Train Derailment In 2025. Some train accident rates have risen nearly 25% in the past decade, and union workers say further cuts to staffing imperil the nation's safety in the wake of the east palestine,. Mining giant rio tinto said an autonomous train hit a set of stationary wagons about 80 kilometres outside karratha just after midnight on monday, damaging 22 wagons and three locomotives.

At approximately 0102 on 31 may 2022, freight train 2bs4, operated by pacific national derailed 11 wagons near kyogle, new south wales. This week, the national league of cities (nlc) launched an interactive map showing the alarming number of train derailments across the country as the bipartisan railway.