The Overland train service between Melbourne and Adelaide will run for three more years, with the Victorian government committing funding to the service.
The interstate rail service, operated by Journey
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Performance figures in May outstrip April records in Victoria
Williamstown level crossing to be replaced by rail trench
The Williamstown line will be lowered under Ferguson Street to replace the current level crossing in North Williamstown.
The rail-under-road design was decided upon after community feedback expressed a
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Melbourne trams get extra cleaning through Victorian government scheme
Yarra Trams is utilising the Victorian government’s Working for Victoria scheme to clean trams, depots, and high-volume stops.
The $500 million initiative aims to get Victorian jobseekers into work as
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Worker transfer deal maintains train manufacturing jobs in Ballarat
The Victorian government has brokered a deal to transfer manufacturing staff from Alstom’s manufacturing site in Ballarat to Bombardier’s maintenance depot in the same regional town.
The deal was agreed
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Warrnambool line sleeper replacement works brought forward
Upgrades on the Warrnambool line have been brought forward, with works to begin on June 9.
The works involve the replacement of 27,000 timber sleepers with concrete sleepers at a cost of $8.1 million.
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New study to guide investment in Victorian containerised freight rail flows
A new study will look at ways to move freight more efficiently and reduce the number of trucks going into the Port of Melbourne.
Funded by the Victorian government, the Port of Melbourne Container Logistics
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Rail freight competitiveness scheme gets a $4m extension
The Victorian government has boosted a scheme that helps to shift freight from road to rail with a $4 million injection.
The funding will extend the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) to 30 June 2021,
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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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Bumper winter grain harvest sparks calls for rail upgrades
A forecast record grain crop is leading to calls for improvements to the regional freight network in Victoria.
Advocacy group Rail Futures Institute has identified the Sea Lake and Manangatang lines, the
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