Tag: Rail accidents
Rail death inquest hears of safety failures
A coronial inquest into the deaths of two rail maintenance workers in the New South Wales Upper Hunter has heard the men did not adhere to basic workplace safety rules.[MORE]
Call for level crossing cameras to stop fatalities
The Australasian Railway Association is calling for cameras to be installed at level crossings across the country to prevent rail accidents. [MORE]
Man hit by train on sth coast
A man is in a serious condition after being hit by a train on the New South Wales south coast earlier today.[MORE]
Rail line reopened after fatal smash
The rail line between Townsville and Cairns in north Qld has reopened today after a fatal crash.[MORE]
Sugar cane train collides with truck in north Qld
A privately-owned sugar cane train has derailed after colliding with a truck on a crossing at Ingham.[MORE]
Fatal rail smash crossing needed boom gates: union
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union says a level crossing in north Queensland where two train drivers were killed should have had boom gates.[MORE]
Warning lights working in fatal train smash: QR
QR says warning lights at a railway crossing near Cardwell were working properly when a high speed tilt train and a semi-trailer collided.[MORE]
Authorities continue to clean up train wreck
Authorities expect to remove the wreckage of a fatal train crash in far north Qld by late today.[MORE]
QR official to face court over rail worker deaths
A senior Queensland Rail (QR) official will reappear in a Mackay court early next year, charged in relation to the deaths of two rail workers last year.[MORE]
Crossing lights working at train crash site, QR says
Qld Rail says the lights at a railway crossing where a tilt train and a semi-trailer collided were working.[MORE]
Freight train derailed in north Qld
A freight train has derailed near Charters Towers in north Queensland.[MORE]
Authorities investigate fatal train crash
Investigations are continuing into a fatal level-crossing accident in far north Queensland.[MORE]
Faulty signals blamed for rail smash
Queensland's Transport Minister John Mickel has promised a full investigation into a fatal level-crossing accident.[MORE]
2 dead after train ploughs into semi
Two people have been killed in an accident involving a train and a semi-trailer in north Queensland.[MORE]
Woman killed by train
A woman has been hit and killed by a train at Mooroolbark, in Melbourne's east.[MORE]
Inquiry into rail crossing near miss
Tasmania's Infrastructure Minister says an apparent near-miss between a car and a train at Deloraine in the north is being investigated.[MORE]
One dead after car collides with train
Police are investigating whether a car drove through boom gates before crashing into a train at Dandenong South.[MORE]
Man killed after being trapped under train
A man who became trapped under a train in Melbourne yesterday has died in hospital.[MORE]
Man fights for life after falling under train
A man is fighting for his life after being trapped under a train for two hours.[MORE]
Derailment delays passenger trains in Caboolture
A freight train derailment near Caboolture, north of Brisbane, is causing delays for passengers travelling through the area.[MORE]
Man trapped under Melbourne train
Paramedics are attempting to free a man trapped underneath a V-Line train near North Melbourne railway station.[MORE]
Man killed walking on train tracks
A 26-year-old Carlton man has died after being hit by a train near Newport railway station last night.[MORE]
Derailment prompts uranium transport concern
An environment group says a BHP Billiton proposal to transport uranium yellowcake through the Northern Territory should be reconsidered in light of a train derailment near Katherine.[MORE]
Ghan schedule 'not interrupted'
Great Southern Rail says the Ghan schedule will not be interrupted much by yesterday's train derailment.[MORE]
Hot tracks may have caused Katherine derailment
The operator of the train which derailed near Katherine says heat in the tracks will be looked at as a possible cause. [MORE]
