Berajondo train crash

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Coordinates: 24.617057° S 151.832803° W The Berajondo train crash was a rail accident that took place outside of Berajondo, Queensland, Australia on November 15, 2004.^[1]

At 11:55pm when the northbound high speed diesel tilt train City of Townsville from Brisbane, bound for Cairns, failed to slow down for a very sharp 60 km/h curve, derailing the train. The train was estimated as traveling 112 km/h at the time of the accident, but investigators are still undecided on the role a broken wheel played in the event.

Although seven of the train's passenger cars left the tracks, no fatalities were reported from this accident.

[edit] See also

• Morpeth rail crash - This accident resembles those at Morpeth in the United Kingdom.
• Waterfall train disaster - train failed to slow for sharp curve.
• Amagasaki rail crash - Japan

[edit] References

• The Courier-Mail. More than 100 hurt in train crash, retrieved December 29, 2004.
• The Courier-Mail. Wheel casing eyed in train crash, retrieved December 29, 2004.