After months of meticulous planning, the Australasian Railway Association (ARA)’s AusRAIL PLUS 2019, the southern hemisphere’s largest rail conference, has released another diverse and informative
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3 asked to tender for Denny Avenue crossing removal
Three companies have been invited to take part in a six-week request for tender process for the $69 million removal of the Denny Avenue level crossing in Perth’s southeast.
WA transport minister Rita
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Team picked to kick off Sunbury Line Upgrade
The Victorian Government has awarded a $215 million contract to begin the $2.1 billion upgrade of the Sunbury line ahead of the opening of the Metro Tunnel.
John Holland, CPB Contractors and AECOM will
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Turnkey rail signalling, level crossing tech from Australian provider
Rail Express speaks with Aldridge Railway Signals experts David Aldridge and Phil Anderson about the group’s turnkey rail signal offering, and a new approach to the design and manufacture of
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Agenda set for Inland Rail 2019
Deputy PM and minister for transport infrastructure Michael McCormack, and Labor’s shadow minister Catherine King, will both address the Australasian Railway Association and Australian Logistics Council’s
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Three shortlisted for North East line upgrade
Major upgrade work on Victoria’s North East line is expected to begin later this year after the list of candidates to deliver the $235 million project was shortened to three.
Shortlisted candidates John
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Melbourne summit shines light on Australia’s mid-tier contractors
Prominent mid-tier Australian contractors want a better opportunity to contribute to state infrastructure projects being led by larger international conglomerates.
Citing a recent trend towards international
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Tudge to open Infrastructure Summit
Newly re-appointed cities, urban infrastructure and population minister Alan Tudge has been added to next week’s National Infrastructure Summit in Melbourne, joining Victorian premier Daniel Andrews
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Rail well represented at next Infrastructure Summit
Key politicians and rail leaders from passenger and freight sectors are part of a packed agenda for the Australian Financial Review’s National Infrastructure Summit set for June 12-13.
Australia
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Hunt begins for trainee tunnellers
The Victorian Government has kicked off a recruitment push for drivers to operate the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will dig the Metro Tunnel beneath Melbourne’s CBD.
Premier Daniel Andrews on March
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ARA names eight to Youth Leadership Advisory Board
The Australasian Railway Association has appointed eight rail professionals to its Young Leaders Advisory Board (Y-LAB), after almost 50 applications were made from around Australia and New Zealand.
ARA
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Sydenham-Bankstown metro conversion approved
Planning approval has been granted for the conversion of the existing rail line between Sydenham and Bankstown as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Sydney Metro said on December 19
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$232m Reservoir crossing removal awarded
Victoria’s Level Crossing Removal Authority has awarded the $232 million contract to build an elevated rail bridge over High Street in Reservoir, as well as a new Reservoir station.
The John Holland/KBR
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DPW automates compliance process with Assignar
Hiring a broad range of specialist rotating telescopic handlers and multi cranes since 2005, DPW Plant Hire is currently working with John Holland and other general contractors on the Sydney Metro Northwest
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Last minute tickets for AusRAIL 2018
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA)’s biggest annual conference, exhibition and networking event heads to Canberra next week, and it’s not too late to secure your ticket.
Over 700 delegates
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$1.4bn contract signed for Sydney Metro rail works
Sydney Metro has awarded a contract to deliver rail and overhead infrastructure, train stabling and tunnel and underground equipment, for the future railway between Chatswood and Sydenham.
An unincorporated
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Improving safety with a transparent, reliable platform
An Australian business helping machinery owners and operators ensure their equipment is safe to use has developed into the world’s largest plant and equipment safety platform.
Many in the rail industry
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Construction works to begin on Metro Tunnel entrances
Work is ramping up on the western and eastern entrances to Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and other upgrades on the wider rail network, with workers currently preparing the sites for construction.
The works
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Innovation Hub, swathe of new exhibitors highlight AusRAIL 2018
The exhibition hall at AusRAIL 2018 will be packed with big names and fresh faces, and leaders at the cutting edge of rail will be presenting their ideas at the event’s free Innovation Hub.
AusRAIL,
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Alliance gets to work on $1bn Metro Tunnel contract
The trio of engineering firms awarded the $1 billion Metro Tunnel contract to build tunnel entrances at South Yarra and West Footscray has begun preparatory works.
A team of John Holland, CPB Contractors
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