Work to remove the level crossings at High Street in Reservoir and at Bell Street in Preston will commence in 2018, Victorian public transport minister Jacinta Allan said on Monday.
Planning and technical
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Acid enters creek after Queensland derailment
Up to 31,500 litres of acid has leaked from a train which derailed near Julia Creek in north-west Queensland on December 27, according to police.
A locomotive and all 26 wagons it was towing derailed around
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Briggs resigns after Hong Kong bar incident
Jamie Briggs has announced his resignation as minister for cities and the built environment, after alleged inappropriate conduct toward a female government staffer in a Hong Kong bar in November.
Briggs
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It’s a hard, hard road we travel
COMMENT: Recent comments from Aurizon CEO Lance Hockridge highlight the fact that the current road user charging system still results in the lack of a level playing field for freight transport and that
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Christmas reading: Rail Express AusRAIL edition
In case you missed it, Rail Express published a digital edition of its AusRAIL magazine in November. You can read the magazine, which includes features, interviews, analysis and comment covering the Australian
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Behaviour crackdown on NSW/Vic intercity trains
Police are conducting a three-day cross-border crackdown with Victoria Police on rural public transport.
NSW Police Transport Command, Victoria Police Transit Safety Bureau, and officers from Albury and
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Woman jumped in front of train with child: Reports
A woman is dead and a child is in critical condition after an apparent suicide at Harris Park railway station in Sydney’s west.
NSW Police announced on Wednesday afternoon they were investigating an
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Tender awarded for Hawkesbury River bridge maintenance
Sydney Trains has awarded a tender for maintenance work on the Hawkesbury River rail bridge, which is scheduled to begin in February 2016.
Waterway Constructions was chosen from a field of seven bidders
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National Auditor slams federal East West funding
Tony Abbott’s decision to deliver $1.5 billion to the East West road project in 2014 was made without proper assessment of the project being first made, the Australian National Audit Office has found.
In
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Aurizon welcomes Queensland’s national safety move
Queensland’s biggest rail operator, Aurizon, has welcomed the state’s decision to join the national rail safety scheme in 2017.
Aurizon vice president for safety, health and environment Neil Backer
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