Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Rail travel today is safer than ever. But it wasn't always this way. Soon after Melbourne electrified its rail network in the 1910s and 1920s, the city suffered one of its worst rail disasters at Caulfield Railway Station. Three people were killed and over 170 injured, exactly 100 years ago today - on 26 May 1926. Watch to find out more!
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
Rail travel today is safer than ever. But it wasn't always this way. Soon after Melbourne electrified its rail network in the 1910s and 1920s, the city suffered one of its worst rail disasters at Caulfield Railway Station. Three people were killed and over 170 injured, exactly 100 years ago today - on 26 May 1926. Watch to find out more!
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MORE INFORMATION
Book: focrc.org/book-The%20Caulfield%20Railway%20Disaster.php
Supporters Portal: members.philipmallis.com
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/caulfieldraildisaster1926
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
