The Home and Away end-of-year cliffhanger is always kept top secret, but some cast sightings and leaked photos have recently revealed massive spoilers for 2025. The show takes a break over the Christmas period, so a juicy storyline is needed to keep viewers on the hook for 2026 — and it sounds like the final episode of Home and Away for the year will do just that.
According to some clues, it appears some main characters will be involved in a train crash storyline. We’ve seen many car crashes, a plane crash, and even a boat accident in previous years, so it’s about time a train got involved.
The Home and Away crew were seen filming out on location in New South Wales’ Cowra at the end of July, with one eyewitness meeting Emily Weir (Mackenzie), James Stewart (Justin Morgan), Ryan Bown (Sonny Baldwin), Sophea Pennington (Lacey Miller), Adam Rowland (Remy Carter) and Hailey Pinto (Abigail Fowler) during a lunch break.
“All the filming was done on the train, they left the station for approx three hours at a time,” she wrote on a Facebook fan group. “We didn’t see any filming, just caught them at their lunch break.”
An Instagram Story post from Hailey was also identified as being taken at the Cowra Railway Station, and a photo Adam shared was likely taken from a Cowra lookout.
Nicholas Cartwright (Cash Newman), Ethan Browne (Tane Parata) and Ryan were also seen filming in Carcoar.
Why do fans believe the Home and Away cliffhanger will be a train crash?
There’s strong evidence pointing towards a train crash, as one eyewitness claimed to spot Home and Away cast members with “pretend cuts on their faces” at the train station.
“They have been filming in Cowra for the cliffhanger, and I am just going by some photos and what [has] been said that they have been seen filming on a train and around the train station. Wonder if there is going to be a train crash?” one fan theorised on a Facebook group.
“So far they have been seen filming on the train tracks and around the train station.”
An insider told a viewer the finale is “the biggest shoot they have done in Home and Away history”, which would line up perfectly with a massive train collision. The only question is — who will survive?
