$1.5 billion in federal funding for the now-cancelled East West Link in Melbourne will be re-allocated to a series of other road and rail projects, but the prime minister still wants to see the failed
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Dozens evacuated as blaze engulfs PN loco
Engine failure on one of three Pacific National locomotives hauling a 750 metre freight train caused a fire which blocked the rail line near Newcastle on Monday morning, according to reports.
ABC Newcastle
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Bombardier defends E-Class fleet after safety concerns
Rollingstock manufacturer Bombardier has defended the safety design of the Flexity E-Class trams it supplies to Melbourne’s Yarra Trams network, after an independent safety report led Public Transport
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State income tax share will solve services “blame game”: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull says giving states a direct share of income tax will help end the “blame game” between them and the Commonwealth over services funding, in a move which could see a renewed focus on
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TrackSAFE joins fight for Government focus on suicide
COMMENT: Coming off the back of the new reports released from the ABS indicating suicide as the leading cause of premature deaths in Australia, the TrackSAFE Foundation executive director Naomi Frauenfelder
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Procedural flaws bigger factor than meth in 2015 fatality: ATSB
A lack of clear safety instruction has been labelled a more significant factor than the presence of methamphetamine in the system of a rail worker who was killed by a passenger train north-east of Perth
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Man spends 3 hours ‘refusing to come down’ from Hunter train
Police have charged a man after he allegedly climbed on top of a stationary coal train in the Hunter Valley on Sunday.
NSW Police said this week they had arrested a 33-year-old Queensland man after he
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Mum turns in teen after train seat toss
NSW Police have charged a 14-year-old boy who allegedly threw a seat from a moving train on Sydney’s North Shore.
A video uploaded to a public Facebook page on Friday, March 11, shows a group of teens
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Albanese slams Turnbull’s airport talk as empty promise
Anthony Albanese has warned voters that Malcolm Turnbull’s recent comments regarding a rail line to Western Sydney Airport are far from the funding promise the project really needs.
The shadow minister
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Level Crossing Removal Authority preparing Easter blitz
Victoria’s Level Crossing Removal Authority has announced a ramp-up in work at a trio of level crossings during the Easter break, to accelerate their removal.
The authority, part of the Department of
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