal train rounded a sharp bend at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour (43 mph) and crashed into their truck, picked it up & amp; Spin into a cliff face. The third person on the tracks managed to jump into a safe place before the collision. The workers are part of the 3 crew who do maintenance work on the Sandy Hollow-Ulan line near Muswellbrook. Around 7 maintenance trucks were traveling along the canyon area beside the line when workers in the last truck saw the train approach & amp; trying to alert the truck in the middle. Two crew from the middle truck have left the cabin, one closed the gate & amp; the other took the stone from the line, leaving 2 people in the truck. The collision threw people from the cabin & amp; dragging the debris 100m forward. Although the workers in other trucks waved to them, the truck did not have enough time to move. The train driver, a guard and 2 workers were taken by Westpac Relief Helicopters to Newcastle for counseling. The Australian Railway Service, the company of the victims, announced the investigation of the fatal accident. The investigation will focus on why the maintenance crew and the coal train are on track at the same time & amp; why no warning is given.
Robertson, 1998
On May 19, 1998, two train drivers were killed when their freight trains slipped near Robertson. The train they drive is 1BY4 Brisbane to Whyalla Steel Train, headed by NR3, NR26 and NR57. At five-thirty in the pouring rain and heavy fog, the recently replaced stretch of the elevated flyover collapsed onto the tracks. Leading locomotive slipped to its side and the roof was torn by the abutment of the new bridge. The train then pushed the locomotive into the pile of mud before resting.
Bencana kereta Glenbrook, 1999
On December 3, 1999, an intercity passenger train collided with the rear of a long-haul passenger train awaiting a failed signal that resulted in seven casualties.
Waterfall train disaster, 2003
On January 31, 2003, an interurban electric passenger train driver sailing south from Sydney to Wollongong suffered a heart attack, causing the train to slip at high speed south of the Waterfall station, resulting in seven casualties and numerous injuries.
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Albury, 2006
On June 5, 2006, an XPT train was involved in an accident with a sedan being pushed into its track at an active-level crossing. The deceased driver of the sedan was found to have a concentration of marijuana to a level where his driving performance was almost certainly disturbed.
Back Creek, 2007
At around 1830 on Saturday March 10, 2007, a semi trailer was loaded with a straw bales and a straw baler drove to the empty grain railway line 3835 at the intersection of Highabung to Back Creek Road. The semi-trailer driver was killed in a collision. The train stopped and, with a semi-destroyed trailer under the main locomotive, traveled 144m further up and over a wooden and concrete bridge over the waterway of Back Creek. The leading locomotive stopped at the track on the embankment over the bridge; two other locomotives came to rest on the bridge. The debris caught fire after a collision, eventually destroying all three locomotives, superstructure bridges and semi trailers. The train crew, though wounded, were able to get out of the main locomotive and escape from the fire. The investigation found that the semi trailer driver drove to the train line without stopping at the intersection of the 'Stop' crossing sign.
Newbridge (near Bathurst), 2010
On May 5, 2010 at 11:16, an excavator driver was killed when an XPT (WT27) service collided with his excavator. The man is part of the crew who is involved in track work that does not get the necessary trajectory before starting to cut the backup rail on the track, and then beaten from behind by XPT on a blind curve at 69 kilometers per hour. When XPT collided with the excavator, the excavator was propelled along the track for about 20 m before the extended boom struck a utility vehicle parked on the south side of the track. The excavator and utility vehicle were then pushed out of the rail and stopped about 38 m from the initial impact point.
Maps Railway accidents in New South Wales
Accidents involving injuries only
Blandford, 1908
On March 10, 1908 the North-West mail carriage traveled from Moree to Sydney. Two cars were cut off. A female passenger suffered minor injuries.
Picton Lakes (Couridjah), 1911
On 31 October 1911 a collision occurred between the Sydney-Melbourne Express Mail and freight trains. Nine passengers reported minor injuries.
Hawkesbury River, 1925
The items bound to the north miss the brakes leading to Cowan Bank and run to a stationary light machine that stops at the Hawkesbury River station.
Riverstone, 1939
On Sunday 17 December 1939, a freight train collided with a passenger train at Riverstone on the Richmond line. Both engines and two hopper were thrown off the line and the permanent way was torn down for several meters. The crew members jumped from the locomotive when they saw that the collision was inevitable; the only person injured was Hilton Lynch, the firefighter. The passengers were not injured, even though the collision sounded quite far away.
Merrylands, 1945
On January 24, 1945, an electric passenger train traveling from Liverpool to the city jumped on a curve near the Merrylands railway station, causing the first four carriages to be derailed. The main train turned upside down and spun, ripping the next three carriages. The main car slid along the 40-yard rail, ripped the tracks in both directions, and fell under the dike. The accident also caused power lines and phones to become damaged. The driver, John Baldock, and 12 passengers were injured. A 7 inch (nearly 18 cm) bolt placed on the track is considered to cause derailment.
