Jenny Kennedy was at home with her daughter when the first message came through that her husband might have been in a train accident. It was about 10pm on February 20, 2020, when she received the text from her friend, prompting her daughter to quickly search for John’s name online. She found a story saying he had been killed in a derailment at Wallan, north of Melbourne. Kennedy immediately contacted NSW Trains, where John worked as a driver, seeking answers.
was fined $375,000 and NSW Trains $150,000. Kennedy says the past four years have been emotionally exhausting — first dealing with the immediate grief and John’s funeral, and then speaking to investigators and solicitors. “It’s been like a rollercoaster,” she said. The questions from investigators were invasive and the court hearings protracted, she said. “I’ve found the legal system to be both disappointing and at times traumatic,” Kennedy said.
do not reflect the loss of her husband. She hopes there will be changes but says the organisations have put more time into defending their behaviour rather than fixing the underlying safety problems. “There are no consequences around this,” Kennedy said. “John and Sam went to work and didn’t come home — for nothing really.” ‘He loved to help people’ Kennedy wants people to remember John as an experienced, loyal and well-loved train driver, who was very close to his children and grandchildren.
spokesman also expressed condolences to the families, telling AAP it had implemented additional operational controls to ensure the rail network was safe.
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