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    Print Edition | May 2003

  • Ahoy, captain coming aboard

    Bryan Nye is a political lobbyist who regards himself as more tortoise than hare – working quietly and tirelessly with...

  • Can PPPs really work?

    If rail is to remain viable in the long term, Australia must inject large sums of additional funds into infrastructure...

  • Crash response followed the rules

    The New South Wales State Rail Authority (SRA) did not declare a major incident emergency until more than 16 minutes...

  • Dry downside

    Freight Australia's haulage volumes remain at depressed levels, but new statistics show that grain is not the only commodity that's...

  • Everybody needs standards

    Victoria's decision to defer its rail standardisation program, was no real surprise. The $96m it back in 2001 was never...

  • Fast tracking in the big dry

    The drought still gripping many parts of the country has caused untold economic damage to Australia's agricultural sector. But a...

  • Flying Scotties – rail news in brief

    • British EWS is talking of 200 km/h freight trains that take less than four hours between Edinburgh and London....

  • Long-haul targets for Darwin line

    FreightLink will target an initial 350,000 tonnes for its soon-to-be-completed Adelaide-Darwin rail link and will aim to push that figure...

  • Millies run at night

    There is no indication of when Sydney's new generation Millennium passenger trains will return to city tracks after being sidelined...

  • Ministers 'make progress'

    A decision on the Australian Rail Track Corporation's proposal to lease New South Wales interstate tracks looks a step closer...

  • Port trains run again

    Iraqi crews, under supervision of professional engineers serving in the British territorial army, repaired the line from the deepwater port...

  • Steady gains in track speeds

    The number of temporary speed restrictions on Tranz Rail's New Zealand track has fallen over 40% since Transfield Services...

  • Steam buff Gary's proud last ride

    It was entirely fitting that one of the last public functions Gary McDonald performed was to help drive the V-class...

  • That extra P for property

    The New South Wales Government has released a concept plan to upgrade Sydney's Chatswood transport interchange, with a view to...

  • Three new rail bridges for NSW rivers

    Design work has begun on a new rail bridge to replace the 140-year-old structure over the Nepean River at Menangle,...

  • Upgrades to add 20 years to QR locos

    QR is expected to reap significant cost savings through the Goonyella coal network in central Queensland once its fleet of...

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