SA-Victoria line set to reopen after derailment
The rail line between Adelaide and Melbourne is expected to reopen next week after a freight train derailed on Monday.
The scene after a derailment near Inverleigh on the Adelaide-Melbourne line on Monday. Photo: AAP/James Ross
Sixteen carriages from a 1.7 kilometre-long train went off the tracks west of Geelong.
No one was injured in the derailment and the cause is under investigation.
All the shipping containers and wagons have now been removed from the tracks, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) confirmed on Thursday.
Fifty workers will start repairing the one kilometre of damaged track, using 1500 new concrete sleepers and 2500 tonnes of rock ballast.
The track is expected to reopen next Tuesday.
“ARTC extends its thanks to the community and freight customers for their patience and understanding as works are carried out,” the corporation said in a statement.
-with AAP
