Freight Rail – Rail Express

Price gap widening for FMG’s lower grade ore

Fortescue’s next chief executive will have to deal with a harsher discount on the company’s lower-grade iron ore, with analysts reporting a wider ...

Liddell Power Station. Photo: Public Domain

Report: Rail capacity challenging coal plant supply in NSW

Fairfax is reporting coal-fired power generators have been struggling recently to secure coal supply for their power plants, in a…
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Inland Rail field studies begin in Queensland

A number of field studies towards the Environmental Impact Statements for the Gowrie to Kagaru sections of Inland Rail are…
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ARA chief executive Danny Broad at AusRAIL 2016. Photo: Informa Australia

ARA names Next Generation Scholarship winners

The Australasian Railway Association has announced the six rail graduates who have won AusRAIL 2017 Next Generation Scholarships. ARA boss…
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Increased road subsidy to boost container rail to Fremantle

The Western Australian government will attempt to put more freight on rail and reduce truck congestion on the route to…
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Requests for tender for bridge and culvert works on Tasmanian network

Two requests for tender have been released by TasRail for the repair and replacement of bridges and culverts across the…
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Aurizon worker. Photo: RailGallery.com.au

Aurizon Community Giving Fund round now open

The latest round of Aurizon’s Community Giving Fund has opened, providing community groups and charities the opportunity to receive grants…
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Gov seeks public comment over big data work

Urban infrastructure minister Darren Fletcher says there are big opportunities to use data to deliver better infrastructure services for Australians,…
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Aurizon runs first distributed power service from Mt Arthur

Greater efficiency and longer trains are on the horizon for Aurizon in the Hunter Valley, after the Queensland-based operator ran…
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