Dozens of shipping containers thrown from tracks after train derailment outside Geelong
Dozens of shipping containers have been thrown from the tracks when a freight train derailed in Victoria’s west, closing the rail corridor to Adelaide.
The train derailed near Inverleigh along the Hamilton Highway outside Geelong at about 5.30am on Monday.
In a statement, the Australian Rail Track Corporation said there were no injuries to the train crew and there were no dangerous goods containers affected by the incident.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The service derailed with containers displaced on both sides of the track and some within an adjoining paddock.
The corporation said the Melbourne-Adelaide rail corridor is closed as a result and affected customers have been notified.
Rail and emergency response crews are on site.
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has been notified and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has taken control of the site.
Pictures from the scene show the containers piled on top of each other and water beneath them and the tracks.
Victoria police said officers were called to the site on Monday morning to provide traffic control but they were no longer needed.
Ambulance Victoria said there were no patients and they were not required to attend the scene.