Shortly before 8:00 pm last Thursday, the Sydney-Melbourne XPT train derailed near Wallan, 45 kilometres north of Melbourne. Eleven of the 153 passengers were injured; the driver and a pilot confirmed dead.
The North–East Line, which carries interstate trains between Albury and Melbourne, has been plagued with issues for the better part of the last decade since conversion to standard gauge tracks in 2010.
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