Monday marked ten years to the day 11 people lost their lives in one of Victoria’s worst rail disasters.

On June 5, 2007, a truck crashed into a V/Line passenger train at a level crossing just north of the town, killing seven adults and four children - Geoff McMonnies, 50, and daughter, Rosanne, 17; Stephanie Meredith, 46, and daughters, Danielle, 8, and Chantal, 5; Jean Webb, 79; Margaret Wishart, 78; Harold Long, 83; Nicholas Parker, 32; Jaeseok Lee, 26; and Matthew Stubbs, 13.

Twenty-three people were also injured in the crash.

Harold Long’s granddaughter Vanessa Reid said his death still haunted her to this day. "I deeply miss my grandfather every day," she said.

“My son was four years old when the train crash happened. He’s now 14 and he misses his great-grandpa every day.”

Ms Reid said Thomas now wanted to do everything in his power to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

“He’s determined to make his great-grandpa proud and become a train driver,” she said.

Hundreds gathered on Monday for a service at the Kerang Memorial Hall. A commemorative plaque was also installed at the site of the crash.

Julie McMonnies, who lost her husband Geoff, 50, and daughter, Rose, 17, said an amazing support network had helped get her family to today.

“They’ve been here since when we first couldn’t find them at three o’clock in the afternoon until now,” she said. “We all have supported each other.

“Sometimes... the struggle has been one that others have had to share with us and help us with. We’ve been eternally grateful for that.”

Ms McMonnies said the service was a fitting remembrance.

“Geoff and Rose were remarkable people,” she said.

“Anyone who has suffered any form of grief knows that it’s there with them every day.”

Gannawarra Shire Council mayor Brian Gibson said the community still felt the impact of the disaster.

“It did impact greatly throughout our community and throughout the state of Victoria,” he said.

“Yes, today is then 10th anniversary but in another 10 years it will be the 20th anniversary. I think for [the families] it will continue to always be part of their lives.”

V/Line chief executive James Pinder said the focus of the day was on the families and their loved ones.

“We very much feel a part of the community and quite a few of our staff were involved both in the events and in the aftermath,” he said.

Ms Reid said she wished people would be more careful on the roads.

“It still haunts me to this day,” she said. “Every time I see a level crossing I close my eyes because I’m scared it’s going to happen again.”

Cheryl Stubbs says to her, Harold Long was a hero.

Standing outside the Kerang Memorial Hall she said she was proud to hold a photo of her uncle, a police officer of more than 35 years.

“He had a beautiful family, eight kids, he was looking forward to his eighth grandchild,” she said. Harold was one of 11 people killed in the train crash in 2007.

“People were just going about doing their business. They were on the train, they were going home or going to places,” she said.

“I was home doing schoolwork and it got very quiet and I couldn’t hear the train. My husband had been in to get some milk and he came home and said there’s been an accident.”

Ms Stubbs said she didn’t hold any grudges over the crash but pleaded for people to take their time on the roads.