$40 million in infrastructure upgrades on the Southern Highlands rail line have been expedited to improve train service reliability between Goulbourn and Macarthur, the ARTC has announced.
Re-railing works
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Rail Manufacturing CRC on hunt for final round of projects
The Commonwealth Government sponsored Rail Manufacturing CRC is looking to create more partnerships between rail businesses and universities in its final open funding round. Rail Express spoke with Chief
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Hot off the presses: Read your digital edition of the AusRAIL PLUS 2017 Magazine
Rail Express is proud to release the digital edition of the official magazine of AusRAIL PLUS 2017, along with the Australasian Rail Directory 2018.
The AusRAIL PLUS 2017 issue of Rail Express includes
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V/Line revises freight network heat restrictions
V/Line has revised its heat restrictions for the freight network over the coming summer, and will no longer be cancelling services on most lines in times of extremely hot weather.
Last summer’s restriction
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Palaszczuk promises $50m to Mount Isa line
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reportedly said a re-elected Labor Government will spend $50 million over the next five years, to fix the rail line between Mount Isa and Townsville.
According
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Essential status for two Inland Rail sections
Two New South Wales sections of the Inland Rail project have been declared essential for the state based on economic, social and environmental reasons.
Federal infrastructure and transport minister Darren
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Vic’s New Freight Advisory Council to review heat restrictions
The Victorian government has established an advisory council that will guide V/Line in improving the state’s freight rail network, and will begin by reviewing planned rail heat restrictions for the coming
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Sydney light rail track installation reaches halfway point
Around half the track for Sydney’s new light rail project has been laid, with more than 12,000 metres of track now installed at locations in the CBD and South East.
24,000 metres of track is to be eventually
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Ballarat Line upgrades underway
Construction work has begun at Hopkins Road in Rockbank, marking the first delivery of upgrades for the Ballarat Line in Victoria.
Planning requirements for the project were approved by the Labor government
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Regional crossings program passes half-way mark
More than half of the 52 regional railway crossings targeted in Victoria’s Safer Country Crossings program have now been upgraded, with the Rileys Road level crossing in Woodvale finished this week.
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