With an upgraded, fit-for-purpose rail freight network, TasRail is one of the largest transport service providers in Tasmania, connecting industry and commerce to major shipping ports and freight hubs across the State.
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Hobson Bay causeway next location for Auckland upgrades
A critical link in the Auckland rail network is the focus of upgrades for the next fortnight as crews work to get infrastructure back up to standard.
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Maintenance works to begin on north west Victorian regional network
November will see a maintenance blitz on the Bendigo, Swan Hill, and Echuca lines to enable more reliable services to north west Victoria.
The $4m works will include track and signalling maintenance across
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Reduced maintenance with KLP Hybrid Polymer Sleepers
In the same way that the inflexible old oak trees get uprooted in a strong storm in Aesop’s fable, a track support with too high track stiffness will cause premature failure and result in higher maintenance costs than anticipated. Track support that is too stiff does not spread the load sufficiently, resulting in extremely high localised impact loads and stresses (in track, sleepers, and fasteners). This may result in microcracks in rigid sleepers, failure of screws or clips, ballast attrition or ground vibrations. Causes for too high track stiffness include rigid subgrade (including concrete bases such as bridges, viaducts, tunnels) and overly stiff sleepers, such as concrete sleepers.
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Final preparations before construction begins on Narrabri to North Star Inland Rail
The final shipments of steel rail and concrete sleepers for the Narrabri to North Star section of Inland Rail have arrived as the last planning approvals are finished.
With these deliveries completed construction
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Transport upgrades for Building Works program announced
KLP Hybrid Polymer Sleepers ensure stable gauge and reduced noise levels
KLP Hybrid Polymer Sleepers offer a clever combination of high bending stiffness and low thermal expansion coefficient of steel, coupled with the dampening characteristics of polymer. This delivers
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Sleepers replaced ahead of schedule on Bendigo line
Sleeper replacement works have been completed ahead of schedule on the Bendigo line.
50 workers worked around the clock to replace 48,000 timber sleepers with concrete sleepers, to improve reliability
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Recycled materials in use at multiple transport projects
Recycled materials are being used on transport projects in Victoria and NSW, making the most of the many infrastructure projects currently underway.
In Melbourne, the newly opened Kananook Train Storage
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Incorporating sustainability across the rail supply chain
An innovative solution to level crossings and sleepers is one step towards making the entire rail supply chain sustainable. Rail Express finds out.
Since mid-2019, the rail industry
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