Over four million people who live in the outer suburbs of Australia’s capital cities lack adequate access to public transport services, according to a new report by the nation’s independent infrastructure
Read More
KiwiRail providing live data for GDP tracking platform
New Zealand operator KiwiRail says real-time reporting on freight volumes and movements will inform a live economic growth tracker being launched by Massey University.
KiwiRail says it will be providing
Read More
Read More
Harnessing processing power to develop smarter train assembly
Terence Vu sees a future where robots can work out the best way to assemble rollingstock components. The PhD student spoke with Rail Express about his project.
With research co-funded by the University
Read More
Read More
The CSIRO model shaping future supply chain strategies
Rail Express spoke with the CSIRO about the model aiming to quantify and map out constraints across Australia’s vast supply chains.
Agricultural production in northern NSW
Read More
Read More
Common data set could save Australian supply chain $1bn a year
AutoHaul moving almost half of Rio’s iron ore
Rio Tinto is averaging 34 autonomous trains every day on its Pilbara network, and AutoHaul trains now make up 45 percent of daily rail kilometres for the miner’s iron ore operations.
Rio revealed the
Read More
Read More
ARA to develop partnership with British rail association
The Australasian Railway Association and the UK’s Railway Industry Association have agreed to work more closely together to benefit rail supply industries in both companies.
The ARA and RIA announced
Read More
Read More
Tunnelling Centre to be built in Melbourne
Australia’s first tunnelling training centre will be established in Melbourne to provide the skills necessary to deliver the city’s transport projects, including the potential Suburban Rail Loop promised
Read More
Read More
PN spends $2.4m on prototype wagons
Advanced materials developer Matrix Composites & Engineering has announced a $2.4 million deal to develop four protype wagons for Pacific National.
Matrix told the ASX on August 6 it had been awarded
Read More
Read More
Understanding fare evasion: New research suggests combined approach
A new Australian study has looked into the complex nature of fare evasion on passenger rail networks, classifying fare evaders into three distinct categories.
New research from Dr Alexa Delbosc and Professor
Read More
Read More