A systemic transport safety investigation has highlighted a range of issues related to a significant freight train derailment on the New South Wales (NSW) north coast.
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Train station recycled glass trial world-first
The Metro Tunnel Project is working with researchers at the University of Melbourne and industry partners to trial the use of recycled crushed glass in structural concrete at the new State Library Station.
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Botany rail duplication bridge works underway
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has installed the first of two temporary steel girders for the Southern Cross Drive Bridge, part of the ongoing Botany Rail Duplication project in New South Wales, with the steel girder lifted into place by a 600 tonne crane.
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Green Star recognition for METRONET stations
Three stations being built under the METRONET New Bayswater Station and Morley-Ellenbrook Line projects in Perth have acquired Green Star Design Review ratings, and are all on track to receive a 5 Star Green Star – Railway Stations v1.1 assessment.
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New Inland Rail mobile tower network activated
New mobile network infrastructure at North Star and Gurley in north-western New South Wales, provided by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) as part of the Narrabri to North Star section of Inland Rail, has been activated by Telstra.
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CRL finishes mined tunnelling at Mt Eden
Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project continues to chalk up milestones with the completion of mined tunnelling at Maungawhau Station in Mt Eden last week.
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Inland Rail offers pathways to opportunities
Businesses in Southern New South Wales can learn what it takes to supply to major projects and regional supply chains at Inland Rail’s new ‘Pathway to Opportunities’ capability building program, launching in July.
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MTR: Getting it right from day one
Originally set up to build an urban metro system to help meet Hong Kong’s public transport requirements, the MTR Corporation is today regarded as one of the world’s leading railway operators for safety, reliability, customer service and cost efficiency, operating rail networks in nine cities across Asia, Australia and Europe.
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Biggest rail maintenance program to disrupt Sydney
The New South Wales rail network will be disrupted over the next year at least as the biggest coordinated program of rail maintenance ever undertaken in Sydney kicks off.
Transport minister Jo Haylen said the works were part of the Sydney Rail Repair Plan, formulated in response to the recent interim recommendations made by the expert panel conducting the Sydney Trains Review.
It made 12 recommendations for restoring reliability to the network after a series of failures that left thousands of passengers stranded without trains, including three in March this year alone.
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Accolades for NEWest environmental focus
An outstanding commitment to environmental management on the METRONET Yanchep Rail Extension Project and Thornlie-Cockburn Link has seen contractor NEWest Alliance win the Environmental Achievement category of the Civil Contractors Federation WA Awards 2023.
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