Posted 3 hours ago by bevans
A 42-kilometre rail trail connecting Bungendore to Captains Flat through Hoskinstown would bring about $2 million to the towns' local economies
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigators are on the scene of an XPT train derailment north of Melbourne. The derailment claimed the lives of two rail employees and injured several passengers on Thursday evening.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Investigators have begun sifting through the wreckage of a Sydney-to-Melbourne XPT train that derailed last night, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
Posted 2 days ago by 8077
The government is pushing ahead with wire-free light rail in Canberra's city centre, despite Chief Minister Andrew Barr previously saying he did not think it was necessary while flagging concerns about the cost.
Posted 4 days ago by newsbot
The number of passengers travelling between Canberra and Sydney by train has increased more than a third in the last five years.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The current MyWay ticketing system will be replaced by a new and advanced ticketing system for Canberra’s public transport network.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
When John Howard told hundreds of people in the Great Hall of Parliament House that Speedrail's fast train from Canberra to Sydney marked the revival of rail, he already knew that the project had failed the first test.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has congratulated Barry Broe on his appointment as the CEO of the National Faster Rail Agency and looks forward to working with him to deliver faster rail solutions.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
With several states rolling out record transport infrastructure programs at the same time, reports of capacity constraints are on the rise.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Federal Government has announced it will establish a new recovery agency with an initial $2 billion funding to assist and coordinate in rebuilding communities following a destructive start to the bushfire season.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A Gungahlin College student’s pop art design has been wrapped onto one of Canberra’s light rail vehicles as part of an ongoing safety campaign for the new network.
Posted last month by bevans
Big challenges often create even bigger opportunities.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Chief Minister Andrew Barr's statement that "the immediate focus should be on making the train faster and not on developing a high speed network" in reference to the future of the Canberra-Sydney rail link.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Federal shadow transport minister, Catherine King, reiterated her party’s promise to create a body to conduct research on the future of the industry workforce, in her address to the Rail, Tram and Bus union on Wednesday.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Pressure is increasing on the federal government to commit to a Sydney to Canberra high-speed train, with Stockland’s Mark Steinert pitching in via the Financial Review this week.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The bid from the Fyshwick Business Association to have the Kingston railway station relocated to its own back yard ("Calls for capital train station move to Fyshwick", November 5) is understandable, but to my mind would be a retrograde step.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Fyshwick's newly incorporated business association is calling on the ACT government to consider moving Canberra's passenger railway station from Kingston to Fyshwick.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Commuters on Canberra's light rail system have been cautioned to watch out for slippery passengers after a snake was spotted on the tracks this afternoon.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
In reflecting on the ACT government's persistence with its light rail project in the face of better alternatives, all I can only conclude is that a "tram" is essentially an image factor in the minds of Andrew Barr and Shane Rattenbury
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Locals have embraced light rail with high patronage numbers and positive feedback from Canberrans in the first six months of service.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
A historic carriage has been destroyed in a suspicious fire at the Canberra Railway Museum, just hours before its reopening.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
THREE years after the Canberra Railway Museum spiralled into liquidation, the museum is now ready to re-open its doors.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
A popular genre of computer game allows players to design and create civilisations from the ground up.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
No matter where one stands on the light rail issue, everyone agrees that the next stage to Commonwealth Park and beyond to Woden is going to cost a motza.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
The ACT light rail has been green-lit to expand after the ACT Government approved the business case for 2A from Alinga Street station to Commonwealth Park.
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