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Print Edition | July 2003

• Electric shock for UK freight operators

  British rail freight operators have won guarantees for a 70% growth in train paths on the key London-Scotland passenger route,...

• Fertiliser contract 'an important win for rail'

  Rail has won back a significant share of the fertiliser freight task between Perth and Bunbury in a move that...

• Help with watching crowds

  Smart software that analyses camera footage for dubious behaviour is being tested in two stations of the London Underground this...

• Heritage rail groups call for help

  South Australian rail heritage groups are calling on the State Government for help with a public liability insurance crisis that...

• NRTC moves on rail

  The National Road Transport Commission has expanded its role to take on rail and intermodal regulatory responsibilities from this month....

• Not so quiet on the western front

  While the big rail operators on the eastern seaboard battle among themselves for market supremacy the Australian Railroad Group has...

• NZ Govt helps Toll move in

  Toll's bid for Tranz Rail is effectively back to square one again after a revised share offer on the back...

• Rail spine to woo the drivers

  While Australia's biggest cities grapple with the spectre of growing urban transport congestion, Perth has made its choices and leapt...

• Rolling stock makers ready for the recovery

  Australia's rolling stock manufacturers are making admirable progress even though confidence is down in a market affected by drought and...

• Sydney Ports calls for better rail services

  Sydney Port Corporation wants rail to take at least 40% of the modal share for moving its cargo in the...

• Truce agreed on Acacia Ridge

  Pacific National and QR will bury the hatchet over Brisbane's Acacia Ridge freight terminal until the outcome of Federal Court...

• We know where we are going

  Stakeholders in the squabble over the Australian Rail Track Corporation's (ARTC) proposal to lease New South Wales interstate tracks have...

• What of AusLink funding?

  AS the release of the Federal Government's White Paper on Auslink draws near, it is interesting to reflect on a...

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