The picturesque rail line north of North Creek will come alive this weekend as a new “rail bike” company begins operation.
Alstom Brazil’s Lapa factory has completed the last of 20 X'Ttrapolis Mega electric multiple-units for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.
Test running on the first phase of the Awash – Woldiya/Hara Gebeya Railway is on course to begin by the end of August, Ethiopian Railways Corp has announced.
Agencies in Nakhon Ratchasima will petition transport authorities to review the design of a double-track railway project, which they say threatens to split their communities into two.
Educational trips and leisure travel providers are fast changing their business models as the fast trains gain popularity on the Nairobi-Mombasa route.
Former BHP Billiton coal boss Dean Dalla Valle will replace David Irwin as chief executive officer of Pacific National, the bulk and intermodal operator announced on Monday.
EXPORTS of agricultural, mineral and timber products through Victorian ports face big disruptions from two rail industry battles over wage and work conditions.
DRAWN out negotiations between Victorian grain train drivers and freight business Pacific National (PN) is costing the grains industry millions of dollars due to train delays and cancellations.
Pacific National is reportedly on the hunt for its next CEO after David Irwin resigned last week.
A train derailed at the Raglan Station Road Railway Crossing at 4pm Tuesday.
Villagers in Nakhon Ratchasima have stepped up their efforts to halt a controversial double-track railway design that will split their Muang district in two.
The auction for a 15-billion-baht light rail network in Khon Kaen is expected to be held at the end of this year, said Khemchart Somjaiwong, chairman of Khon Kaen's chamber of commerce.
New Delhi (AFP) - India has added solar panels to the roof of a train in a national first as it tries to reduce its massive carbon footprint and modernise its vast colonial-era rail network.
An engine of Hyderabad Express derailed near Monkey Hill station in Khandala ghat on Wednesday noon.
The 401 km high speed line between Baoji in Shaanxi province and Lanzhou in Gansu province opened on July 9, following a period of test running which had begun in May.
Joining from Alinta Energy, Michael Riches takes over as Group Executive, Network, at Australian freight operator Aurizon with effect from July 1.
Aurizon Managing Director & CEO Andrew Harding today announced his senior management team to support a new organisational structure effective 1 July, 2017
Aurizon, formerly Queensland Rail, is closing its Rockhampton workshops and slashing 126 train crew positions.
Fresh from striking a deal last year to buy Glencore’s rail assets for $1.
Rail freight operator Aurizon announces job cuts and changes to its operations "to remain competitive", as the union slams the company's decision.
Some of the injuries suffered by passengers on Sydney's rail network are horrendous, but more often than not it's their own fault - and there is footage to prove it.
Commuters making their way home from Town Hall train station were forced to evacuate after a fire alarm set off just after 6pm on Thursday.
In an attempt to ease Sydney's weekend traffic congestion, the NSW Government has announced the introduction of 750 extra train services.
The family of an elderly woman who died from injuries suffered when a passenger train was shunted at Sydney's Central Station is upset it took political intervention before her death was investigated.
Nordjyske Jernbaner has taken delivery of 13 Alstom Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units which are expected to enter service this autumn to support an expansion of services.
Tendering is to start in 2019 for a high speed line between Valencia and Castelló, according to Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna.
A contract for the operation of Bernburg – Calbe (Saale) – Schönebeck – Magdeburg regional passenger service RB48 was signed on July 21 by Sachsen-Anhalt Transport Minister Thomas Webel and Chairman of Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Dr Roman Müller.
An express train running between two major Swedish cities will be called Trainy McTrainface after the offbeat moniker won a public vote, in what the rail company behind the competition is calling "revenge" for Boaty McBoatface.
There were 100 sightings for this week; this is the same number of sightings as last week, making a total of 2831 sightings for this year to date.
There were 100 sightings for this week; this is 3 sightings less than last week, making a total of 2731 sightings for this year to date.
