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Just reminding you all that we have a calendar on Railpage, and we'd like to see some more submisions! Thanks to everyone that's added their event into the calendar - now it's your turn.

You can find the Calendar on the left hand side («= over there) of every page, and it's called "Rail Events".

Transrapid to dissolve

International Rail NewsTransrapid partners to decide this week to dissolve firm

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - The Transrapid consortium partners are expected to decide this week to dissolve the company after Munich opted not to build the magnetic levitation railway in the city, Die Welt said, citing sources.


Wed May 7th, 2008 | Tonymercury/bevans | | 135 reads

Fortescue jumps one railway barrier

Western Australian Rail NewsFORTESCUE Metals has won another round in its long-running quest for third-party access to Pilbara railway lines.

The Federal Court in Melbourne yesterday rejected Rio Tinto's claim that the National Competition Council should rely on a 1999 decision denying access to Robe River instead of considering Fortescue's recent application for access.


Tue May 6th, 2008 | bevans | 1 comment | | 153 reads

Wrong turn - freeway funds a waste

Other Transport NewsIT IS not too far fetched to say that the Bracks-Brumby government is a waste of space.

The seminal study on cities and motor vehicle dependence, by transport planners Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy, found that Melbourne had one of the highest ratios of road space to population of any of the cities they surveyed in the 1990s.


Tue May 6th, 2008 | bevans | 2 comments | | 185 reads

NZ Government buys back Rail

New Zealand Rail NewsNZ Finance Minister Michael Cullen announced this morning that agreement has been reached between Toll Holdings and the Government for the rail and ferry business to return to public ownership.

Mon May 5th, 2008 | Centralvulcan/bevans | | 263 reads

Man survives after being hit by freight train

Western Australian Rail NewsPolice are investigating how a 42-year-old man was struck by a freight train in Western Australia's wheatbelt this morning.

Police were called to the Merredin train station about 2.30am AWST when the driver of a freight train noticed the man lying near the railway lines.


Sun May 4th, 2008 | raye/bevans | | 155 reads

Gheringhap Sightings w/e 3/5/2008

Gunzelling ReportsThere were 104 sightings for this week, which is 24 sightings more than last week, making a total of 1718* sightings for this year to date. On day 124 last year we had seen 1884 sightings. We have seen no trains again this week on the B/G.

Sun May 4th, 2008 | GheringhapLoop/bevans | 107 reads

Overland Breaks Down at Monarto South

South Australian Rail NewsA LOCOMOTIVE breakdown left Overland passengers stranded for almost four hours near Monarto Thursday afternoon.

Fri May 2nd, 2008 | witsend/michaelgreenhill | | 287 reads

No decision about Wakefields' future

Victorian Rail NewsThe administrator of troubled Mildura transport firm Wakefields says no firm decision has been made about the company's future.

Thu May 1st, 2008 | bevans | | 199 reads




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