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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Dynon terminal funds lure Victorian AusLink signature
The temptation of funding for Dynon freight terminal has prompted Victoria to claim the honour as the first state to...
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Queensland to spend $3.5bn on coal rail system
The Queensland Government has promised $3.5bn worth of rail infrastructure investments for the state's booming coal industry. QR's five-year...
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ARTC seeks partners for $1.3bn rail projects
More than 400 rail industry members have turned out for an Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) briefing on partnerships and...
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ARTC's Southern Sydney Freight Line project
The Southern Sydney Freight Line is one of ARTC's key projects for unclogging rail freight bottlenecks in Sydney. It...
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ARG volumes drop with lower grain harvest
April volumes for the Australian Railroad Group (ARG) have dropped following a decrease in this year's grain traffic, according to...
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Pacific National profits surge 39%
Strong growth in coal and intermodal revenues has helped push Pacific National profits up to $78m for the nine months...
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Barclay Mowlem to oversee Sydney Freight Terminal works
Barclay Mowlem has secured project management contracts worth $3m on two key New South Wales projects. It has won...
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Toll's Townsville terminal takes first train
Toll Holdings has opened the new Townsville rail terminal that will handle cargo from Pacific National's fledgling narrow gauge services...
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The Western Australian Government will retire $328.5m of debt “resulting from the coalition's failed privatisation of Westrail's freight division”, state...
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$21m maintenance program for NSW branch lines
New South Wales' deteriorated branch lines will receive a long-sought financial boost of $21m for a program of infrastructure maintenance,...
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Rail-mounted excavator extends maintenance possibilities
A new excavator is set to revolutionise railway maintenance and track-based applications, JCB said. JCB's JZ140 Rail Excavator is...
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A determination to see mass-distance in truck charges
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As noted by a Sydney Morning Herald editorial, “Big trucks must pay their way”, (July 17, 1987), a National Road...
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Canadian National Railway sets up freight arm in Europe
In what is billed as a first for a North American railway, Canadian National Railway is setting up an international...
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Hohhot express – calling all stations from China to Germany
A transnational train service runs twice a month between Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, and Frankfurt in...
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Price to make or break Vic Rail access changes: PN
Pricing is the key issue in the Victorian Government's drive to reform the state's rail access regime, Pacific National said....
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Communicating the benefits of rail
As reported elsewhere in Lloyd's List DCN and Rail Express, Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) held an industry briefing at...
Print Edition | June 2005