There were 103 sightings for this week; this is 9 sightings less than last week, making a total of 2631 sightings for this year to date.
There were 112 sightings for this week; this is 5 sightings more than last week, making a total of 2528 sightings for this year to date.
There were 107 sightings for this week; this is 19 sightings more than last week, making a total of 2416 sightings for this year to date.
Another milestone for the long-planned Inland Rail corridor was reached on July 19, when the New South Wales state government released the Environmental Impact Statement for the Parkes – Narromine upgrading project in New South Wales.
Parkes residents will be among the first in the country to have their say about Australia’s new inland rail network after it went on public exhibition on Wednesday.
AS SOUTH-WEST Queensland residents await the impending announcement on one of the most controversial sections of the Melbourne-to- Brisbane inland rail project, other route options are still being floated by intersted bystanders.
RESIDENTS wanting to know details about the proposed inland rail project from Calvert to Kagaru can go along to an information session in Ipswich this week.
A MAJOR Toowoomba rail business has welcomed news that the third Queensland stage of the $10.
The first eastbound container service from Praha to Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province left the Metrans container terminal at Praha-Uhříněves at 11.
Alpenglow Rail announced the acquisition of its first rail business on July 12.
Three short lines in Saskatchewan have agreed to purchase Saskatchewan Grain Car Corp’s fleet of 898 hopper wagons from the provincial government for C$9·7m, an average of C$10 800 per wagon.
The chairmen of Russia’s Sinara Group and China’s CRRC Changchun signed an agreement to establish the Sinara-CRRC Rail Transport rolling stock joint venture on July 4, in the presence of national presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping who was on a state visit to Russia.
Three co-operation agreements were signed in Tehran on July 11 by CEO of Italy’s national railway group FS Renato Mazzoncini and Islamic Republic of Iran Railways President Saeed Mohammadzadeh.
LOCKED away under the hustle and bustle of Sydney’s major train stations lies an extensive network of train platforms, tunnels and tracks that were completed in the 1920s but have never been operational.
AUTUMN rain has given Wimmera growers one of the best seasonal starts in years.
WHILE the NorthWest Rail Alliance (NWRA) does applaud the ongoing investment in passenger rail and the Murray Basin Rail Project, here are some facts about the so-called “rail revival”.
The economics of electrification is an issue which has interested me for some time.
It is my understanding that your government will order new VLocity trains from Bombardier in Dandenong.
One of the more interesting locos that operated on the NSW rail ,if only for a very short time came about from the tragic accident that occurred west of Parkes at Mellelea on the 26th October 1974.
AN 20,000 piece model train collection which took a lifetime to curate is now calling Ipswich home.
The pound's recent devaluation after June's Brexit vote has already led to some price rises, and model railways are one business feeling the effects.
After what seems an eternity,
The continuing production run of the 48 Class and 830 Class is proceeding smoothly with the next delivery expected in the first quarter of 2016.
One of the things we have an eternal struggle with at Puffing Billy is a lack of space, whether that be offices, workshops or just undercover storage in general.
Hugh Markwick and the workshop volunteer team have now completed work on the restoration of 216 NQR.
Mention has been made previously of the need to manufacture more bogies for our rolling stock.
During 2016, the decision was taken to trial moving the Day Out with Thomas event to Gembrook, starting with the spring season, thus inaugurating Gembrook as the railways new centre of special events.
With 4 fitters now employed full time on the restoration of NG/G16 129, momentum is gathering and what has, until recently, resembled a large kit of parts, is slowly coming together as this latest progress report shows.
Members of the Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway walked out of the John Holland Country Regional Network office in Bathurst last week content.
The state government’s Transport for NSW will ask for expressions of interest in the next eight weeks to build a new fleet of regional trains, which is expected to be a major spending project over the next year.
FRESH hope has been given that dormant railway land in central Albury may be offloaded by the Australian Rail Track Corporation.
