{{Disasters and accidents}}{{byline|date=November 15, 2004|location=[[Australia|AUSTRALIA]]}} 128 people have been injured, 5 seriously so, in a high-speed train derailment in central [[Queensland]]. Police said the {{w|tilting train|tilt train}} came off the tracks near {{w|Bundaberg}} (about 400 {{w|kilometers|kilometers}} north of {{w|Brisbane}}) at 12.06am {{w|AEST}}.

Queensland Transport Minister {{w|Paul Lucas (politician)|Paul Lucas}} visited the site, and reported that the {{w|black box}} recording device on board the train would be sent back to Brisbane for analysis, in order to determine the cause of the accident.

{{w|Premiers of Queensland|Premier}} {{w|Peter Beattie}} and {{w|Queensland Rail}} CEO Bob Scheuber said that there were no current plans to halt other tilt train services.  "That will depend entirely on the investigators, they've not made any recommendations yet &mdash; some of them are still arriving.  If they recommend that that is the course of action, then of course it would be suspended," Mr Beattie was quoted as saying.

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== Sources ==
{{wikipedia|Cairns Tilt Train derailment}}
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1244312.htm
 |title=Five seriously injured in Tilt Train derailment
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 |pub=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 |date=November 16, 2004}}
*{{source|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Queensland-train-derailment-injures-128s/2004/11/16/1100384525293.html
 |title=Queensland train derailment injures 128
 |author={{w|Australian Associated Press|AAP}}
 |pub=The Sydney Morning Herald
 |date=November 16, 2004}}

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128 people have been injured, 5 seriously so, in a high-speed train derailment in central Queensland. Police said the tilt train came off the tracks near kilometers|kilometers north of AEST.

Queensland Transport Minister Paul Lucas visited the site, and reported that the  recording device on board the train would be sent back to Brisbane for analysis, in order to determine the cause of the accident.

Premier Queensland Rail CEO Bob Scheuber said that there were no current plans to halt other tilt train services.  "That will depend entirely on the investigators, they've not made any recommendations yet — some of them are still arriving.  If they recommend that that is the course of action, then of course it would be suspended," Mr Beattie was quoted as saying.