BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie says the miner will work to overcome a rail shutdown in the Pilbara region after a runaway train was forcibly derailed on Monday morning.
Mackenzie, speaking at the company’s
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Lessons learned from 2017 Dry Creek derailment
Ultrasonic testing showed an inconsistency in a section of rail which later broke, derailing a train north of Adelaide last year, but the finding was at the time thought to be due to the poor surface condition
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Transport Police to target bad behaviour in Nowra
NSW Police will engage in a three day, high visibility operation on the public transport network at Nowra on the state’s south coast.
Police Transport Command on Wednesday said Operation PTC Explorer
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Multi-government deals encouraged for regional infrastructure
Regional Agriculture Deals could serve a similar role to City Deals, ensuring a bipartisan approach to improving rail and road links to crop growing regions, the National Farmers’ Federation has said.
The
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‘Idiotic’ driver flees scene of Auckland level crossing collision
VIDEO: Auckland Transport is appealing for witnesses after a car fled from a level crossing in Henderson after colliding with a passenger train last week.
Footage released by Auckland Transport (AT) shows
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Vic Labor to add 25 crossings to removal program
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has named the first 14 level crossings Labor wants to remove under a $6.6 billion extension to its level crossing removal program.
Victoria’s Level Crossing Removal Authority
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Heat may have masked defects prior to 2015 derailment
Hot temperatures during ultrasonic testing may have masked defects in a rail which later broke, leading to the derailment of a BHP train near Port Hedland three years ago.
The Australian Transport Safety
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Lessons learned from 2016 Melbourne derailment
Metro Trains Melbourne has installed new electronic lubricators and changed its track management procedures after a derailment near Rushall station in Melbourne’s north-east in February 2016.
Melbourne
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NSW Police targeting rural level crossing dangers
NSW Police are undertaking a two-week campaign targeting risky driver behaviour at level crossings in the state’s central west.
Between October 2 and October 15 officers from both Traffic and Highway
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Investigation opened into derailment and collision between trains
Authorities are investigating a collision which caused “substantial” damage to a pair of coal trains after one derailed at Antiene, near Muswellbrook, last Wednesday.
The Australian Transport Safety
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