NSW: Train derailment in Sydney causes major delays

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-1999
NSW: Train derailment in Sydney causes major delays

SYDNEY, Dec 20 AAP - An empty Sydney passenger train has derailed causing major delays
for northbound commuters.

The CityRail train derailed just outside Waverton station in Sydney's north early this morning.

CityRail officials were not immediately available for comment.

Buses were being used to transport train passengers to their destinations.

In the past six months, the city and state rail system has been struck by several derailments
and signal problems.

Early this month seven people died when a InterCity service ploughed into the back
of the stationary Indian Pacific Express near Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains.

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