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V/Line train. Photo: Victorian Government

Govs provide timetable for regional rail

Upgrades to the Ballarat Line will be complete by 2019, the Warrnambool Line will be upgraded by 2020, and the Geelong, Gippsland and Bendigo Echuca l...

Federal budget, tenders update, R&D highlight May-June issue

The latest edition of Rail Express magazine is now available to read in its digital, true-to-print format. Highlights of this issue…
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NSW South Coast Line to receive axle load upgrade

$40 million will be invested by the NSW government to increase the axle load limit of the South Coast rail…
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$60m in efficiency upgrades for Junee-Griffith rail corridor

The NSW Government will spend $60.4 million to upgrade the rail line between Griffith and Junee in an effort to…
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Fortescue to build 143km of new rail

The board of iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has approved a $1.67 billion mine and rail project, which includes…
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Light rail construction in Sydney's south-east. Photo: Transport for NSW

Another contractor upset with Sydney Light Rail

Queensland-based contractor VAC Group is reportedly challenging the NSW Government with a $4 million lawsuit over alleged issues with the…
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$7.3m training centre opened at UoW

Federal education and training minister Simon Birmingham has officially launched the University of Wollongong’s new rail training centre. ITTC Rail…
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TBM Sandy breaking through at Perth's Airport Central station site. Photo: Mark McGowan / Twitter

Perth’s TBMs reach site of future Airport station

The second tunnel boring machine working on Perth’s major Forrestfield-Airport Link project has broken through to the future site of…
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Melbourne to host UITP 2021

The International Association of Public Transport has selected Melbourne as the host city for its massive Global Public Transport Summit…
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