Australian train drivers are angry at motorists who race to level crossings and try to beat the gates. In the aftermath of the recent Dandenong South collision, Rail, Tram and Bus Union divisional...
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A trailer being towed by a truck, both loaded with vegetables, was struck by a six-coach multiple-unit passenger train at the Abbotts Road crossing in Dandenong South (36km from the centre of...
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The latest measure being tried to combat level crossing collisions is a warning message broadcast over car radios. Tests are being carried out in Queensland, Australia. Solar-powered warning lights...
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The derailing of a ballast train in February at the Darr River crossing near Longreach in Western Queensland was due to timber piers on a bridge failing. No one was injured but subsequent...
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Most of Brisbane's extensive urban rail system was brought to its knees for nearly four hours on 28 February when a clamp securing overhead traction wires became dislodged, sending 25,000 volts...
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A passenger train in New South Wales, Australia, derailed when it collided with a sports utility vehicle (SUV), apparently being driven across the track. The coaches stayed upright and nobody was...
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On 23 September, every afternoon peak commuter train in Brisbane was delayed by power problems after a pigeon collided with an overhead traction wire. "It sounded like a car crash and when we looked...
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Radio technology could help prevent crashes at level crossings according to Australia's Rail, Tram and Bus union. The union has asked Queensland's state government to consider introducing the Pixie...
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From ABC News (Australia) 24 June, courtesy Bruno Martin:
'A train operator has been stood down from driving duties after he took off in the wrong direction from Sydney's Central Station last...
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Late in May, the derailment of a BHP Billiton iron ore train caused a two-day closure of the company's 426km privately-owned heavy-haul line to Port Hedland in Western Australia. . The trains on this...
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