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Emily Woods

NSW Trains in court over Vic derailment

NSW Trains is facing criminal charges in Melbourne over a train derailment that caused two deaths. (David Crosling/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW Trains is facing criminal charges for failing to ensure the safety of its railways and not properly training workers, after a train driver and pilot were killed in a derailment.

The XTP train service from Sydney derailed in Wallan, north of Melbourne, in February 2020 after travelling at more than eight times the speed limit through a re-routed section of track.

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