When the Great Western Line opened up 150 years ago there was no pomp and ceremony, unlike the bacchanalian feast in February of the same year of 1867, to celebrate the opening of the Great Southern Railway from Picton to Mittagong.
HUGE economic benefits are expected to flow through the region when the Northern Rivers Rail Trail is finally up and running, according to supporters.
The Green Party will fast-track the building of a new rail line to Auckland Airport to be completed in 2021, in time for the next America's Cup, if the party is in Government after the election.
Dedicated company City Rail Link Ltd assumed responsibility for delivering Auckland’s cross-city rail project with effect from July 1, the day after agreements were signed by Finance Minister Steven Joyce, Transport Minister Simon Bridges and Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff.
For the first time since last year’s earthquake, trains have started running again north of Claverley towards Kaikoura on the Main North Line.
The government’s
An investigation into an electric locomotive fire at Palmerston North has delivered its findings and detailed several recommendations for future conduct and safety procedures, including the adoption of a New Zealand Fire Standard by the National Rail System Executive.
ONE of the most well known if imponderable landmarks in the Northern Territory outback town of Katherine is a ancient piece of graffiti on the town’s famous railway bridge.
A salt mining company has signed an agreement with Indonesian business PT Damarco Internasional to supply 70 per cent of salt produced from its Central Australian mine.
A new rail project crossing the Northern Territory and Queensland border has taken another move forward after the governments agreed to progress the Mount Isa to Tennant Creek railway.
China's influential National Development and Reform Commission has asked the federal government for a shortlist of priority projects – including rail infrastructure – as part of a big investment push into Northern Australia.
A feasibility study to investigate the construction of a railway between the town of Katherine, in the Northern Territory, and Kununurra, in Western Australia, will be commissioned by the NT government.
A key negotiation towards the market price of thermal coal over the next 12 months has turned out nicely for miners, with the price set 38% higher than a year ago.
Local NSW Greens MP Tamara Smith has publicly stated her support of rail trails and highlighted the cycle tourism potential in the electorate, creating a policy division with the Greens-led council over the disused railway line.
[font=Calibri",sans-serif]The Australasian Railway Association and the Australian Logistics Council have both praised Treasurer Scott Morrison’s Budget announcement, saying a $20 billion rail investment would be a major boost for Australia.
SABRA LANE: The Federal Government has set aside billions in the budget for infrastructure spending, with money set aside for the Snowy 2.
IF YOU’VE got it, flaunt it.
It took just one day after Victoria's new 40km/h speed limit when passing emergency vehicles was introduced before a big truck slammed into the rear of a small sedan in Bacchus Marsh.
PASSENGERS on a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Albury jumped 1.
Uber Technologies said its head of finance is leaving as the ride-hailing company reported continued big losses despite growing revenue, adding to an exodus of top officials and setting the stage for a second major executive search.
A planned strike that would see 1200 bus drivers walk off the job all day on Thursday may not go ahead, after the NSW government applied for an emergency hearing in the Industrial Relations Commission on Wednesday night.
A $10 MILLION nature trust and a cash splurge on bike paths are included in Darebin Council’s environment-focused draft Budget and four-year plan.
Pacific National has announced the appointment of Dean Dalla Valle as Chief Executive Officer.
A project of High Capacity Metro Trains (HCMT) public-private partnership (PPP) in Melbourne, Australia worth AU$2 billion ($1.
Premier Andrews announcement of the increase to passenger rail services to Bendigo and Ballarat comes after years of public dissent about the appalling lack of reliability and overcrowding on the regional rail network.
The Victorian Government is investing $435 million to upgrade the Gippsland line which will deliver critical enabling works for more frequent and reliable services.
Qube has bought national rail freight forwarder Austrans Container Service for an undisclosed sum.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators are yet to rule on the cause of a coal train derailment west of Toowoomba on Friday.
