Rail Express is Australia's only indusrty-focused rail publication, delivering monthly news, views and analysis across key matters including infrastructure & investment, access & government policy, new rolling stock orders, and international developments. Rail Express comes as a part of your Lloyd's List DCN print subscriptions, or is available for subscription by clicking here.
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BHP Iron Ore considers the long haul
BHP Iron Ore was looking beyond the record books when it ran the world's longest and heaviest train in history...
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Canada okays CN-Wisconsin merger
CANADA'S antitrust regulator has approved Canadian National Railway's US$800m merger with Wisconsin Central Transportation. Montreal-based CN, Canada's largest railway...
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Derailment delays coal shipments
A MAJOR train derailment in Queensland on July 1 delayed haulage of hundreds of thousands tonnes of export coal. ...
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WESTERN Australia plans a $1.2bn project to provide a direct fast passenger rail link between Perth and Mandurah – the...
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Monopoly powers problem in rail sale
FEARS that the combined National Rail/Freight Corp sale will creat a monopoly together with hostile union attitudes are sticking points...
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PRIME minister John Howard officially turned the first sod on July 17 to kick off construction of the $1.3bn Alice-Darwin...
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TRANZ Rail's new look locomotives are designed to improve rail safety. As part of an $11m upgrade program of...
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Volume 4 of the code of practice for the interstate rail network – dealing with track, civil and electrical infrastructure...
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DUDLEY Roach has been appointed CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Railway Engineering and Technologies. Mr Roach...
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RTI delivers made-to-measure solutions for rail clients
INFORMATION technology is pervading every aspect of life and the assessment and training of rail staff ibenefits from the trend....
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Railpersonnel has harnessed the international communications power of the Internet to match rail industry jobs and job seekers from all...
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Shortline: solutions for rural rail
A fairly unusual aspect of the North American railway scene is the existence of what are commonly known as “shortline”...
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Signal to Queensland Rail on access
Queensland's Competition Authority has ordered Queensland Rail to provide an acceptable draft undertaking for third-party access to its rail infrastructure...
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Spencer Street to be redeveloped
THE VICTORIAN government has called for expressions of interest from private sector companies to become partners in the redevelopment of...
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Start on shortened Sydney link next year to boost peak services
WORK is expected to begin on Sydney's long-awaited 27-km Parramatta rail link (PRL) in mid-2002 and be completed in 2008....
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Students here to gain experience
International consultancy firm Interfleet Technology is tapping the engineering expertise of Australian companies to give its graduate trainees practical experience....
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THE Victorian government has committed $310,000 to complete the Walhalla goldfields railways as part of its package of programs to...
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West Coast Railway plans to strengthen Tranz Scenic
Victorian passenger operator West Coast Railway has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the New Zealand-based Tranz Scenic. ...
Print Edition | July 2001
