Rollingstock business UGL has signed on as light rail maintenance contractor in a joint bid with public transport operator Transit Systems, for the Integrated Service Offering operations contract in Newcastle.
The
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Turnbull needs a minister for cities, from a city: Albo
Anthony Albanese has accused Malcolm Turnbull of abandoning his six-month-old cities policy, after the prime minister failed to appoint someone to replace Jamie Briggs as cities minister during the recent
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Experts from UK, Jerusalem to headline Light Rail conference
The chief architect of Jerusalem Municipality, Ofer Manor, and the chief executive of Transport for Greater Manchester, Dr Jon Lamonte, keynote the Light Rail 2016 conference in Melbourne on
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Australian Infrastructure Plan has some way to go to give our cities what they need
COMMENT: Infrastructure Australia’s latest report is substantial but, critically, it fails to incorporate the transport thinking needed to develop more compact cities that work better for everyone,
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Turnbull, Joyce applaud infrastructure report
Malcolm Turnbull has praised recommendations made by Infrastructure Australia in its first 15-year planning document, released February 17.
Turnbull welcomed the paper, dubbed the Australian Infrastructure
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Port Botany doesn’t need another expensive rail project, just better utilisation
COMMENT: Improving the efficiency of existing rail infrastructure into Port Botany will deliver the capacity gains it will need, write Daniel Harbour, Daniel Guimarans, and Pascal Van Hentenryck.
Every
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SA nuclear dump would need rail, port access
A nuclear waste disposal site in outback South Australia could be highly profitable, but would require construction of a new, secure port and railway, a Royal Commission has found.
South Australia’s
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IA calls for reforms to drive more people, freight to rail
Infrastructure Australia has highlighted the preservation of future rail corridors, the development of metro-style passenger networks in key cities, and reform in the planning and funding of transport
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ARA welcomes Hobart light rail corridor move
Australasian Railway Association boss Danny Broad says the Tasmanian Government’s decision to preserve a corridor between Hobart and Granton for a future light rail line is the kind of long term planning
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Key accelerates Auckland rail development
Strong growth in rail patronage warrants an early start for the crucial $2.5 billion Auckland City Rail Link (CRL), New Zealand prime minister John Key has announced.
Key delivered his state of the nation
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