http://www.railexpress.com.au daily 1 2009-02-15T23:56:33Z http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/october/october-19th-2011/the-crazy-things-people-say-1 The rail industry is not the only provider of “easy target” stories for the media, but it often seems that the smallest story involving rail attracts more than its fair share of negative and unsubstantiated comment. No publisher Kristen Hulsey 2011-10-19T01:17:40Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/september/september-7th-2011/government-still-ignoring-benefits-of-rail It has been obvious for many years that rail has the most to offer when it comes to providing the best transport solutions with the potential to alleviate carbon emissions and improve our quality of life, but unfortunately the message still does not seem to be getting through to our politicians. No publisher Kristen Hulsey 2011-10-19T01:37:06Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/august/august-3rd-2011/infrastructure-australia-rail-in-2011-1 In Part 2 of this Special 2-Part Series, Mark Carter continues to examine the rail projects that made Infrastructure Australia's 2011 Infrastructure Priority List and looks at the issue, where will the money come from to fund them? No publisher Kristen Hulsey 2011-10-19T01:11:57Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/july/july-27th-2011/infrastructure-australia-and-rail-in-2011-1 Infrastructure Australia’s annual report to the Council of Australian Governments has emphasised the urgent need to reform the financing of major infrastructure projects across Australia. No publisher Kristen Hulsey 2011-10-19T01:07:56Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/may/may-18th-2011/high-speed-sustainability-1 Opponents of high-speed rail (HSR) have been given a boost by news reports filtering out of China that the HSR program there is in trouble. Do they have a point or is it just opportunistic ranting to undermine a technology that conflicts with their own particular ideology? No publisher Mark Carter 2011-05-18T01:07:05Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/april/april-13th-2011/viewpoint-going-loco-in-our-old-age-1 At a recent Grain Logistics conference in Melbourne hosted by Informa, Australasian Railway Association (ARA) chief exectuive Bryan Nye highlighted the ageing nature of Australia’s locomotive fleets, but are things really as bad as they seem? No publisher Rail Express 2011-04-13T00:51:25Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2011/march/march-16th-2011/where-there-is-optimism-there-are-bound-to-be-challenges There are a plenty of positives around the rail industry for us to look forward to a bright future, but as several recent issues show, the industry needs to be ever vigilant in order to capitalise on its strengths and successes, writes Mark Carter. No publisher Rail Express 2011-03-16T01:00:57Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/december/1-12-10/viewpoint-running-with-or-against-the-grain Not so long ago it would have been safe to assume that close to 100% of the annual grain harvest would be moved to port by rail, but numerous changes within the rail and grain industries have turned the task into what some are now calling a “logistics nightmare”. No publisher Rail Express 2010-11-30T23:54:10Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/september/september-8-2010/the-growing-cost-of-road-dependency The Australasian railway Association (ARA) has called for government to consider the high costs associated with Australia’s transport use when making decisions on future transport networks. Will government listen? No publisher Rail Express 2010-09-21T23:38:58Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/september/september-8-2010/government-support-crucial-to-rail-safety-reform-1 Australia’s rail industry is concerned that maintaining the current good progress on rail safety regulatory reform is proving to be a major challenge for both the commonwealth and state and territory governments, writes Phil Sochon*. No publisher Rail Express Daily Top Stories Rail 2010-09-07T04:08:08Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/july/july-7th-2010/getting-our-priorities-right-1 Projects that did not make Infrastructure Australia’s latest priority infrastructure list for federal funding are of more interest than those that did, according to Mark Carter. No publisher Rail Express Rail 2010-07-07T02:22:58Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/june/june-9-2010/public-perception-off-the-rails A couple of pretty negative rail stories have passed across my desk recently, so I thought it was about time to revisit a particular hobby horse of mine – the perception of the rail industry in the broader community. No publisher Rail Express Weekly Top Stories Rail 2010-06-09T01:57:59Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/may/may-05-2010/high-speed-rail-the-green-alternative In between salary cap breaches and tax reviews, for a brief moment the Australian Greens managed to gain a few column inches in the media with their call for a $10 million study into the future viability of high-speed rail in Australia. No publisher Rail Express 2010-06-09T02:02:49Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/april/april-07-2010/queensland-miners-and-government-square-off-over-sale-1 As predicted last year in this column the anticipated public float of Queensland Rail (QR) is starting to get a little messy with the current dispute between the coal miners and the state government attracting some strange bedfellows. No publisher Rail Express 2010-04-21T00:38:42Z Blog Entry http://www.railexpress.com.au/archive/2010/february/february-10-2010-1/city-metro-scrapped-2013all-change-in-new-south-wales Back in October, my column focussed on the ad hoc and inconsistent approach to public transport planning in New South Wales, exemplified by the ‘on again, off again’ North West rail link and planning for a Sydney City Metro no one seemed to want. Five months on and New South Wales has yet another new premier; the City Metro is now history; and you wouldn’t have guessed, but New South Wales has yet another transport plan. No publisher Rail Express 2010-02-24T00:39:34Z Blog Entry