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$1.4bn to build Hope Downs parallel line
It is extremely difficult to find the odd millions for long overdue railway work in New South Wales. Yet...
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Alice to Darwin rail deal helps earn top ranking
Blake Dawson Waldron has been ranked the No. 1 national road and rail law firm in a new survey. ...
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A bumper harvest and efficiency improvements have seen Australia Southern Railway (ASR) lift its grain haulage by nearly 1m tonnes....
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Bigger share on eastern corridor
The intermodal task on the Melbourne-Brisbane corridor continues to grow as rail wins market share from road, National Rail reported....
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MORE crime has been reported on the New South Wales CityRail network since the installation of 5,200 closed circuit television...
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Court orders delay in smartcard work
Overhaul of Sydney's public transport ticketing system has stopped after allegations the New South Wales Government interfered improperly in the...
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Expertise keeps up with shift to multimodal
Mergers that create economies of scale and big companies with proven performance records and the ability to deliver a return...
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A regional bank's investment arm has bought New Zealand's Kingston Flyer – a leading South Island tourist attraction – to...
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The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) wants to get more trains running on time. Of the 11,500 scheduled services...
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The state of New South Wales's rail industry will be under scrutiny in Sydney next month. Rail Express is...
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Freight on sidings in 10-year rail strategy
Britain sets an ambitious target of 80% growth in rail freight, ROGER HAILEY reports Freight took a quiet backseat...
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Giant rail group looks for synergies in its operations
The $1.2bn sale of National Rail and FreightCorp to Toll Holdings and Lang Corporation was finalised last week – a...
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The Australian Railroad Group (ARG) has appointed Martin Lacombe as its new chief executive officer. Mr Lacombe replaces Chuck...
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Miners' corporate doctor takes charge of rail giant
Former mining executive and corporate doctor Stephen O'Donnell will head the National Rail Consortium, which will run the Toll, Lang,...
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NSW the hitch in rail's renaissance
The response from the markets to the Toll/Patrick consortium's successful purchase of the National Rail/ FreightCorp business was staggering and...
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NZ success at reducing crossing accidents
Rail in New Zealand is celebrating safety improvements that have seen level-crossing collisions at their lowest level in more than...
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Political steam up at tourist line woes
Tasmania's Abt tourist railway – plagued by difficulties since its inception – now faces allegations of being propped up by...
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Protests as FreightCorp cancels coal wagon order
Rail manufacturing workers around NSW called stopwork meetings this month and have threatened further industrial action if contracts continue to...
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Rail warned to smarten up on access reform
Rail's slow pace of competition reform has helped the road transport industry receive preferred treatment when it comes to government...
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NATIONAL Rail will review its security after a gang of young people vandalised three locomotives and smashed a forklift in...
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Funding for Victorian branch lines is at risk because the track operator and the government disagree over the state's access...
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n Barclay Mowlem general manager Bill Killinger has been appointed president of the Rail Track Association of Australia....
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West Coast Railway founders Don Gibson and Gary McDonald have formed Tranz Scenic 2001 to run the former Tranz Rail...
Print Edition | February 2002