GLENCORE has announced today that it's 83-year-old North Queensland Bowen Coke Works will close over the next few months.
THE state’s beleaguered New Generation Rollingstock trains are closer to finally making it on the rails, with key problems plaguing them fixed, the Queensland Government says.
THE LNP has refused to commit to
The political football game continues over Cross River Rail, with the LNP now refusing to commit funding to the project, unless it gets the help of Canberra.
IT WAS a family affair at Victoria Park at the weekend as children and parents enjoyed a special outing.
The Station Wi-fi For All project run by Google for the Railways currently connects millions of passengers with internet for free.
[size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Although G21 had the honour of hauling the first passenger train to leave Port Augusta for Kalgoorlie it only lasted until Pimba where a hot axle box forced its retirement.
Mike Condon and his band of travellers are currently on a roll through the Queensland Outback on our wonderful Steam Safari tour.
The final cost of the 1,682 km long railway was £6,667,360 compared with Dean’s figure of approximately £4million.
Three crew walked away with minor injuries after Nullarbor derailment
Rapid growth on the fringes of Sydney and Melbourne threatens to add billions of dollars to the cost of building a high-speed rail line between the two cities, Infrastructure Australia warns.
HS Rail is back in the spotlight in Australia because of
Recent news sees us another step closer to building high speed rail and having started the conversation in the 1980s, it’s about time we just got on with it.
David Brown is to become Managing Director of Arriva Rail North in September.
Voting is now open for our monthly international photo competition.
Submissions are now open for our monthly international photo competition.
Congratulations to tasrail2100 who has won the June 2017 photo competition with 7 votes.
Voting is now open for our monthly international photo competition.
Submissions are now open for our monthly international photo competition.
A Canberra lobby group has asked ACT planning minister Mick Gentleman to buy one of the closed railway museum's train carriages at auction next month using a $2 million levy recently redirected into his portfolio budget.
Canberra's historic railway museum has been forced into liquidation, with many historic train carriages set to go to auction next month.
LOSING some land it leases from the Australian Rail Track Corporation should not derail a group of local train enthusiasts getting their railway back on track.
[left]Steamrail Victoria invites you to celebrate the completion of the 30 year restoration and the return to service of the former Victorian Railways steam engine A² 986.
[font=Calibri",sans-serif]The Victorian Labor government has just announced improvements to the Walhalla Goldfields Railway.
Most capital cities have a train station in the middle of town — that was almost the case for the nation's capital.
When Neil MacKenzie first began building miniature locomotives in the 1980s, he says he wanted to see if he could win a trophy.
One night sitting in front of the fire at WJ there was a blood curdling scream from the signal office.
A Melbourne man ensured an unforgettable proposal for his girlfriend by recreating the moment they had first met on a crowded commuter train.
A clerk sorted mail on a Railway Post Office car in Kansas City in 1932.
CLAIMS that cracking on the overpass at the Lonsdale railway station pose a threat to public safety have been dismissed by Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan, who said the damage had been inspected and was found not to be serious.
Regional freight company Genesee & Wyoming Australia has named Luke Anderson as its new chief executive, with the former chief financial officer of Australian mining company OZ Minerals to start at the Adelaide-based business from October 2.
A 26-year-old learner driver is among two men charged by summons for allegedly driving a Hyundai Excel on Adelaide's Showgrounds railway station.
[size=3][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Work is to start next year on a new rail line into the heart of Port Adelaide with a train station to be built in Baker Street, close to the Dock One residential precinct.
The Turnbull Government will provide $95 million to upgrade the Oaklands level crossing in Adelaide’s south, following extensive negotiations between the federal and state governments.
Community consensus is what Dorset mayor Greg Howard hopes will be the result of an independent third party assessment of a heritage rail service on the North-East rail trail corridor.
Victorian railway engineer Bob Vanselow has labelled the North-East railway line all but fit for purpose, saying it would be a ‘crime’ to remove the track.
