granville, january 18 1977 saw australia's worst-ever rail accident - 83 people died
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Australia's worst rail accidents
The worst accidents to have occurred in Australia this century
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| August 18, 1999 |
Zanthus (250km east of Kalgoorlie)
Twenty people injured when the Indian Pacific hit a stationary freight train.
Currents |
| July 7, 1999 |
Sydney (between Hornsby and Asquith stations):
Three passengers injured when a CityRail train derailed. Currents |
| June 9, 1998 |
Sydney
Empty eight-car "Tangara" train derailed at Concord West. The driver was seriously injured, the guard received slight injuries. Currents |
| May 19, 1998 |
Robertson (south-west of Wollongong)
Two train drivers killed when their freight train derailed Gallery |
| January 14, 1996 |
Hines Hill (240km east of Perth)
A train driver and a young boy died when a freight train collided with a fuel train. |
| May 6, 1990 |
Cowan (north of Sydney)
Six people died when an Intercity express train crashed into a vintage steam train - "3801" |
| January 18, 1977 |
Granville, Sydney
Australia's worst-ever railway disaster. Eighty-three people were killed when a commuter train derailed and crashed into the pillars of a bridge bringing it down on top of the train. Significant Accidents |
| January 16, 1976 |
Glenbrook, NSW
One person died and 10 injured when a goods train collided with the rear of a passenger train at which had stalled. |
| February 7, 1969 |
Violet Town, Victoria
Nine people killed as a Sydney-Melbourne express, travelling at 120km/h was in collision with a goods train. |
| February 26, 1960 |
Bogantungan, Queensland
Seven people died when a bridge collapsed as the Rockhampton-bound "Midlander" passed over it. The bridge had been weakened by flood water. |
| December 1, 1956 |
Wallumbilla, Queensland
Five people die in an accident. |
| December 19, 1953 |
Sydenham, Sydney
Five people died and 748 were injured when two passenger trains collided. |
| June 1, 1952 |
Boronia, Victoria
Nine died when a train collided with a bus on a level crossing. |
| May 7, 1952 |
Berala, Sydney
A rail accident killed 10 and injured 81. |
| February 24, 1951 |
Horsham, Victoria
Eleven died when a train collided with a bus on a level crossing . |
| June 30, 1948 |
Rocky Ponds (near Harden, NSW)
Four people killed and 19 injured in mail train derailment. |
| October 18, 1947 |
Tamaree, Queensland
Eight people killed when mail trains collided. |
| May 5, 1947 |
Camp Mountain, Queensland
Derailment killed 16 people. |
| Jan 20, 1944 |
Brooklyn, NSW
Seventeen died when a mail train collided with a bus on a level crossing. |
| May 8, 1943 |
Wodonga, Victoria
Twenty five servicemen and women were killed when a train collided with their bus on a level crossing. |
| September 13, 1926 |
Murulla, NSW
A Sydney-bound passenger train collided with runaway goods wagons killing 27 people. |
| June 10, 1926 |
Aberdeen, NSW
A Sydney-Brisbane express fell from a timber bridge. Ffive people died, 50 were injured. |
| June 9, 1925 |
Traverston, Queensland.
Ten people killed when a train derailed on a bridge. |
| November 6, 1920 |
Wokalup, Queensland
Nine people died in a timber train crash. |
| August 30, 1920 |
Hurtsville, Sydney
Five people werekilled when a train was shunted into a standing locomotive . |
| March 16, 1914 |
Exeter, NSW
Fourteen people died when 2 trains collided in fog . |
| July 18, 1910 |
Richmond, Victoria
Nine people were killed when their train hit a locomotive in fog. |
| April 20, 1908 |
Sunshine (near Melbourne)
Ttwo trains collided in the station killing 44 people.
Significant Accidents |
| Feb 15, 1901 |
Sydenham, NSW
A derailment killed seven people. |
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