What the records say
- When
- 2 Dec 1999
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 33.78° S, 150.62° E
- Description
- Australian railway collision
- Deaths
- 7
1999 Glenbrook rail accident
Australian railway collision
On 2 December 1999 at 8:22 am AEDT, a New South Wales V set collided with the rearmost carriage of the long-haul Indian Pacific 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.
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