The Clifton Hill Derailment // My Thoughts!

My thoughts on the July 2025 derailment of a Metro Trains Melbourne suburban X'trapolis train on the Mernda line at Clifton Hill. This video was a collaborative effort between myself and Alexander Jamieson of the Eltham South Electric Tramway, check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@melbournesparks3828 A special thanks to Marco Pagliaro for providing additional images for this video. All uncredited images and footage are by Martin Bennet (that's me). Want to help support the channel, get early access to new content and exclusive behind the scenes videos? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Taitset My voiceover in this video was recorded with the assistance of my brother Cian, who happens to be a sound recordist and musician - check out his stuff here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic Chapters: 00:00 - It's.. not supposed to look like that 01:02 - Some context 02:40 - FUN FACTS 03:01 - How do derailments happen, anyway? 04:49 - The OTHER one 06:09 - The 22m window 07:31 - ..an overhead fault? 08:41 - Probing the derailment 12:27 - Channel 9 does an ageism 13:33 - A bit that's hard to think of a chapter name for 13:53 - Clearing the line 14:53 - It'll be fine 15:07 - Thanks #melbourne #derailment #trains #transport