The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has released its three-year Women in Rail strategy aimed at increasing female participation in the industry to help ensure its long-term sustainability.
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Parramatta Metro Station site reveals rich heritage
Heritage investigations at the Parramatta Metro Station site in New South Wales have been ongoing since March 2022 and are now more than 50 per cent complete.
A 23,000 square-metre area, equivalent in size to almost six football fields, where the future metro station precinct will be located, is carefully being sifted through by a team of 50 archaeologists, Aboriginal representatives and specialists with nearly 100,000 artefacts discovered to date.
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Rail Safety Week: Victorians warned of risky behaviour
Victorians are being urged to take care and avoid distractions and risky behaviour on the public transport network, with new data showing thousands of passengers are putting themselves at risk.
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Risk management breakdown in fatal Wallan derailment
A breakdown in risk management processes contributed to the 2020 derailment of an XPT passenger train at Wallan, Victoria, which resulted in two fatalities.
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Rail Safety Week: Visions show regional crossings risks
This Rail Safety Week (August 7-13), Queensland Rail is reminding road users to keep safety front of mind with the release of shocking vision of people risking their lives at regional level crossings.
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Phone calls cost train driver $20,000
The Victorian train driver who exposed his passengers, and those on another train, to the risk of a collision while talking on his mobile phone, has been fined $20,000 in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court.
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Contractors shortlisted for final Victorian Inland Rail sections
Construction contractors CPB Contractors, John Holland and McConnell Dowell have been shortlisted to build the final eight Inland Rail projects in Victoria.
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Funding available for regional level crossings
State and territory governments are invited to apply for funding for new and upgraded railway crossings under the Australian Government’s Regional Level Crossing Upgrade Fund (RLCUF).
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Rail Safety Week: Swietelsky stands by program
Swietelsky Rail Australia (SRA) is supporting the TrackSafe Foundation’s Rail Safety Week initiative to educate and inform city and regional communities about the safety risks around trains.
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Rail Safety Week: be like Steely Stan
KiwiRail and TrackSAFE are urging people to be like Steely Stan – and take a good hard look for trains when approaching any rail level crossing.
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