Rookwood, 1946
At around 7:45 am, on 19 November 1946, two front cars from 7.08 Liverpool to Wynyard services jumped over the points and were transferred to the Sydney Abattoirs branch line, near Rookwood station. Both carriages slipped, and the second carriage began to collapse, but crashed into a steel foothold, which was bent into a "boomerang shape" by impact. Somehow the handle holds and prevents the train from falling completely. Of the approximately 600 passengers, only two were immediately taken to the hospital due to injury. Five other female passengers, who worked together at the Flemington mill plant, were then transferred to the hospital after they all collapsed at work.
Eastwood, 1948
On June 25, 1948, the beach train crew in the morning was lightly injured when their locomotive stormed the stop sign at the exit point and slipped.
Between Hawkesbury River and Cowan Stations, 1948
On June 11, 1948, 100 people were injured when two express trains to Sydney collided.
Roseville Collision, 1950
Three trains collided between Roseville and Lindfield stations on July 28, 1950.
On the morning of July 28 there was a serious dislocation of rail traffic caused by the above power lines that signaled the descending and rising trails in Auburn, resulting in a complete overhaul of affected electrical services. To provide decent service on the North Shore line, the trains are moved to Central, resulting in train delays and causing trains to chase them up front. Electric commuter trains descended "tripping" past signals indicating a stop at the lower end of the Roseville platform to the part occupied by the previous train. After recharging the air supply of the brakes, the driver proceeded above a cautious speed (40 mph rather than 15 mph) and came to a violent collision with the train in front. At the same time the train goes up and crashes the emergency brake but comes in contact with the telescope car from the initial collision, ripping the side of the train away. There were no serious injuries to three trains. The collision resulted in 3 telescoping carriages to the length of 1 carriage and only 10 passengers were taken to the hospital.
The next investigation placed an error on the train driver, Francis Barrett. Barrett testified before the investigation that his eyes had left a trace because of uncontrollable cough.
The initial investigation blamed accidents on damaged travel brake equipment, but this was misleading.
Maldon, 1952
At 6:30, on May 7, 1952, two freight trains collided with each other 100 meters from Maldon Station, located between Picton Station and Douglas Park in the Southern Highlands. One of the drivers was seriously injured and taken to Camden Hospital.
Lochinvar, 1954 Geurie,On August 23, 1963 nineteen passengers were injured when the Bourke Mail train bound in Sydney when it collided with the front of the freight train littering the main lane.
Wentworth Falls, 1965
On July 16, 1965, two car belonging to the car were injured in a car that escaped.
Robertson, 1965
On December 25, 1965, an Up Freight train collided with a standing freight train. The moving freight train (Loco 4407) is traveling in a direction leading to the loop at the Robertson station and out of the other end and thus collides with the stationary locomotive 45 carrying the goods in the descending direction.
Bellata, 1968
On April 20, 1968 five people were injured when two freight cars collided with each other.
Riverstone, 1972
On February 5, 1972 four people were injured when the front wagon from the two-car motorcycle train left the track and fell on a 10-foot dyke.
Gosford, 1982
On January 11, 1982, more than twenty people were injured when a machine collided with a passenger train at the station.
Summer, Summer Hill, 1982 Summer Hill, 1982
On March 19, 1982, thirty-nine people were injured when two trains collided.
St Marys, 1983
On March 3, 1983, twenty-four people were injured when the train pulled up near St. Marys station.
Lithgow, 1993
On July 22, 1993, an empty intercity electric passenger rail driver was injured after his train crashed into two stationary electric locomotives. Beresfield_Rail_Collision Beresfield Rail Collision, 1997
On October 23, 1997 a coal train collided behind another coal train that stood on the same line at Beresfield station in Hunter Valley. The cause is a failure to stop at the signal. Six people were injured including station chiefs and a commuter who jumped off the platform just before the crash. The accident resulted in dozens of coal-trains rolling over platforms and along the rails, closing all four Northern Main line lanes and the virtual destruction of Beresfield stations.
Concord slipped, 1998
On June 9, 1998, a Tangara passenger train with a southbound movement in the early hours of the morning slipped between the Concord West and North Strathfield stations that ended partly on local roads, and almost completely blocked all North and South railways. The reason is the excess train speed by the driver as he passes the dots that switch the train to the help line at mainstream velocity. It was found that the Driver did not have enough warnings about the number of voters due to previous radio information and very close signals.
