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Transfield's role in the construction of Australia's longest rail viaduct – Brisbane's 8.5-km elevated Airtrain – has won it the...
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Queensland's Airtrain has denied reports it is suffering from diminishing patronage and the company is confident it will reach forecast...
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Construction work on the Alice Springs-Darwin Railway is on schedule. More than 300 people are now employed on the...
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Bradken Rail has been awarded a $14m contract to supply and manufacture 520 bogies and 130 wagon tandem sets of...
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Election sets in train support for rail
After years of neglect, some traditional and some not-so-traditional proponents are embracing the rail industry's demands. The Democrats are...
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Access is one of the major rail issues in Australia with several states in the process of implementing regimes and...
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Freight Australia, hauling more freight than ever before, has lifted its forecast annual revenue by $15m to $210m, to reflect...
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Inland rail at election red light
The official sod-turning ceremony on the inland railway scheduled to take place near the Queensland and New South Wales border...
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Landbridge and port shuttles link the modes
Rail, road and sea are usually viewed as competitors, but one operator is working to link these three modes more...
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Pioneer diesel loco has done 8m km
One of the most historically significant railway locomotives in Australia celebrated 50 years of almost continuous service late last month....
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QR is determined to build on its state-based success and expand into other Australian markets, but CEO Bob Scheuber is...
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Martin Lacombe has been appointed deputy chief executive of the Australian Railroad Group (ARG). Before joining the ARG, Mr...
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Specialised Container Transport (SCT) uses rail to shift 80% of its customers' goods and this figure would be higher if...
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Record QR tonnage almost taxes capacity
QR has set yet another freight haulage record, moving 145.6m tonnes in 2000/01. This volume was 14m tonnes, or...
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SA sets up rail fund for new projects
A bill establishing a dedicated rail fund for South Australia was introduced into State Parliament late last month. The...
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Something new in Hunter rail cars
State Rail has invited tenders for the design and construction of 14 new diesel rail passenger cars for its Hunter/Newcastle...
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Twin tracks go down without a hitch
Barclay Mowlem has maintained a zero accident rate on the East Hills amplification rail line that has just been completed...
Print Edition | October 2001
