Forty regional rail crossings have now been upgraded in the Victorian government’s Safer Country Crossings Program, with another 10 more to be completed by the end of the year.
The program has aimed
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PTV warns passengers ahead of major weather event
Public Transport Victoria has advised commuters to delay or defer non-essential travel after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rain across Victoria on Friday.
The BoM
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AusRAIL: Predictive onboard diagnostics to help Melbourne trains meet rising demand
Data-driven onboard diagnostics technology can predict problems in Metro Trains’ fleet and asset management, and thereby deal with the challenges arising from rising passenger demand and higher performance
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Rail Manufacturing CRC on hunt for final round of projects
The Commonwealth Government sponsored Rail Manufacturing CRC is looking to create more partnerships between rail businesses and universities in its final open funding round. Rail Express spoke with Chief
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AusRAIL: Dalla Valle calls for nation-wide train control standard
Pacific National CEO Dean Dalla Valle has called for the Inland Rail project to forge ahead and set the standard for train network control across Australia, saying it would enable freight rail to meet
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Hot off the presses: Read your digital edition of the AusRAIL PLUS 2017 Magazine
Rail Express is proud to release the digital edition of the official magazine of AusRAIL PLUS 2017, along with the Australasian Rail Directory 2018.
The AusRAIL PLUS 2017 issue of Rail Express includes
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Qube’s Moorebank challenged by rare plant rediscovery
The discovery of a shrub unseen by experts for almost 200 years could challenge logistics group Qube’s massive Moorebank intermodal development, with the NSW Land and Environment Court looking into the
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Regional crossings program passes half-way mark
More than half of the 52 regional railway crossings targeted in Victoria’s Safer Country Crossings program have now been upgraded, with the Rileys Road level crossing in Woodvale finished this week.
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Technology to prevent rail disasters is in our hands
As the Lac Mégantic rail disaster trial begins, here’s how technology can help prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed 47 people, Chris Bachmann writes.
As the trial of the deadly 2013 Lac-Mégantic
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11 rail workers hospitalised after lightning strike
Eleven rail workers were taken to hospital for assessment and observation after their Arc Infrastructure (formerly Brookfield Rail) crew was impacted by a lightning strike while working near Kookynie,
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