{"id":250958,"date":"2025-07-14T14:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=250958"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:28:45","slug":"metro-train-derails-at-clifton-hill-closing-the-hurstbridge-and-mernda-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=250958","title":{"rendered":"Metro Train derails at Clifton Hill closing the Hurstbridge and Mernda Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A metro suburban train has derailed in the Clifton Hill Railway Station area closing both the Mernda and Hurstbridge Lines. The incident believed to have occurred around 22:30 Sunday evening has blocked the junction of two busy Melbourne railway lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos taken show a collapsed bogie where the wheels have detached from the train. There is damage to the side of the train and also to trackside infrastructure. Damage to the overhead power delivery can clearly be seen with wiring becoming slack above the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The media has been reporting there is a rail power issue in the area clearly this is a consequence of the derailment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the decision is made the only way to remove the broken rolling stock is a crane, then this will be a carefully managed effort considering where the train is located and it proximity Clifton Hill Railway Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this stage it is not easy to see how the afternoon peak could be served by rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further update to the incident has been filed.<\/a> Train split, carriages removed and crane has arrived. The process has been rather slow and is approaching 48 hours since the derailment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The incident believed to have occurred around 10:30PM Sunday has blocked the junction of two busy Melbourne railway lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":250959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9770,47],"tags":[10198,14143,993,9842,8],"class_list":["post-250958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-trains-melbourne","category-rail-news","tag-clifton-hill","tag-hurstbridge","tag-melbourne","tag-mernda","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t