On April 30, for the sixth year running, the rail industry in Australia and New Zealand will come together to ask colleagues, friends, and workmates, “Are you ok?”.
Run in collaboration between the TrackSAFE Foundation
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Design released for locally-made new VLocity sets
The design of the new VLocity trains for the North East line in Victoria have been released.
The new model will be manufactured by Bombardier at its Dandenong workshops, said Minister for Public Transport,
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Inland Rail awards $80,000 in scholarships
Four regional students have been awarded scholarships valued at up to $20,000 each as part of the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s (ARTC) Inland Rail scholarship program.
The four students from regional
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ARA launches e-mentoring program
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is launching a new e-mentoring program for the rail industry.
The program builds on other mentoring initiatives run by the ARA, including its Women in Rail Mentoring
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International bodies urge continuity in public transport
An international group of transport organisations have issued a statement urging that public transport services must run despite coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation measures.
The group includes the International
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Digital innovation with a customer focus
Rather than seeing digitialisation as an end in itself, rail projects are using signalling technology to answer pressing questions.
Driving the digital transformation of industry
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Rail R U OK?Day updated with COVID-19 resources
The importance of looking out for friends, colleagues, and mates in the rail industry has only been further highlighted this year with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
As routines are
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ARA receives latest industry gender diversity figures
CEO of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) Caroline Wilkie talks about how far gender diversity has come in the rail industry.
The ARA has just received the results of the 2018-19
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Preliminary report into Jumperkine collision released
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its preliminary report into a freight train collision at Jumperkine in Western Australia.
The collision occurred on 24 December, 2019, when a
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Proportion of women in rail growing: ARA Survey
More women than ever are participating in the rail industry, survey results released today show.
The Australasian Rail Association’s (ARA) 2018-2019 Gender Diversity Survey has recorded a six per cent
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