Melbourne’s all-night public transport network saw passenger figures surge further in its second weekend of operation, with acting premier James Merlino crediting the initiative for helping shift workers
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Healthy growth for public transport in Queensland
47 million trips were recorded on South East Queensland’s public transport network in the first quarter of the 2015/16 financial year, up 3.1% on the first quarter of 2014/15.
Queensland transport
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Commodities slump threatens Aurizon iron ore contract
Iron ore junior Gindalbie Metals has seen its market value cut in half after Chinese steelmaker Ansteel – majority owner of its Karara mine in Western Australia – said it could pull out of the venture.
Karara
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Services re-open on Mt Isa line following sulfuric acid derailment
WATCH: Freight and passenger services have resumed on the Mount Isa rail line in north-west Queensland, after a train carrying 817,000 litres of acid derailed last month.
“Constructing this deviation
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Action in engineering with Laing O’Rourke, Sedgman targeted for sale
Unsolicited bids from multiple parties have led UK-based engineering and construction firm Laing O’Rourke to put its Australian business on the block.
Group chairman Ray O’Rourke said in a statement
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Moreton Bay Rail electrified, testing to begin
12.6km of overhead wiring systems have been switched on along the Moreton Bay Rail line, allowing developers to begin an extensive testing phase, Queensland transport minister Stuart Hinchliffe said on
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Siemens joins push for private Inland Rail
The group advocating a private sector alternative to the Inland Rail project has added a major ally, with German multinational Siemens entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the push.
National
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Cameras to boost security at 22 regional NSW stations
A $2 million contract has been awarded to install 200 extra high definition CCTV cameras at public transport locations across regional New South Wales.
Minister for transport and infrastructure Andrew
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Construction begins on deviation at Julia Creek derailment
WATCH: Work to build an 800 metre rail deviation around a derailment site of a sulphuric acid train on the Mount Isa line in north-west Queensland began late last week.
Queensland Rail’s regional general
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Video: Work underway at Burke Road level crossing
WATCH: Victoria’s level crossing removal project reached a major milestone last week, with the first set of boom gates removed from a crossing at Burke Road in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Glen
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