An interim report has been released on the investigation into an accident in New South Wales where the driver of a freight train was fatally injured while outside the cabin.
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Bullas new rail commissioner for ATSB
Julie Bullas has been appointed as the new rail commissioner for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) for a three-year term.
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Risk management breakdown in fatal Wallan derailment
A breakdown in risk management processes contributed to the 2020 derailment of an XPT passenger train at Wallan, Victoria, which resulted in two fatalities.
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Queensland Rail charged over Westwood fatality
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) has charged Queensland Rail with three offences relating to management of safe systems of work following a fatality in Westwood in 2021.
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Fractured axle focus in Queensland derailment
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is continuing to undertake a detailed material analysis of rolling stock components after a fractured axle was identified at the site of a freight train derailment south of Rockhampton, Queensland.
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Training improved after overspeed incident
A rail network operator has taken steps to improve training after an overspeed incident involving a Sydney-bound passenger train.
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Marmor derailment investigated by ATSB
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced a transport safety investigation into the derailment of a freight train and its subsequent collision with a coal train at Marmor, Queensland, on Sunday evening.
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ATSB reports on Rockhampton rail bridge accident
A Rockhampton railway bridge was damaged by a tipping trailer that had been loaded onto a freight train despite being too high for the rail network, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report details.
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Reasons identified for runaway cement train
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a final report detailing more than a dozen safety actions which address findings from its investigation into the runaway and derailment of a cement train in Devonport, Tasmania.
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Preliminary report into truck, train collision
A preliminary report has been released from an ongoing transport safety investigation into a collision between a passenger train and a truck at a level crossing near Bendigo, Victoria.
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