COMMENT: Most enlightened governments have realised the focus on private cars at the expense of active and public transport is not viable. But, Crystal Legacy and Ian Woodcock write, big picture planning
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CBH projects rate cut, Brookfield talks continue
Grain group CBH will take advantage of economies of scale to achieve an estimated 4% reduction in freight rates over the upcoming FY17 harvest.
The company’s general manager of operations David Capper
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Infrastructure Victoria releases draft 30-year plan
Train, tram and freight recommendations are included in Infrastructure Victoria’s 30 Year Infrastructure Strategy, released on Tuesday.
Infrastructure Victoria is now calling for community feedback
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With trucks running well at Botany, focus turns to rail
Ian Ackerman
Everybody knows freight is important to the economy, but the amount of freight moving throughout New South Wales is growing, and so is the task of getting that freight from A to B
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Multiple factors caused Rawlinna derailment: Safety bureau
Lightly-loaded, high profile wagons combined with an unfavourable coupling setup, and what was most likely an extreme weather event, to derail an SCT Logistics train in Western Australia late last year,
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ACRI-funded study to boost life cycle of tracks
A $545,000 grant will allow a team from CQUniversity’s Centre for Railway Engineering to deliver research aimed at boosting the life cycle of railway tracks.
CQUniversity associate professor Maksym Spiryagin,
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Industry likes port sale, urges rail investment
Australia’s rail and freight industry has praised the opportunities for rail investment opened up by the privatisation of the Port of Melbourne this week.
Australian Logistics Council managing director
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Northline building $23m Adelaide depot
Transport and logistics firm Northline is investing $23 million to build a new transport and logistics facility in Regency Park, in Adelaide’s inner north.
The new 10,440 square metre under cover facility
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Rail the focus as Port of Melbourne leased for $9.7bn
A $9.7 billion, 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne will help the Victorian Government fund the removal of 50 of the state’s worst level crossings, Premier Daniel Andrews has said.
Andrews on Monday
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Australasian Rail Directory 2017 closing soon. Are you listed?
New and updated listings will soon close for the sixth annual addition of The Australasian Rail Directory, which will be released by Rail Express at AusRAIL in November. Is your company listed?
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