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| Glenbrook rail accident | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 2 December 1999 8:22 am |
| Location | Glenbrook, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Line | Blue Mountains railway line |
| Operator | Great Southern Rail, CityRail |
| Incident type | Collision |
| Cause | Signal failure and driver-signalman miscommunication |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 51 |
The Glenbrook rail accident occurred on 2 December 1999 at 8:22 am on a curve east of Glenbrook railway station on the CityRail network between Glenbrook and Lapstone, in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Seven passengers were killed and 51 passengers were taken to hospital with injuries[1] when a CityRail electric interurban train collided with the rear wagon of the long-haul Perth-to-Sydney Indian Pacific.
- ^ The Honourable Peter Aloysius McInerney (April 2001). "Special Commission of Inquiry into the Glenbrook Rail Accident" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2006.