A chronology of some of the major railway accidents in

Australia:

Nov 16 2004: More than 100 people injured when a high-speed Tilt

Train derails at Rosedale, north of Bundaberg in Queensland.

Jan 31 2003: Seven people killed and dozens injured when a

Tangara train derails near Waterfall station, south of Sydney.

Dec 2, 1999: Seven people were killed and 51 injured when a

Sydney-bound commuter train slammed into the back of the Indian

Pacific at Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains.

August 18, 1999: Twenty people injured when the Indian Pacific

hit a stationary freight train at low-speed 250km east of

Kalgoorlie.

July 7, 1999: Three passengers injured when a CityRail train

derails between Sydney suburban stations, Hornsby and Asquith.

May 19, 1998: Two train drivers die when their freight train

derails near Robertson, south-west of Wollongong.

January 14, 1996: A train driver and a young boy die when a

freight train collides with a fuel train at Hines Hill, 240km east

of Perth.

May 6, 1990: Six people die when an Intercity express train

crashes into vintage steam train "3801" at Cowan, north of

Sydney.

January 18, 1977: Australia's worst railway disaster occurs at

Granville, Sydney. Eighty-three people die when a peak-hour train

derails and crashes into a concrete bridge.

January 16, 1976: Goods train ploughs into the back of a stalled

passenger train at Glenbrook, NSW. One dead, 10 injured.

February 7, 1969: Nine people die when the Sydney-Melbourne

express travelling at 120kph, collides head-on with a goods train

at Violet Town, Victoria.

February 26, 1960: Seven people die when a flood-weakened bridge

collapses underneath the Rockhampton-bound Midlander at

Bogantungan, Queensland.

December 1, 1956: Five people die in an accident at Wallumbilla,

Queensland.

December 19, 1953: Five people die and 748 are injured in a

collision between two passenger trains at Sydenham, Sydney.

June 1, 1952: Nine die in bus-train accident at a level crossing

at Boronia, Victoria.

May 7, 1952: Ten die, 81 injured in train accident at Berala,

Sydney.

February 24, 1951: 11 people killed in a collision between a bus

and a train at a level crossing near Horsham, Victoria.

June 30, 1948: Mail train derails at Rocky Ponds, near Harden,

NSW. Four people killed and 19 injured.

October 18, 1947: Eight people killed when mail trains collide

at Tamaree, Queensland.

May 5, 1947: Train derails at Camp Mountain, Queensland, killing

16 people.

AAP

Sydney Morning Herald