The Australasian Rail Association (ARA) has released a report on long-term priorities and actions for the development of digital and telecommunication technologies within the rail industry.
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Implementation of Project i-TRACE under two months away
The Project i-TRACE team is ramping up industry engagement in the final weeks of the year, ahead of the implementation of GS1 standards in 2019.
Project i-TRACE is a joint campaign by the Australasian
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Applying tried and tested industrial automation technology to railway systems
Automation technology firm Pilz says control systems from industry are possible options for the modernisation of infrastructure on the network.
Existing signalling and control technology in the rail transport
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Remote control failed prior to Devonport derailment
The remote being used to control a TasRail train stopped working, and its operator was unable to force an emergency stop, before it ran away uncontrolled and was eventually derailed, injuring two bystanders
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Sydney’s new Rail Operations Centre on track to open this year
NSW transport minister Andrew Constance has confirmed Sydney’s new Rail Operation Centre (ROC) at Green Square is on track to be fully operational by the end of the year.
Constance visited the site on
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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
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Common data set could save Australian supply chain $1bn a year
PTA keen to move on from data leak
WA’s Public Transport Authority has accepted the recommendations of the Corruption and Crime Commission after an employee allegedly leaked the personal details of 1,750 staff to the Rail Tram and Bus
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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
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Railway digitalisation: Answering Australia’s congestion challenge
Australia, already one of the most urbanised countries in the developed world, must find a way to deal with ongoing population growth while transport networks are already pushing capacity. Thales
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