 On 3 December 1999 an interurban passenger train collided with the rear of the "Indian Pacific" long distance passenger train waiting at a failed signal resulting in seven fatalities.On 31 January 2003 a driver of a southbound interurban electric Tangara passenger train, G7, travelling from Sydney to Wollongong suffered a heart attack, causing the train to derail at high speed south of Waterfall station, resulting in seven fatalities and multiple injuries.On 5 June 2006 an XPT train was involved in an accident with a sedan driven into its path at an active level crossing.