Dozens of shipping containers have been strewn across tracks from a derailed freight train in Victoria’s west, closing the rail corridor to Adelaide.
The train derailed near Inverleigh along the Hamilton Highway outside Geelong at about 5.30 a.m. on Monday.
In a statement, the Australian Rail Track Corporation said there were no injuries to the train crew, and no dangerous goods containers were impacted.
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 had been closed as a result, and affected customers were notified….