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Print Edition | May 2001

• 700 extra Queensland train services a week

  QR's new Citytrain timetable, that came into effect on May 7, provides a record number of services to the travelling...

• Access to national track sought for next five years

  The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has spelled out how it will manage access to the national track. The...

• Airtrain now offers `high' way

  Airtrain, the new Brisbane airport rail link, began timetabled services earlier this month. Queensland premier Peter Beattie declared Airtrain...

• All aboard lubes for much quieter trains

  THE PIERCING squeal of a train travelling round a bend can shatter the peace of a quiet suburban neighbourhood and...

• An air of comfort at full tilt

  SEATS on the Cairns tilt trains have been compared to first-class airline seats because of their comfort. They recline,...

• Best return for money sought from work

  Rail's market share has declined and its competitiveness is undermined by poor quality infrastructure. So the Australian Rail Track...

• BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM

  After 100 years of talking about rail reform, the states and the Commonwealth must rise above those parochial...

• China's huge task in building highest railway

  The nation that built the Great Wall has set its engineers another mission impossible – a railway from an outpost...

• Bigger grain trains can use Central Victorian link

  A succession of bumper seasons and increasing volumes in southeastern Australia has accelerated the drive by regional rail specialist Freight...

• Hand over your tracks

  Anderson pressures NSW Kristen Connell, Canberra Transport minister John Anderson has put financial pressure on New South Wales...

• Magnetic answer for rail stress problems

  Australia is home to some of the longest and heaviest freight trains in the world and these heavy-haul operations damage...

• Menu on the move

  Reliable cooking and cooling power is assured on this heritage restaurant tram car operating in the streets of Christchurch, New...

• Modest spending and bus links keys to improved rail service

  Environment Victoria has outlined a plan to deliver improved passenger train services to rural and regional areas of the state....

• Profits up, going with the grain

  Freight Australia celebrated its second birthday with news of record work loads and growing opportunities. It has unveiled a...

• Pushing the boundaries and confronting the barriers at Brisbane conferences

  AUSRAIL 2001 and the 7th International Heavy Haul Conference will be held in Brisbane at the Convention Centre from June...

• RAIL PEOPLE

  Warren Hocking has resigned as Austrade national manager railways and executive officer of the Australian Railway Industry Corporation. Mr...

• Special converters ensure there is a back-up ready when needed

  WHEN the National Express Group ordered power converters for its 59 trams and 62 three-car trains it had a special...

• Specialist adds smart touches to rollingstock

  AS new rail operators enter the Australian scene and buy old equipment that needs modernising, they provide opportunities for a...

• The next grader to arrive on Platform One is…

  A fine weekend enabled track upgrading and reballasting work to be carried out at Turrella station on the Sydney East...

• $250m worth of Alice-Darwin work

  Alice to get a new look The Alice Springs railway station will get a major facelift in the next...

• Bombardier targeting Asia Pacific rail exports

  Rollingstock engineering, manufacture and design in Australia received a boost this month through Bombardier's acquisition of DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems. ...

• Call for single national track system to ease access

  RAIL reform in this country will not succeed until a single national track management system replaces the layers of state-based...

• Competition watchdog assessing ARTC track access undertaking

  The national competition watchdog is scrutinising the Australian Rail Track Corporation's (ARTC) rail access undertaking for the interstate network. ...

• Hydraulic power tools muscle into trackwork tasks

  Australia's vast distances are connected with thousands of kilometres of rail track, which needs to be maintained. A company...

• Software aims to find best times for working on tracks

  Track owners facing the dilemma of needing to maintain their lines while optimising train movements may soon get a computer...

• South East deadline for conversion of gauge

  TIME ran out this week for tendering to convert the South East Rail Network from broad gauge to standard and...

• Tranz Rail unplugs its road reefer sale

  Tranz Rail has withdrawn its refrigerated road freight business from sale. The company said a number of new developments...

• Uncoupling problem held up trains

  THE WAY trains came apart because of the effect of in-train forces on coupling caused significant delays in BHP Iron...

• Victoria wants to win passengers in regions

  The Victorian government has warned that ongoing financial support for reopened regional rail lines will depend on them being well...

• Where's a sign of the airport rail system?

  Kristen Connell I flew to Sydney this month on business and after leaving the plane, headed to the exit...

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