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Print Edition | November 2007

• QRN launches East West service

  QR Ltd's interstate incarnation, QRNational (QRN) will launch its long awaited East West intermodal service between Melbourne and Perth on...

• Coal constraint claims `ludicrous' says ARTC

  The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has reacted angrily to claims that millions of dollars in coal exports are...

• SCF Containers wins Australian Business Award for Innovation

  Adelaide-based SCF Containers International (SCF) has been awarded the 2007 Australian Business Award for Innovation in its industry category of...

• Alan Burns joins RMAus Pty Ltd

  After 8 years with Bombardier Transportation as Director Sales and Marketing, Alan Burns has joined Klaus Clemens Project and Rail...

• GWA looking to a bright future

  Despite the distinct prospect of another poor harvest in South Australia, business appears to be booming for Adelaide-based operator Genesee...

• Victoria: Strong growth in country passengers

  Victoria's regional passenger services have recovered from the disruption caused by implementation of the Regional Fast Rail project and figures...

• Workforce challenges in the transport industry

  An Inquiry by the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee has found that there are workforce challenges facing every...

• FreightLink records $16.5m profit on record freight levels

  Adelaide-Darwin rail operator FreightLink has announced that it has recorded an annual net profit of $16.5m for 2006/07. The company...

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  ARTC has announced the completion of its second major crossing loop project as part of its North Coast Rail Line...

• GORAIL – reduce your carbon footprint using rail transport

  QR's has effectively doubled its freight task to 237 million tonnes in the last seven years, and has achieved this...

• Strategic approach to rail safety data proposed

  The National Transport Commission (NTC) says a more strategic national approach to rail safety data collection is required to focus...

• ARTC completes $80m North South signal upgrade

  Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) has completed the implementation of its Train Control Consolidation (TCC) program, with new train...

• Uncertainty continues for mid-west ore transport

  The ascendancy in the chess-game to decide who will provide the necessary rail and port infrastructure for iron ore miners...

• Level Crossings – grasping for solutions?

  The fallout from the Kerang level crossing incident, when a semi-trailer ploughed into the side of a V/Line passenger train...

• ODG to capitalise on major rail investments

  One of the leading rail infrastructure experts in Australia has identified more than $16 billion worth of major projects to...

• Australia's `rail futures' stock on the rise

  Chief Executive of United Group Rail, Andy Summers says the future of rail in Australia looks bright, but that increased...

• Major transport events for November

  With an election in the wind, two transport related conferences in November will provide the perfect venues for industry leaders...

• Werris Creek signalling upgrade completed

  Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has completed its $6.3 million upgrading of its signalling system in the Werris Creek area,...

• United Group – providing end-to-end rail technology solutions

  United Group Limited is the largest end-to-end rail technology solutions provider/integrator in the Asia Pacific region, and Australia's largest supplier...

• Vulcanite acquisition adds spring to Chess Industries

  In a marriage of cutting edge and traditional engineering technology, anti-vibration engineers Vulcanite Corporation have moved under the umbrella of...

• The Neville Committee's great wake up call

  by Dr Philip Laird In March 2005, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport and Regional Services (often...

• GEMCO Rail sold to Coote Industrial

  Coote Industrial has purchased the Perth-based GEMCO Rail rolling stock maintenance business for $33.8 million. Coote Industrial Managing Director, Mike...

• National Express Group wins UK East Coast franchise

  The passenger franchise saga for the UK's flagship East Coast route is finally over with incumbent operator GNER bowing out...

• VIEWPOINT By Mark Carter

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• Speeding along the Pork Barrel Highway

  Just in case you hadn't noticed, there is an election in the wind and our political representatives are already out...

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