The long-term lease of the Port of Melbourne to the private sector will fund the development of better infrastructure between Victorian farms and export markets, the Andrews Government has said.
A $200
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SSFL critical to Toll, DP World joint venture
A joint venture between freight and logistics operator Toll Group and stevedore DP World could see more containers moved in and out of Port Botany by rail.
The partners announced the proposed 50/50 venture
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20 years on; A pair of interstate milestones
Mark Carter takes a nostalgic look at the 20-year anniversaries of a pair of key events in the development and expansion of the interstate rail freight network, away from the government owned freight operators
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$280m contracts continue New York’s CBTC rollout
VIDEO: The installation of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) in one of the world’s most-used rail networks will continue, with a pair of contracts handed out in New York this month.
New York’s
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Loan repaid for Kalgoorlie to Perth line
A $1.3 million payment from WA to the Commonwealth has settled a 50-year, $106 million loan to build the Kalgoorlie to Perth standard-gauge rail line.
Known as the Eastern Goldfields Railway, the line
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New ARTC chair appointed
Finance minister Mathias Cormann has announced who will succeed John Caldon as chair of the Australian Rail Track Corporation.
Cormann announced the appointment of Dr Helen Nugent as the ARTC’s new
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Tender kicks off Tasmania’s rail revitalisation
Tasmania minister for infrastructure Rene Hidding says the opening of a Request for Tender for the replacement of more than 10,000 sleepers marks the beginning of the state’s $120 million Freight Rail
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Report questions ATSB’s intent
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau too often hides behind a ‘no-blame’ policy and hesitates to label the true cause of rail incidents, a new paper suggests.
Rail engineer Ross Mitchell and solicitor
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Hunter Valley shut down for maintenance
Maintenance has shut down the Hunter Valley coal network, with the closure scheduled from Tuesday, July 14 at 6am, to late in the evening on Thursday, July 16.
The network-wide maintenance shutdown means
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$10m overhaul for Victorian line
V/Line has begun $10 million in critical maintenance works on the Bendigo to Echuca rail line, according to public transport minister Jacinta Allan.
Allan said the work includes the replacement of 34,000
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