BICYCLE Network Tasmania says it supports the Derwent Valley Railway’s plans for the region’s railway line but would like to see a project deadline put in place to make sure the asset does not get left unused.
THE Derwent Valley Council will consider leasing disused railway tracks in an effort to resurrect a tourist train in the region.
A transport safety authority's report into a freight train derailment in Tasmania is questioned by the rail operator's CEO, who admits he has not read the report "completely".
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The Electro-Motive GP40, introduced in 1965, has proven to be one of North America’s most versatile and successful locomotives, with more than 1,200 units constructed by 1972.
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LIGHT rail stage two is on track to take its first passengers in the next six months, with mostly fine weather allowing construction to power ahead.
THERE are concerns that Strathfield will miss out on being included in a planned light rail network.
The process of constructing a tram line down Sydney's oldest street and to the eastern suburbs was always going to present unexpected challenges.
Basil Cameron suggests light rail is an option for the disused rail corridor.
The NSW Opposition Leader accuses Transport Minister Andrew Constance of misleading Parliament, after leaked confidential documents appear to contradict his claims the multi-billion-dollar Sydney light rail project is on time and on budget.
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds of damage to heritage railway carriages used in the filming of TV drama Downton Abbey.
SIGNAL failure at London’s busiest railway station has caused major disruption across the South West Trains network.
The railway route between Liverpool and Newcastle may not be fully electrified despite a promise by the previous government.
The government has scrapped the planned electrification of railway lines in Wales, the Midlands and the North.
The number of sexual offences on trains reported to police is said to have more than doubled in five years.
Elon Musk has tweeted he has a "verbal" sign off to build a New York to Washignton DC hyperloop, which could cut travel from over three hours to 29 minutes.
California Governor Jerry Brown was among those present at a ceremony at Millbrae station on June 21 to mark the start of work on the Caltrain Electrification Project.
Massachusetts has fined two railroad companies $60,000 for leaving discarded railroad ties along the tracks, some of which later caught fire.
The Federal Railroad Administration on July 12 released a Record of Decision marking completion of a Tier 1 environmental review of the Northeast Corridor under the National Environmental Policy Act.
A toddler who got stuck after falling four metres off a suburban Melbourne railway platform is recovering at home.
A CATASTROPHIC computer failure that halted Melbourne’s train network for more than an hour will cost Metro Trains more than $600,000 in customer compensation.
A YOUNG couple say they have been forced to sell their dream seaside home because of a huge sky rail bridge planned for Carrum.
THE Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel will create 2000 more jobs than expected, Premier Daniel Andrews has declared.
LENGTHY delays on two eastern train lines have eased following an equipment fault which caused peak-hour chaos.
Collie coal is being used to preserve light rail transport, with mining company Premier Coal donating the fuel source to help run the steam engines at Bennett Brook Railway in Perth’s Whiteman Park.
Rio Tinto says it is on track to complete the transition to driverless trains across its Pilbara iron ore network by the end of next year.
Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-largest iron ore exporter, narrowed full-year iron ore guidance as second-quarter volumes missed estimates because of rail maintenance and poor weather.
Western Australia’s infrastructure management concessionaire Brookfield Rail announced on July 17 that the company was changing its name to Arc Infrastructure.
THE Fremantle Rail Bridge will get a bit more protection next month when construction begins on an underwater rock mound in the inner harbour.
As part of the modernisation of Melbourne's tram network, Yarra Trams and Public Transport Victoria are improving the 125a tram stop and entrances to Southbank Depot.
The Route 58 tram has made its first journey along Toorak Road West, as the Andrews Labor Government keeps commuters moving during construction of the Metro Tunnel.
Tram passengers again have the chance to speak directly to
Yarra Trams delivered 98.
As part of the modernisation of Melbourne's tram network, Yarra Trams and Public Transport Victoria are renewing tram tracks at the junction of St Georges Road and Miller Street.