A report into a fatal train derailment north of Melbourne in February has revealed the train was travelling at more than 100 kilometres per hour in a 15kph zone when it came off the tracks.The direction of the tracks had been changed before the train derailed when entering a passing loopThe train driver John Kennedy and the train pilot Sam Meintanis were killed
But the preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the direction of the rail tracks had been changed from their"normal position" earlier that day which caused the train to leave the main track and enter a passing loop. The Sydney-to-Melbourne XPT service, which was carrying 153 passengers, derailed at Wallan shortly before 8:00pm on February 20.The train's driver, 54-year-old49, of Castlemaine, were killed, and 39 passengers were injured.
Mr Meintanis boarded the train a few stops from the crash site to help the driver navigate through a 24-kilometre section of track because signalling equipment was damaged.
bridgerollo AndrewConstance AlboMP This pic shows the other end of the loop, to be negotiated at 35 km/h. Shame on Australian governments GladysB scomo infrastructureaustralia who spend billions on highways
bridgerollo AndrewConstance AlboMP The root cause for this XPT accident was the low priority InfrastructureAustralia put on duplicating this single standard gauge track section, requiring loops. My 2011 report: Australian intercity rail run-down
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