Australia’s competition watchdog has alleged Aurizon and Pacific National conspired to stifle new entrants into the local intermodal rail market when they agreed to a $225 million asset sale in 2017.
Aurizon
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$7m in Inland Rail contracts awarded
The Australian Rail Track Corporation has awarded a pair of new contracts for the supply of ballast and capping for the first section of Inland Rail, between Parkes and Narromine.
Parkes-based company
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Equity finance won’t fund Inland Rail: Albanese
Federal Labor’s shadow transport minister Anthony Albanese has once again criticised the Turnbull Government for its failure to acknowledge the flaws in using equity finance to fund the Inland Rail project,
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Industry, Gov coordinating timelines for regional rail program
Industry has prioritised the optimisation of the freight network for maximum capacity, and an understanding of timelines for harvest and movement of goods, in recent meetings with the Victorian Government.
The
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KiwiRail chief executive departs
KiwiRail’s chief executive Peter Reidy is to leave the state-owned operator after four years in the role and join Fletcher Construction to head the company’s construction division.
Reidy, who has
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Aurizon provides grants to 22 charities and community groups
Australian freight rail operator Aurizon has announced the latest recipients of its bi-annual Community Giving Fund, which sees 22 charities and community groups receive between $1,000 and $20,000 in cash
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Rio runs first AutoHaul train
Rio Tinto has reported the first official delivery of iron ore by an autonomous train in the Pilbara region, with the landmark operation taking place midway through last week.
An autonomous train, comprising
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Preferred bidder named to build Parkes-Narromine section of Inland Rail
INLink has been declared the preferred construction contractor for the Inland Rail project’s Parkes to Narromine section, where major works are to begin later this year.
When signed, the contract with
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Collaborative research to map route for rail technology development
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is teaming up with the Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and Deakin University to map out the rail industry’s long-term priorities for technological
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Albanese: City Deals used as political tool
Anthony Albanese has proposed a more independent approach to cooperative infrastructure planning, saying the Coalition’s City Deals model is limited, unclear, and too often used to appease marginal seats
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