COMMENT: 2017 is a big year for rail anniversaries in Australia, some important, some not so important, some to celebrate and some, well probably best if you make up your own mind. Mark Carter reflects
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Procurement begins for Parramatta Light Rail
Transport for NSW has outlined the four contracts it will procure to make up stage one of the Parramatta Light Rail project.
Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 will link Westmead to Carlingford, via the Parramatta
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Designs revealed for new 13-metre-high Kellyville Station
The design of the new Kellyville Station has been released, one of the two stations to be constructed on the elevated skytrain between Bella Vista and Rouse Hill.
Kellyville Station will be one of an eventual
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Infrastructure boom to be bigger than housing, concrete boss says
Boral boss Mike Kane says growing infrastructure activity will last at least a decade, and will generate more spending than the housing boom.
Boral announced a 28% rise in underlying profit after tax in
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Limited capacity restricts expansion of inner west light rail services
Capacity constraints are hampering efforts to run more trams on Sydney’s inner west line rail line, a “sensitive” briefing document for the NSW transport and infrastructure minister reveals.
Acquired
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Energy costs stifle BlueScope
Shares in Australian steel manufacturer BlueScope have dropped almost 20% since it detailed the threats of rising energy costs and dumping from Asian rivals in its FY17 annual report on Monday.
BlueScope
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ARTC “maintenance blitz” in southern NSW
The Australian Rail Track Corporation is carrying out more than 40 individual maintenance projects on the line between Sydney and Albury.
The works are taking place from 18 to 22 August and will include
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Your digital edition of the Rail Express August Issue is here!
Rail Express is proud to announce the release of its 2017 August Issue, along with a special supplement on Women in Rail.
The issue represents a return to print for Rail Express outside
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Davies calls on governments to boost productivity spending
Infrastructure Australia chief executive officer Philip Davies says governments are often too focused on greenfield projects, and should direct more funding to projects which get the most out of existing
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Buy Queensland procurement policy could break international trade deals
COMMENT: The Buy Queensland strategy has questionable economic logic and also explicitly contravenes a number of Australia’s international trade obligations, Giovanni Di Lieto writes.
The
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