Sydney-to-Melbourne train details near Wallan, north of Melbourne

One of the dead is believed to be the driver, another passenger is being flown to Melbourne and Ambulance Victoria said in a statement that a large number of people were being assessed but were not believed to be seriously injured.

It is unclear how the train derailed, but VLine had warned earlier on Thursday that the service to Albury was delayed by up to an hour because of an ongoing rail equipment fault near Wallan.The train was going about three-quarters speed, according to passenger Rob Jennings. Mr Jennings said he believed one person had been badly injured, but most people had bumps and bruises.One man on scene said train staff and more able-bodied passengers were helping those with minor injuries off the damaged carriages while others ran to try and free the driver.

Hot day-buckled rails? Kids with frying pan on track?

Time for train upgrade, maybe s bullet train from Sydney to Melbourne

paulsakkal This is the result of mis-spending billions on new highways, airports etc. while neglecting rail

So sad but that is what the real Australia is turning into...

Maybe if we didn’t run trains from 1982 this would not have happened! We are so far behind it’s a embarrassment. xpt melbourne train auspol

The XPTs should've been retired years ago by the NSW Government. This is a tragedy that was waiting to happen.

The trip from Southern Cross up to Seymour has become increasingly rough and worrying. With good reason it seems.

I didn't think this was even possible! Now I am going to be paranoid about trains as well as bridges.

86Dib We can’t even drive slow trains. Do we really think this country can aspire to building high speed rail powered by clean nuclear? CoalNow CoalTomorrow CoalForever

Sad 😢

So sad to hear that xx

Victoria is a state full of corrupt f*cks. Accepting faulty rollingstock. Commissioning half baked signalling systems. Nepotism at the highest levels. I would've sacked the entire railway engineering and management staff for moral turpitude.

So sad

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