Metro Trains has shared a work-in-progress photo of John Holland’s upgrade at Melbourne’s Ringwood station, and is telling customers to expect an expanded, attractive bus interchange with new and
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Japan, Thailand agree to high speed deal: reports
Japan has agreed to develop a high speed rail line in Thailand, according to local media reports.
The Bangkok Post has reported this week that a high-speed train linking Bangkok and Chiang Mai is “in
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Rail reaps billion dollar windfall in NSW state budget
A new CBD station, new trains and improved access were among the many highlights in the Budget handed down by Mike Baird’s NSW Government on Tuesday.
State minister for transport and infrastructure
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Positive train control could have prevented Amtrak derailment, but it’s not quite on track
How does positive train control – safety technology that could have prevented May’s deadly Amtrak derailment – work, and why is it still not on US rails? Purdue University’s Jeffrey
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Commuter newspaper mX to be axed
NewsCorp will cease publication of the free commuter newspaper mX at the end of the fortnight.
The newspaper, which is handed out at train stations and other public transport sites in Melbourne, Sydney
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Transport commission aims to boost freight efficiency
The National Transport Commission (NTC) on Friday launched a program to boost Australia’s freight efficiency by delivering what it says will be quicker and cheaper road, rail and intermodal networks.
The
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Search begins for next timetable apps
Public Transport Victoria has launched the search for the next generation of apps using timetable data, with a month-long ‘incubator’ program for new ideas.
Known as the VicTripathon, the event was
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Five findings of the infrastructure audit
Infrastructure Australia last week released its Australian Infrastructure Audit Report, and there’s a lot in it for the rail industry to digest.
The report, billed as Australia’s first-ever “comprehensive
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Early warning system for hazardous bridge
The Public Transport Authority of WA has begun work on an early warning system for trains about to cross the Fremantle Rail Bridge, after a series of dangerous incidents in recent years.
In August 2014,
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Kalgoorlie-Esperance gets two-way radio
Brookfield has installed a $16.5 million two-way radio network to a 385km section of its track, in one of its largest communications projects since privatisation in 2000.
The company, which manages and
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