(AUS)Passenger train derails on Cleveland line during morning commute

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From the Courier Mail:

Passenger train derails on Cleveland line during morning commute

• The Courier-Mail
• January 31, 2013 6:37PM

TEN people have been taken to hospital after a commuter train derailed and smashed into a station in Brisbane's southeast this morning.

 

The train struck Cleveland station about 9.40am this morning, damaging the platform and exposing live electrical wires.

At 6.36pm Queensland Rail said crews were gearing up to remove the train that ploughed into Cleveland station.

It is expected crews will take about 13 hours to remove the three remaining carriages.

Services are suspended between Cleveland and Wellington Point and buses are being used instead.

 

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/passenger-train-derails-on-cleveland-line-during-morning-commute/story-e6freoof-1226565749276

The train in question was an IMU160 with 173 the leading set. Carriage IM5173 the one crashing into the loos.