National Trunk Rail chairman Martin Albrecht has praised finance minister Mathias Cormann’s decision to stall the sale of the Australian Rail Track Corporation to consider the implications of progress
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Shortlisted intercity players given formal RfT
Transport for NSW has formally invited the four shortlisted consortia for the NSW intercity train fleet project to tender for the new fleet’s delivery and maintenance.
Four consortia were announced on
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China orders 15 more high speed trains
China Railway Corp has ordered 15 high speed trains from a joint venture between Canadian manufacturer Bombardier and Chinese giant CSR.
The contract for 15 eight-car trainsets to service China’s rapidly
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Cormann delays ARTC sale over Inland Rail talks
The Federal Government has set aside the privatisation of the Australian Rail Track Corporation while it considers the impact progress on Inland Rail may have on the deal.
Minister for finance Mathias
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Friday strike confirmed, Union claims Metro is milking it
The Rail Tram and Bus union says Melbourne passenger operator Metro Trains has cancelled too many services in response to planned strike action between 10am and 2pm on Friday.
Metro Trains announced a
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NSW to pay $1.5m to 8-year-old train fall victim
The State of NSW has been ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in damages to a man who fell from a moving train when he was eight years old.
Corey Fuller-Lyons, now 23, sustained severe injuries when
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Hockridge joins push for Shorten to accept ChAFTA
Aurizon boss Lance Hockridge has joined a growing number of politicians and business leaders calling for Opposition leader Bill Shorten to support the proposed China Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA).
“It
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First section of Northwest skytrain complete
VIDEO: The first section of Sydney Metro Northwest’s skytrain has been built at Cudgegong Road in Rouse Hill, where workers are employing a pair of massive gantry cranes to build up to 70m of skytrain
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Union turns on Labor in Victoria
The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has blasted the Victorian government, which it says has supported Metro Trains – and not union workers – throughout the ongoing labour dispute which is set to result
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New digs for Aurizon
Aurizon will move out of Brisbane’s city centre to a new building in Fortitude Valley in 2018.
Chief executive Lance Hockridge said on Monday the rail operator would move to 900 Ann Street, where construction
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