Newsletter — Rail Express

Thursday September 9, 2010 - All news

Asciano has completed the $32 million sale of the Pacific National Tasmania (PNT) rail business to the Tasmanian Government, both parties announced on September 7th.

ATMS: a ‘quantum leap’ forward – Part One

In June 2008, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) announced an investment of $90 million to improve capacity, safety and efficiency on the interstate rail network through the development of an Advanced Train Management System (ATMS).

Close enough not good enough for Hunter coal plan

BHP Billiton says it is committed to fixing the well-known congestion issues that have plagued the Hunter coal chain for years. But some are left puzzled by all that transpired last week. Unfolded might be a better word. Unravelled even.

Fast facts: high speed rail – Part Two

Rail Express last week featured Part One of a story on high speed rail. This week the story continues to examine current and future developments of high speed rail around the world.

Passengers “big winners” of Melbourne’s new rail contract

Passengers will be the “big winners” of the new operating contract for Melbourne’s rail services, Premier John Brumby said on September 1st. Incoming operator Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) has pledged to cut the number of cancellations by 24 per cent and drive a 10 per cent increase in punctuality during the first year of its contract.

AusRAIL PLUS 2009: ‘doing more with less’

AusRAIL PLUS 2009 is the largest annual rail event in the Asia-Pacific and this year will be held on November 17th-19th at the Adelaide Convention Centre, featuring a 3-day conference and a major exhibition.

News in brief – 2-8 September 2009

Work starts on SA’s Seaford rail extension

Work is underway on the Noarlunga to Seaford rail extension in South Australia (SA). The project, along with SA’s Gawler rail line modernisation, made it to Infrastructure Australia’s (IA) ‘priority’ list of projects and received $291 million in Federal funding, announced at the latest Federal budget.

OEM on track with tight controls on tight budgets

Using their rail hardened, embedded technology products, Australia’s OEM Technology Solutions recently provided a state-of-the-art solution to eliminate passenger discomfort when it comes to air conditioning on Kuala Lumpur’s new state of the art Rapid KL trains.

Line reopens after Cloncurry derailment

The North West Line between Townsville and Mount Isa opened on September 3rd after QR teams worked around the clock to build a bypass around the site of a derailed freight train.

Rail mega project just a ‘matter of timing’

Shane Condon is man with a big vision. His infrastructure proposal, project Iron Boomerang would see a 3370 kilometre heavy-haul railway cut across Australia, east to west, connecting the Pilbara iron ore mines in Western Australia (WA) with coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

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