{"id":683011,"date":"2026-05-20T13:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683011\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:14:13","slug":"perth-traffic-serious-crash-between-truck-train-closes-meadow-street-in-guildford-midland-line-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683011\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Serious crash between truck, train closes Meadow Street in Guildford, Midland line affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Trains on the Midland Line have been cancelled following a serious crash on the tracks in Guildford, which has injured five people including two toddlers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash \u2014 located on Meadow Street at Great Eastern Highway \u2014 was reported by Main Roads at 4.05pm on Wednesday and has resulted in the cancellation of trains between Bayswater and Midland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police say truck and train collided at the Meadow Street railway crossing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Eyewitnesses say a tipper truck with two trailers was travelling east along Great Eastern Highway when it turned left at the traffic lights at Meadow Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The truck then entered the Meadow Street railway crossing and went through the boom gate as the train approached, which then hit the truck\u2019s second trailer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18627e45b447a8664154888e5a65cd298a7bdce2.jpg\" alt=\"A bobcat was thrown from the second trailer upon impact.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA bobcat was thrown from the second trailer upon impact. Credit: Bruce Christie\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A bobcat was thrown from the second trailer upon impact, which landed on the tracks, and eyewitnesses say another part of the truck was dislodged which hit a nearby four wheel drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Early reports from police say there are no life-threatning injuries, but a woman in her thirties and two toddlers are being treated for injuries at the incident scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Meadow Street has also been closed in both directions and emergency services are on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Public Transport Authority say train passengers are being safely removed from the carriages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Transperth warned the incident is also causing delays on the Airport, Ellenbrook and Fremantle train lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cTrain replacement buses are being organised between Bayswater and Midland. Please allow extra travelling time and be aware that replacement buses may not connect with timetabled bus and train services,\u201d Transperth said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Traffic is heavy leading up to the incident site and Main Roads has requested motorists to seek an alternate route if planning to travel in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trains on the Midland Line have been cancelled following a serious crash on the tracks in Guildford, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,46,41,39,42,40,1191,45],"class_list":["post-683011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}