{"id":272665,"date":"2025-08-25T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=272665"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:36:41","slug":"train-losing-carriage-closes-lines-between-seymour-and-southern-cross-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=272665","title":{"rendered":"Train losing carriage closes lines between Seymour and Southern Cross Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Seymour and Shepparton train lines between Seymour and\u00a0Southern Cross Station<\/a>\u00a0have been shut down due to an \u201coperational incident\u201d, with reports a V\/Line<\/a> train has \u201clost a carriage\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station master at Kilmore has reportedly confirmed the incident, claiming \u201cthe carriage detached somewhere and they have to go back and find it\u201d and \u201cit is a full safety incident\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The V\/Line website is stating there has been a \u201csafety incident near Tallarook<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not known if passengers were on board the lost carriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website tells commuters looking to get into the city from the area to expect significant delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPassengers are advised to board replacement coaches between Seymour and Craigieburn where they can then board next departing Metro services between Craigieburn and Southern Cross,\u201d the site reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPassengers travelling from Donnybrook are advised to board the 501 shuttle service between Donnybrook and Craigieburn to board next departing Metro services between Craigieburn and Southern Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe anticipate coaches to be in operation throughout the morning with an extended journey time of up to 120 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident comes after a Metro train derailment in Clifton Hill<\/a> in July caused commuter chaos for more than 100,000 daily passengers who use the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that incident, the train derailed and struck a number of trackside pillars, damaging around 100 metres of track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herald Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A carriage detaching from a V\/Line train has closed two lines between Seymour and Southern Cross station, sparking major delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":272670,"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":[1009,47,186],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-272665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-incident","category-rail-news","category-v-line","tag-melbourne","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