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Waterfall railway station, Sydney - Definition |
| Related Words: Cascade, Cataract, Chute, Collapse, Crash, Declension, Declination, Descent, Down, Downfall, Downgrade, Drop |
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Waterfall Station is the last stop of the Suburban 'Blue Line' and provides fast and reasonable reliable transport to the CBD.
Waterfall station also provides access Camp Couts a large Scout camp.
Waterfall became infamous following a rail accident that claimed the lives of the driver and six passengers on 31 January 2003. The accident was believed to have been occurred when the driver, Herman Zeides, suffered a sudden heart attack and slumped forward onto the deadman's brakepedal, preventing an automatic emergency shutdown of the train.
A report into the accident, headed by Commissioner Peter McInerney, was released in January 2004.
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