The live blog for the morning Plenary sessions for Day 1 of AusRAIL has now ended. Check it out below. Updates are posted from the bottom of the page, upwards.
12.30pm The conference
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New NSW country fleet procurement to begin in 2017
The procurement process for a new fleet of trains to replace New South Wales’s ‘ageing’ XPTs will begin in the first half of 2017, after a $50 million funding commitment by transport and infrastructure
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$414m profit, new CEO for UGL-suitor CIMIC
Infrastructure and civil engineering firm CIMIC Group – formerly Leighton Holdings – announced it will appoint a new chief executive officer as it revealed a net profit after tax of $413.7 milllion
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Trad looks overseas for Cross River Rail funding
Deputy Queensland premier Jackie Trad has reportedly spoken with foreign investment agencies about potentially helping fund the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project.
According to a report in the local
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Alstom unveils hydrogen-fuelled train at InnoTrans
Rollingstock manufacturer Alstom has revealed its solution to the challenge of reducing emissions on a non-electrified rail network, announcing the hydrogen-powered Coradia iLint train at the InnoTrans
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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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Two shortlisted for $1bn Melbourne signalling deal
Two consortia have been shortlisted to deliver up to $1 billion of signalling and communications systems as part of the Metro Tunnel project in Melbourne.
Public transport minister Jacinta Allan on Friday
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Nye driven by a passion for progress
On September 12, 2016, the Australian and New Zealand rail industry was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Australasian Railway Association chief executive officer, Bryan Nye OAM.
Nye worked
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Vale Bryan Nye OAM
The rail industry is mourning the loss of one of its greatest champions this week, following the passing of former Australasian Railway Association chief executive, Bryan Nye OAM.
Nye headed the ARA from
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Alstom secures nine train extension at Ballarat
The Victorian Government has ordered nine more six-car metro trains from Alstom’s Ballarat facility, to keep the stream of new metro rollingstock flowing until the 65-train HCMT project takes over in
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