Home and Away has aired the first promo for this year’s dramatic season finale, featuring a crash which will leave lives on the line.

The first details have been officially revealed for this year’s season finale. A promo aired during Sunday’s The Voice grand finale and showed that a train crash on the way to a music festival will bring the 2025 season of Home and Away to a close.

Each December, the show takes a break from Australian screens, and the year usually comes to an end with a dramatic stunt or tragedy to keep viewers on the edge of their seats until the show returns in January.

This year is no different, and the 2025 Season Finale will feature a dramatic train crash which will quite literally leave the lives of our Summer Bay favourites on the line.

A press announcement released by Seven on Monday reveals that “in Home and Away’s final week of the year, a number of the Bay’s residents board a party train en route to Off the Rails, a three-day musical festival in Broken Hill, where Remi (Adam Rowland) and Sonny (Ryan Bown) have secured a performance slot for their newest signing, Eddie Shepherd (Stephen Madsen).”

“Inside the train carriage, spirits are high, music is pumping and the drinks are flowing… there’s even a surprise proposal set to drop jaws.

“But as music and laughter echo through the train, the festival-goers are unaware they are on a catastrophic collision course with disaster.”

The new promo gives us an in-depth look at the dramatic scenes, as we see our Summer Bay favourites arriving at a train station, where a pre-party is getting underway before the revelers get on the train to the festival.

The promo also gives us our first look at a new character played by Lach Millar, who previously starred as recurring guest character Richie Amblin in Neighbours between 2019 and 2023.

Lach’s character – whose name isn’t yet known – is seen talking to Justin (James Stewart) at the beginning of the promo.

Star of the show at the party is Eddie, the first musician signed to Remi’s new ‘Back on Track’ record label, for which Sonny is the label’s ‘hype man’.

Recent weeks have seen Eddie sign with the label, and Remi is set to secure him a slot at the ‘Off the Rails’ music festival in Broken Hill, a mining town in the outback, on the border of New South Wales and South Australia.

But as the dramatic new images show, they won’t make it there.

Also at the train station gathering are Mackenzie (Emily Weir) and Levi (Tristan Gorey), and Abigail (Hailey Pinto).

“This looks fun,” says Levi, as he, his partner and his sister walk through the station concourse and onto the platform.

“I love you,” Mackenzie tells Levi.

The pair have had a stressful few months as they began IVF after having difficulty conceiving.

When Mac lost her baby early into her pregnancy, she struggled to cope, and fled to Queensland, leaving Levi in fear that his relationship could be over.

The promo sees Levi return Mac’s gesture with an “I love you too,” suggesting that normality has returned for the pair by the end of the year.

Mac then runs to greet an enthusiastic Remi.

As the train approaches the station, Dana (Ally Harris), Sonny, Justin, Remi and Eddie look on in excitement.

“Looks like that’s our cue to get this party started!”

The promo then shows evening descend on the station, as the party-goers dance and listen to music, with the train carriages presumably acting as an extension of the party venue before they make their way to the festival later in the night.

After a stressful few months, Mackenzie is able to let her hair down, as Abigail hands her a drink, and Lach Millar’s new character is seen behind her.

The promo then shows the train once again travelling along the tracks.

The timeline of events isn’t clear, but we assume that after spending a few hours partying at the station, the residents of Summer Bay then board the train for a journey that will put their lives in danger.

As the train heads into a tunnel, the promo shows two teenagers inside, spraying graffiti.

The promo then returns to the party, we see Jo (Maddison Brown) and Lacey (Sophea Pennington) arrive on the platform.

“Hey, ladies, welcome to the party!” Sonny says excitedly.

“It feels like a dream, I can’t believe we’re all here together,” Eddie says to his ex-girlfriend.

Eddie’s recent arrival in Summer Bay was quite a surprise for Jo, who has just embarked on a secretive new relationship with Tane (Ethan Browne).

It transpires that Eddie and Jo used to date, but Jo broke things off after the death of her mother. She now faces a big decision between the “love of her life” Eddie and her fledgling new relationship with Tane.

With no sign of Tane at the party, has Jo already made her choice? And, with producers promising a “surprise proposal” in the final week, could Eddie be about to pop the question to his ex?

Lacey can’t help but smile as Jo and Eddie continue to reconnect.

Back in the tunnel, as the teenagers hear the train approaching, they make a run for it.

