Train Wrecks in Australia
1999
August 18th. Australia, Zanthus (250km east of Kalgoorlie): an Indian
Pacific hit a stationary freight train; 20 people were injured.
1999
July 7th. Australia, Sydney (between Hornsby and Asquith stations):
a CityRail train derailed; 3 passengers were injured.
1998
June 9th. Australia, Sydney: the empty eight-car "Tangara"
train derailed at Concord West; 2 crew were injured.
1998
May 19th. Australia, Robertson (south-west of Wollongong): a freight
train derailed; 2 crewmembers died.
1996
January 14th. Australia, Hines Hill (240km east of Perth): a freight
train collided with a fuel train; 2 people died.
1990
May 6th. Australia, Cowan (north of Sydney): an Intercity express
train crashed into a vintage steam train; 6 people died.
1977
January 18th. Australia, Sydney, Granville: a commuter train derailed
and crashed into the pillars of a bridge bringing it down on top of
the train; 83 people died, more than 200 were injured.
1976
January 16th. Australia, NSW, Glenbrook: a freight train collided
with the rear of a stalled passenger train; 1 person died, 10 were injured.
1969 February 7th. Australia, Victoria, Violet Town: a Sydney-Melbourne
express, traveling at 120km/h (80 mph) collided with a freight train;
9 people died.
1960
February 26th. Australia, Queensland, Bogantungan: a bridge, weakened
by floodwaters, collapsed as the Rockhampton-bound "Midlander"
train passed over it; 7 people died.
1956 December 1st. Australia, Queensland, Wallumbilla: train
accident, 5 people died.
1953
December 19th. Australia, Sydney, Sydenham: two passenger trains
collided; 5 people died and 748 were injured.
1952
June 1st. Australia, Victoria, Boronia: a train collided with a
bus on a level crossing; 9 people died.
1952
May 7th. Australia, Sydney, Berala: train accident; 10 people died
and 81 were injured.
1951
February 24th. Australia, Victoria, Horsham: a train collided with
a bus on a level crossing; 11 people died.
1948
June 30th. Australia, NSW, Rocky Ponds (near Harden): a mail train
derailed; 4 people died, 19 were injured.
1947
October 18th. Australia, Queensland, Tamaree: mail trains collided;
8 people died.
1947
May 5th. Australia, Queensland, Camp Mountain: a train derailed;
16 people died.
1944
January 20th. Australia, NSW, Brooklyn: a mail train collided with
a bus on a level crossing; 17 people died.
1943
May 8th. Australia, Victoria, Wodonga: a train collided with their
bus on a level crossing; 25 people (most of them military personnel)
died.
1926
September 13th. Australia, NSW, Murulla: a Sydney-bound passenger
train collided with a runaway freight wagons; 27 people died.
1926
June 10th. Australia, NSW, Aberdeen: a Sydney-Brisbane express train
fell from a timber bridge; 5 people died, 50 were injured.
1925
June 9th. Australia, Queensland, Traverston: a train derailed on
a bridge; 10 people died.
1920
November 6th. Australia, Queensland, Wokalup: a timber train crashed;
9 people died.
1920
August 30th. Australia, Sydney, Hurtsville: a train crashed into
a standing locomotive; 5 people died.
1914
March 16th. Australia, NSW, Exeter: two trains collided in fog;
14 people died.
1910
July 18th. Australia, Victoria, Richmond: in fog a train slammed
into a locomotive; 9 people died.
1908
April 20th. Australia, Sunshine (near Melbourne): two trains collided
in the station; 44 people died.
1901
February 15th. Australia, NSW, Sydenham: train derailment; 7 people
died.
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