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Canberra Metro to build next step of Stage 2A light rail

CIMIC Group companies Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors and UGL, as part of the Canberra Metro consortium, will finance, design, build and operate the next phase of Canberra’s world class Stage 2A light rail system from the City to Commonwealth Park.
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Ray ChanDecember 14, 2023, 12:25 pmDecember 19, 2023

light rail, Passenger Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Rail safety a community responsibility

The experience around Australia when a new rail line is opened is that the community it serves flock to the service. On the Gold Coast, by the service’s fifth year of operations, over 10 million passenger
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Connor PearceAugust 11, 2020, 4:14 pmAugust 11, 2020

light rail

Roads swallow federal infrastructure funding as ACT bags new light rail stop

In a flurry of infrastructure funding announcements, the federal government has only allocated funding for one new rail project, a new stop on the Canberra light rail line in Mitchell. The stop, at the
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Connor PearceJune 23, 2020, 8:02 amJune 23, 2020

light rail

Canberra Light Rail passes one year milestone

Over four million journeys have been made in the first year of operations of Canberra Light Rail. Celebrating the first 12 month of service, ACT Minister for Transport Chris Steel said that the network
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Connor PearceApril 21, 2020, 10:49 amApril 21, 2020

Passenger Rail

ACT transport minister Fitzharris steps down

ACT minister for health and transport Meegan Fitzharris has announced that she will resign from her role on July 1. Minister Fitzharris announced that her decision was spurred by a desire to better balance
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Staff WriterJune 28, 2019, 12:24 pmJune 28, 2019

Passenger Rail

Canberra light rail could utilise new bridge route

National Capital Authority (NCA) chief executive Sally Barnes has stated that Canberra’s Commonwealth Avenue Bridge could be replaced to accommodate plans for the Canberra Light Rail Stage 2 project. Barnes
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Staff WriterMay 23, 2019, 1:39 pmMay 23, 2019

Passenger Rail

Canberra light rail arrives late but under budget

Stage one of the Canberra Light Rail project has come in $32 million under its contracted budget for a final cost of around $675 million. The project was built as a collaboration between the Australian
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Staff WriterMay 14, 2019, 1:04 pmMay 14, 2019

Canberra Metro

Canberra Metro to build next step of Stage 2A light rail

Rail safety a community responsibility

Roads swallow federal infrastructure funding as ACT bags new light rail stop

Canberra Light Rail passes one year milestone

ACT transport minister Fitzharris steps down

Canberra light rail could utilise new bridge route

Canberra light rail arrives late but under budget

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