The derailment of Hornsby, 1999
On July 9, 1999, four eight-passenger electric passenger car trains slipped when one was driven into the embankment, causing the train to crash into a pebble dike and tangle in the power cord. Three passengers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Blue Mountains train, 2000
On July 25, 2000 an interurban electric passenger train headed west with a fire in need of train evacuation and six inpatients. The cause is suspected as an electrical interruption in the roof of the main carriage. Kingsgrove_derailment.2C_2000 "> Kingsgrove, 2000
On October 6, 2000, an eight-train Tangara car drove at low speed near Kingsgrove station on the East Hills line, causing three rear carriages to roll over to the side. The cause is a twist track as a result of very high temperatures. Ten people are hospitalized.
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On July 12, 2002, the coal train stopped on the outskirts of Newcastle, Hexham due to a point failure. A signal officer closed two of the four tracks on the site for traffic, but the passenger train on one of a pair of adjacent lines continued to collide with a slipping coal carriage, injuring eight people. The cause is found communication disturbance between train and signal staff.
Sefton Junction slipping, 2007
In the early hours of the morning of January 17, 2007, two diesel locomotives transporting trains to Melbourne to Brisbane stopped at the Sefton crossroads on Sydney's western outskirts. Diesel fuel is spilled from leading locomotives. After the derailment, an accident crane was used to lift a reputable locomotive (National QR CLP class), toppled for trapping the tow driver, who was hospitalized after being rescued by the NSW Fire Brigades.
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In January, the train to Bankstown surpassed the platform in Homebush, passing signals at the stops and slipping in the catcher. One injured passenger climbed the ladder to get out of the station. The investigation found that SPAD and the subsequent derailment were consequences of errors by the Driver who misinterpreted which signal was applied to the line. The driver is relatively inexperienced and there is a possibility that his driving and situational awareness is affected by the exhaustion caused by inadequate rest and sleep quality. It was also found that the positions of the two signals, ST265L and S261S, increased the likelihood of the driver misinterpreting which signal was applied to the channel. Associated with ST 265L Signals are two safety features: the first, a train stop that automatically applies the brakes as the train passes the signal without authority (this speed reduction when the train shifts reduces the consequences of SPAD) and the second, the catch point associated with the signal is operated correctly and move the train away from the adjacent line. However, the position in the track layout of these two security devices resulted in a train that stopped running on adjacent lanes. It was also found that the formation and ballast adjacent to the catch-point were enough to stop the train spinning to its side but not enough to stop it tilted to a 10-degree angle.
Blue Mountains slipping, 2010
On Thursday, February 4, four-car passenger trains slipped between Woodford and Linden stations after crashing debris from landslides. No one was hurt, but V was removed.
Newbridge, 2010
Around 1113 on 5 May 2010, the XPT WT27 passenger train, traveling from Sydney to Orange, New South Wales collided with an excavator mounted on the main line between Bathurst and Newbridge. XPT travels about 69 km/h at the time of collision. Excavators and utility vehicles are heavily damaged; the leading electric car on the train received moderate damage. The excavator operator mounted on the track was badly injured and one train passenger suffered minor injuries.
Zig Zag, 2011
At 1:30 pm on April 1, 2011, a Zig Zag Railway (Hi-Rail) maintenance vehicle, collided with two-car Rail Motor on Viaduct No. 1, Top Road, between Clarence Station and Top Points. Hi-Rail, with Drivers and Passengers on board, flying down the hill upside down on the part of Clarence toward the Top Points. The Rail Motor, operated by Driver, travels empty in the opposite direction of the Top Points. The Rail Motor Driver sees the approaching and braking vehicle. However, two people on the Hi-Rail, facing the opposite direction, did not see the Rail Motor before the collision. The collision force compacted Hi-Rail's body in such a way that the cab door would not open. Two residents of Hi-Rail were injured in a collision and assisted out of Hi-Rail and onto Rail Motor by an unharmed Motor Rail Driver. The force of the collision causes a minor misalignment of the track. The investigation determined that the collisions resulting from Motor Driver's Rail and Hi-Rail Driver did not realize that they were traveling each other on the same line in the Top-Clarence Point. This lack of situational awareness results from procedural errors. Motor Rail drivers leave the Peak Point without communicating their intent to the Guard or Hi-Rail crew, and the Rail Motor Guard surpasses its authority by authorizing Hi-Rail to leave the workplace and proceed to the Peak Point. A number of other factors have been found to have contributed to the collision, especially the lack of radio communications and operational rework errors. Other safety issues identified during the investigation include delayed notification of accidents; poor Rail Book maintenance; passengers traveling with Rail Motor taxi drivers; Fatigue Rail Motor Driver; and Hi-Rail speed overload.
Pymble, 2011
On November 16, 2011 a 95-year-old man was rescued from the wreckage of his car after driving to a railroad on Sydney's north coast. The paramedics took almost an hour to get rid of the man, who veered off Beechworth Road in Pymble and landed 10 meters below the embankment on the tracks. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Richmond, 2018
On January 22, 2018, a Waratah train crashed into a stand at the end of Richmond Station platform 2. 16 people were injured, the most serious of which was a broken leg.