However, in a move which will spell disaster for our Summer Bay favourites, they leave their bikes on the tracks.

As the train heads through the narrow tunnel, the bikes block its path.

“We’ve gotta make the most of these opportunities,” says Remi, back at the party.

Back on the train, the driver desperately pulls the brake after spotting the obstruction, but it’s too late.

As the train’s brakes grind against the rails, it’s not enough to stop it crashing into the abandoned bikes.

We see the front of the train seconds before disaster strikes.

As the train impacts the bikes, will the accident spell the end for one of Summer Bay’s residents?

Inside the train, we see Abigail flung to the ground as the locomotive smashes into the bikes.

Remi, Eddie and Dana are also on board, as they’re flung around the carriage.

The promo ends with the dramatic words – “The countdown to impact has begun”.

Will everyone survive?

The first details of the finale were revealed at Seven’s ‘Upfronts’ event in October. The event is designed for advertisers and investors, and sees the network showcases its new and returning programming to potential advertisers.

As part of the presentation, attendees saw a promo for the Season Finale, which confirmed for the first time that a dramatic crash would bring the year to a close.

According to TV Tonight, Emily Weir (Mackenzie Booth) teased that the episodes would feature a “never-before-attempted” stunt which would keep fans hooked to their screens.

The version of the promo which aired at the Upfronts then showed the aftermath of the crash.

Outside of the tunnel, Sergeant David Langham (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) and other members of the emergency services jumped into action and risked their own lives as they attempted to rescue them.

Thankfully, we know that nearly all of the characters on the train survive, as all of the main cast have been seen filming at Sydney’s Palm Beach – the real-life home of Summer Bay – in recent months.

However, one character whose fate we don’t yet know is Eddie.

Stephen Madsen hasn’t been seen filming at Palm Beach in recent months, and while absolutely nothing is confirmed at this stage, could Remi be about to lose another artist just months after Theo’s (Matt Evans) death?

Intriguingly, new photos from Palm Beach have emerged in recent weeks, showing Sonny using a wheelchair.

A photo in the Home and Away Spoilers & Info group on Facebook shows Sonny and John (Shane Withington) talking outside the Surf Club, with Sonny in a wheelchair.

Could Sonny’s injuries be as a result of the crash?

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A crash featuring in this year’s finale has been rumoured for a number of months, after a large amount of the cast headed to Cowra for filming.

Back in July, a number of the Home and Away cast headed to Cowra, a four-hour drive from central Sydney, in the Central West region of New South Wales.

While there, they filmed a number of scenes at the Lachlan Valley Railway Heritage Centre, prompting fans to wonder whether a train-related incident may feature in upcoming episodes.

Based on the fact that the show films a few months in advance, the date of the filming led fans to speculate that the scenes would feature in this year’s finale.

A large number of cast were at the shoot, with residents of Cowra claiming to have seen Tristan Gorey (Levi), Nicholas Cartwright (Cash) and Ethan Browne (Tane).

A since-deleted post on the ‘Supporters of Lachlan Valley Railway’ Facebook group featured a photo from inside a train carriage which appeared to include James Stewart (Justin), Ryan Bown (Sonny), Ally Harris (Dana) and Maddison Brown (Jo).

Also at the shoot were Adam Rowland (Remi), Sophea Pennington (Lacey) and Maddison Brown (Jo), as well as new cast members Lach Millar and Stephen Madsen.

The date for this year’s season finale hasn’t yet been confirmed, but it will likely air in late November.

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Here’s the full spoilers for this week’s Home and Away episodes in Australia:

Monday 3rd November (Episode 8618)

Eden’s at a loss. Tane catches Jo in a lie. Mackenzie and Levi enjoy solid ground.

Tuesday 4th November (Episode 8619)

Harper and Tane reach a stalemate. Eden’s inspired by a new possibility. Mackenzie and Levi’s romantic plans are interrupted.

Wednesday 5th November (Episode 8620)

Sonny lets a friend down gently. Harper faces an impossible decision. A creative challenge weighs on Mali.

Thursday 30th October (Episodes 8621-8623)

Harper takes action. Leah’s grief compounds. Cash is caught in the middle.

Bree says her goodbyes. Is it time for Tane to lawyer up? Mackenzie double books.

Jo is torn. Eddie plays Salt. Bree and Remi share the perfect goodbye.

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