On the 15 November 2003 a Sprinter train travelling to Ballarat was derailed between Ballan and Gordon injuring 61 people when it hit a stationary car on a country railway crossing.
A Sprinter train travelling to Ballarat hit a stationary car on a country railway crossing between Ballan and Gordon and derailed. The event which happened on November 15, 2003 left 61 people injured.