Other Accident
Springwood, Springwood, 1923 Lindfield, 1929On August 14, 1929 there was a collision involving an electric train. The North Shore line was just electrified in 1928.
Redfern Stabels, 1957
The Garratt class locomotive is pushed into the turntable pit, resulting in disruption to service for days while the cranes where brought to remove loco.
Jannali, 1956
Tuesday, April 17, 1956, in the afternoon, a Goods Train drawn by two diesel locomotives stretched round the corner at a slow pace and ten trucks jumped over the line. The impact of the derailment threw the big trucks as far as 20 feet in the air, cutting the power cord over it. The speeding trucks tore the 50-yard line and the other railways were pushed 2 feet out of the alignment for hundreds of meters.
Robertson, 1965
On December 25, 1965 the 4407 engine carried goods colliding directly with a freight train that stood on Robertson (transported by 4539?).
Middle, 1966
On January 25, 1966, a derelict electric train carriage tore down a power pole at Central Station. Red Hill, Coffs Harbor, 1974
St Marys, 1977
On July 11, 1977 a carriage slipped as the Blue Mountains train, one kilometer west of St Marys Station. There were 600 passengers on the train but no one was hurt.
South America South Windsor, 1983
No one was hurt.
Springwood, spring 1987
The inter-city railway was driven by a vandals who placed rocks on the track west of Springwood, causing two leading cars to end up on the front yard of the locals at Macquarie Rd, Springwood on September 29, 1987
Waterfall collision, 1994
Two S arranging an electric train collided early in the morning hours during a shunting procedure at a Waterfall station in Sydney's south. Both trains were empty of passengers. The jack car in spectacular way to the platform led to the demolition of concrete roads and part of the station canopy.
Unanderra, 2003
Foiled two locomotives on June 28, 2003
Birrong, 2007
The derailment of two trains on January 17, 2007.
Exeter, 2010
In about 1856 on 24 January 2010, the load wagon loaded designated 2224, a journey from Medway Junction to Berrima Junction, slipped a bogie on the second last wagon in Exeter, NSW.
Yass Junction, 2010
At around 0153 on December 9, 2010, the cargo wagon up (north) from Barellan, New South Wales (NSW) to Maldon, NSW and numbered 3234, collided at low speed with the rear of another butan train from the top (to the north ) is loaded, numbered 8922, on the Down2 Main line in Yass Junction, NSW. The intended operation was for both trains to wait, one behind the other, on the Down Main line at Yass Junction to allow the third freight train to the north, 4MB2, to pass both on the adjacent Main lane.
Kaleentha/Menindee, 2011
Around 1545, on Wednesday 13 July 2011, 3SP7 freight trains collided with road rail vehicles in the Kaleentha section to Menindee, located in western New South Wales (NSW). The railroad vehicle, the Toyota Landruiser station wagon, was heavily damaged. The main locomotive of the 3SP7 train, the NR4 only inflicted minor damage and after making improvements at the scene, the train continued to Port Augusta to Perth. No injuries and no damage to the fixed infrastructure.
Wirrinya, 2011
Initial reports indicate that at around 0545 on October 23, 2011 the 7SP5 train, traveling on the main rail line between countries, slipped in its NSW Wirrinya. No one was injured but there was significant damage to the rolling stock and infrastructure.
Mittagong, 2011
On November 6, 2011, a passenger train dropped off near Mittagong on the South Plateau of New South Wales after crashing into the abandoned ute left on the train line after being trapped there. The car to the north brought nine passengers and three crew, but no one was injured.
Coalcliff, 2011
On November 24, 2011, commuter and freight trains were thrown into chaos as the coal train shifted near Coalcliff and forced the closing of the only lane between Thirroul and Waterfall. The Transportation Security Investigation Office found that the cause of the derailment was a defective axle. The investigation revealed that axle barrel No. 3 of the eighth wagon had broken and parted, causing the wheels to slip. As a result, the seven carts that follow these carts slip. Two locomotives and all other trains stay on track. Although there is no injury as a result of the derailment, about 470 meters of damaged path need to be replaced. The investigation determined that the axle rupture was caused by the spread of metallic fatigue at the site of the fracture. Fracture fracture begins shortly before the final failure of the axle at the slip site but, due to the damage that occurs in the derail, the initiator of the fracture can not be determined.
Granville Granville, 2014
On September 30, 2014, an empty passenger train caught fire near Granville station around 19:00. The incident resulted in a partial closure of the T2 line between Cabramatta and Granville, causing major disruption to passengers. The driver and guard must be rescued by firefighters. No injuries were reported.
See also
- List of train accidents
Notes and references
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