Management error: Poor risk assessment procedures. Driver unaware of change of route through loop.[1]
Statistics
Trains
1
Passengers
155
Crew
7
Deaths
2
Injured
61 (8 serious)
Route diagram
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to Shepparton
to Albury
Merri Creek
Epping–Kilmore Road
Wallan passing loop
Wallan
Wallan–Whittlesea Road
to Melbourne
to Melbourne
broad gauge
standard gauge
On 20 February 2020, a NSW TrainLink XPT passenger train derailed while passing through a turnout at Wallan, Victoria, Australia. Of the 162 total on board, there were two fatalities and 61 passengers were injured, eight of whom sustained serious injuries.
The service was running from Sydney to Melbourne and was passing through Wallan. The interim report into the accident indicated that the train had entered the turnout, with a specified speed limit of 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph), at more than 115 kilometres per hour (71 mph). An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
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