Speeches from GoldLinQ, TasRail, the ATSB, the ARTC, the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator and more will headline the 2017 edition of the RISSB Rail Safety Conference.
Announced this
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Little joy for rail in $3bn infrastructure deal
A $3 billion infrastructure deal between Victoria and the Federal Government will mostly fund roads.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday announced his government and the State Government
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Baird confirms Western line next step for Metro network
A new underground metro railway for Western Sydney will be the next major public transport project tackled by the Baird Government, the premier has announced.
In a move Premier Mike Baird said will
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NZ quake: Return to services, Main North Line damaged
All Wellington passenger services are back up and running after Monday’s earthquake, operator KiwiRail has announced, but the Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch may be closed for
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KiwiRail services suspended after magnitude-7.5 quake
KiwiRail suspended services on Monday after New Zealand was hit by a powerful earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks, with the operator warning customers there could be “extensive damage” to
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Ballarat Line Upgrade added to Metro Tunnel team’s portfolio
Victorian public transport minister Jacinta Allan says a dedicated project team within the existing Melbourne Metro Rail Authority will officially oversee the $518 million upgrade of the state’s
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Minister defends internal recruiting for Queensland Rail jobs
Queensland transport minister Stirling Hinchliffe has again gone on the defensive, this time over accusations the newly-announced recruitment push for drivers and guards to solve Queensland Rail’s
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Hinchliffe rejects calls to quit
Stirling Hinchliffe will not resign as Queensland’s transport minister, despite calls from the Opposition for him to step down after last month’s rail staffing crisis.
Opposition leader Tim
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Daily commutes are draining our water reserves
COMMENT: Melbourne’s transport uses 311 billion litres of water each year – equivalent to flooding the city’s centre 8 metres deep. That’s just one of the findings of authors André Stephan
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Safety not keeping pace with change on NZ crossings
New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission has added safety issues for pedestrians and vehicles using railway level crossings, especially in Auckland, to its watchlist of “most
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