Cityrail 37-K derails at homebush (7/1/2009) (WS)

A female passenger sustained minor injuries in a train derailment at Homebush which is causing delays tonight for peak-hour commuters.


The one carriage derailment involving the front wheels of the train - which RailCorp said occurred at low speed - was travelling westbound at Platform 6 at Homebush station at about 4.40pm when the incident occurred.


The delay is affecting passengers travelling on the inner-west, Bankstown, south and western train lines.


The NSW Ambulance Service said the female passenger suffered an injured wrist in the incident.

RailCorp said that most of the passengers were in carriages unaffected by the derailment and were able to get off the train safely and join other services passing through Homebush.

Trains were being diverted around the halted train, although delays of up to 20 minutes were being experienced across the network.

A RailCorp spokesman said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the accident.


"Investigations are going on at the moment and it's too early to speculate what did and what didn't happen,'' he said.


"We have crews on site investigating what occurred and until that's done we can't give a response on what has actually occurred. As far as I'm aware there were no lives in danger.''

From SMH

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[doctornickau]

It's actually a Tangara, 37-K was its run number.

[DIMATIF]

That's a t set I think

[Bails992]

Thats not a k set!