Crews on Melbourne’s Glenroy Level Crossing Removal Project have nearly completed excavation of the new rail trench that trains will travel on, underneath Glenroy Road, as they aim to complete the rail trench, remove the boom gates and open the new Glenroy Station. Read more
Fifty extra train services are now running on Melbourne’s Cranbourne line each week, another dangerous and congested level crossing is a thing of the past, and a new railway station is open to passengers a year ahead of schedule as part of the promised Cranbourne Line Duplication.
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As thousands of students return to school, Queensland Rail is reminding children to keep their belongings close when traveling on trains, with tens of thousands of items lost on the south-east Queensland rail network each year. Read more
The Australian Rail Track Corporation has advised that full repairs to the flood-damaged rail tracks in South Australia are unlikely to be completed before mid-February. Read more
This week marks a major milestone for New South Wales’ regional rail network as UGL Regional Linx (UGLRL) begins its 10-year tenure as the custodians of Country Regional Network’s (CRN’s) 5500 kilometres of railway infrastructure. Read more
The WA Department of Health has confirmed two individual cases of COVID at mine sites in the state’s Pilbara and Mid West regions, with one of them being a rail worker at BHP’s Yandi iron ore mine. Read more
A pair of banking locomotives rolled away and derailed during a change of ends in at Ardglen bank in the NSW Hunter region after their parking brakes failed and the crew was unable to regain control, a transport safety investigation report details. Read more
A multi-million dollar upgrade of East Ipswich train station in Brisbane has been officially unveiled, delivering improved access for the community including train customers using mobility aids, seniors and customers with prams or luggage. Read more
The organisers of AusRAIL PLUS, to be held in Sydney from Feb 28 to March 2, have reiterated a raft of security measures to support a safe, productive and high-quality experience. Read more
Australia’s largest private rail freight company, Pacific National, says the weekend washout along the rail track north of Port Augusta, which suspended freight services from Adelaide to Perth and Darwin, is a sign that the Trans-Australian Railway is in urgent need of upgrades. Read more