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An investigation is underway into a rail accident on Brisbane's bayside this morning.

The crash happened just after 9:30am (AEST) when a passenger train smashed into the station at the end of the line at Cleveland in Redlands.

Fourteen people suffered minor injuries.

Police Superintendent Jim Keogh says miraculously everyone escaped with only minor injuries, including the train driver who is in shock.

The train travelled 10 metres inside the railway station, demolishing a toilet block in the process.

Superintendent Keogh says 13 passengers were in the train, along with the driver and a guard.

Two other people were on the platform and there were two staff in the station office.

Ten people were taken to hospital with minor injuries and have since been discharged.

The impact all but demolished part of the railway station, bringing down power lines.

"As you can see it's quite a dramatic accident there, he's come close to being hurt," he said.

"Certainly it's a case where he got out of it by the skin of his teeth - we had to actually cut the power first up then force the way in to get the passengers out."

Queensland Fire and Rescue staff at the scene had to wait about an hour for power to be disconnected before passengers could leave the train.

Station officer Rob Hauxwell says once the scene was safe the passengers were out within minutes.

"We could see that there was still passengers on the train," he said.

"We directed them down to the rear of the engine, or the rear of the train itself, did a head count then we conducted a primary search right to the front of the train.

"That took maybe another five or 10 minutes."

Translink and Queensland Rail are investigating whether the crash was caused by power or braking problems.

Edited by user 31 January 2013 14:09:02(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified