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Discussion Thread ๐ŸฆŠ Thursday 13 August 2026 (aussie.zone)
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[โ€“] 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

New Adventures in Train Travel

This time the train made a quick track change to avoid collision with a slow freight train ( train driver told us personally once we got to the next station and stopped, she was a bit shook up )

we ended up on a different line and going to different stations

that was a 1 hour extra trip

at least no one hurt

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ooh gosh, am glad it didn't end up any worse!! Good on the drive for reacting accordingly, hope no one was grumpy about the change of direction!

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    it would have been a dramatic crash, a very heavy slow moving freight train and an accelerating passenger train. Luckily the train had very few passengers, maybe 2 dozen

    once we knew what happened we were all grateful to the driver and happy we were safe

    in the train, immediately after the event , when we were safe, an announcement was made over intercom that the train was diverted , but no reason was given at that time

    once we were stopped at the next station and debarked the driver came out onto the platform talked to passengers in person

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