This year AusRAIL will head to Canberra for a two-day conference and exhibition.  The call for papers for the conference has now closed, but once again a record number of submissions were received,
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Panel to review Cross River Rail
By Jennifer Perry
The panel, appointed by transport minister Scott Emmerson, will deliver a report on June 13 that will analyse and confirm the problems facing Brisbane’s rail system, consider the
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Perth rail system ‘ an example of integrated transport planning
In 2010, a long term plan for integrated growth to 2031 was unveiled and pressure is now being applied to implement the scheme to cope with current and future demands.
Over the next 21 years, the focus
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The Canada Line: a PPP success story
By Jennifer Perry
Introduction to the Canada Line & PPP
The Canada Line is an 18.5km rapid transit line in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. The system
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The Canada Line is an 18.5km rapid transit line in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. The system
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QR National, Vale, to collaborate on Galilee and Bowen Basin rail solutions
Executive vice president for strategy and business development Ken Lewsey said by leveraging the expandability of the existing rail network, Vale and QR National could efficiently match rail capacity
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Rail’s skills shortages continue…
The occupations in skill demand as identified by the E-Scan included: train drivers, technicians (signalling/overhead wiring), railway track workers/plant operators/team leaders infrastructure, track
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CBH’s first loco arrives
By Jennifer Perry
The 2700 horsepower narrow gauge locomotive, Yilliminning, was named by a WA grower, and is the first of 22 new locomotives commissioned by CBH as part of a $175m contract with American
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Downer NZ wins Auckland Transport contract
The depot will be used for maintaining and stabling the new electric trains which will be progressively introduced to the Auckland suburban rail network from early 2014 onwards. The facility has been
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QR National scores Mineral Resources contract
Under the five-year haulage contract to 2016/ 2017, QR National would deliver 100% of the iron ore produced from Polaris Metals’ Carina mine in WA’s Yilgarn region to the Port of Kwinana near
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Infrastructure Australia speaks out on North West Rail Link
Deegan, IA’s national infrastructure coordinator, acknowledged that the NSW Government had undertaken some “good work” in developing the proposal for the NWRL, however, he said the government’s
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