A month after the COP26, three key transport peak bodies, the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC), Roads Australia (RA) and the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) have reconfirmed their commitment to work in partnership to help industry lead decarbonisation of the transport sector.
Rio Tinto Managing Director Port, Rail and Core Services for Iron Ore, Richard Cohen, will join the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) Board to lead the creation of a new Heavy Haul Executive Committee.
The release of the ARA’s Rail Supply Chain Blueprint recently included a strong focus on procurement as one of its key themes.
The ACT Government is seeking 60,000 tonnes of clean fill for the next stage of the Canberra Light Rail project – two years after contractors trucked more than 70,000 tonnes of spoil over the border from the ACT into New South Wales.
The rail industry has celebrated the 13 winners of the Australasian Rail Industry Awards in a virtual ceremony livestreamed across Australia and New Zealand.
THE Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, which runs from Addis Ababa to the port in Djibouti City, recorded $US 86.
THE director general of Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC), Mr Masanja Kadogosa, and the acting chairman of Turkish contractor Yapi Merkezi, Mr Erdem Arioglu, have signed a $US 1.
The first SDD1 mainline diesel locomotive for Sudan Railways Corp has been rolled out.
The first phase of the Dakar TER project was finally inaugurated by President Macky Sall on December 27 with a ceremony at Damniadio.
Plans to allow private operators to use Transnet’s rail network are expected to instantly move some 58 million tons of cargo off South Africa’s battered roads.
The final Airbus A380 ever to be built has been handed over to its new owners, the Dubai-based carrier Emirates.
On this very full episode of AvTalk, we recount our travels back from Stockholm, go through the vast amount of news that came out this week—including breaking news BEFORE we recorded—and John Pitts and Richard Whitwell from eJet join us in part one of a two part interview to help us understand how the jet fuel system works around the world.
Airbus delivered the final A380 this week to Emirates, marking the end of a 16 year production run of 252 superjumbo aircraft.
The final Airbus A380 ever to be built is being handed over to its new owners on Thursday, the Dubai-based carrier Emirates.
The new Flybe Ltd’s first De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft landed at Birmingham Airport.
During the welcoming ceremony of the first Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train in Ankara, the Turkish transport minister Adil Karaismailoğlu reassured the attendees that the corridor would remain active with the possibility to extend towards Europe.
After commencing on 21 December, the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad corridor dispatched a second train on 29 December.
An agreement has been signed to complete the 30 km Shalamcheh – Basra railway which would connect the national rail networks of Iran and Iraq.
The Sumqayit-Yalama railway line in Azerbaijan saw the first trains running after its reconstruction.
The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) railway train finally departed in western direction on Tuesday 21 December.
The threat of court sanction would be enough to ensure the new owner of a key east coast freight facility did not exploit its powerful position to the detriment of competitors, the judge behind a landmark case has said.
An investigation into a train derailment on the Nullarbor last year has found the tracks failed to restore to the normal position after an east-bound train departed the line two hours prior.
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.
The traffic volumes on the train between Europe and China continued to grow, also in the challenging year of 2021.
NC KTZ JSC (Kazakhstan Railways) decided to cancel all fees, fines and charges related to rail freight transport through the country for the period of the state emergency due to the riots.
KOREAN president, Mr Moon Jae-in, has attended a ground breaking ceremony for the 110.
INDIAN Railways (IR) has sanctioned the final location survey (FLS) to construct a strategic 111km broad-gauge line from Imphal, the state capital of Manipur, to Moreh, located on the Indian-Myanmar border, as part of the initiative to improve international rail connections in South Asia.
Riots in Kazakhstan have come to an end and the situation is stable, just as it is on the railways.
The University of Queensland has teamed up with Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, on a research project to help reduce the carbon emissions of the company’s locomotive fleet.
Aurizon has partnered with the University of Queensland (UQ) to strengthen its credentials in zero-emission rail freight technology, investigating ‘new-generation’ batteries and green hydrogen fuel-cell technology.
A global mining organisation and an Australian freight operator have teamed up to make one of the most resource-rich regions in the world a little greener.
AUSTRALIA’s largest rail freight company, Aurizon, and mining giant Anglo American are to work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight.
Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, and Anglo American have agreed to work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight.
A High Speed Rail link between Newcastle and Sydney will kick-start a rail revolution in Australia, and a better future for regional communities, according to the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).
There’s no surer sign of an imminent federal election than a fast-train promise.
Carbon emission reduction in the transportation sector is essential in the global mitigation effort, and a large-scale public transport system has the potential to be an effective instrument.
Why doesn’t Australia have high speed rail?
Hot Rails has previously looked at the Southern Highlands corridor, estimating the cost of a 200km/h corridor all the way from Goulburn into Central Station to be in the order of $3.
Alexander Dennis Limited (“ADL”), has announced that it is restarting production of Plaxton coaches at its Scarborough factory, which had been temporarily paused after the coronavirus pandemic caused demand to slow.
I often talk about networks and timetables as finished products but not enough about the structures, processes and cultures that lead to the creation of good ones.
Alexander Dennis Limited (“ADL”) has announced that it has delivered the first series-production Enviro500 buses for Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (“BVG”) of Berlin at the start of volume deliveries which will eventually take the German capital’s fleet of ADL double deckers to 200.
Forty years ago Midland Red ceased to exist when the Midlands based company was split into smaller companies.
Ebusco has delivered multiple electrically powered buses to Transdev in Frankfurt as well as to Nobina in Copenhagen, meaning a great success for Ebusco as well as a giant step towards sustainable transport in Europe.
Canadian railway CN wants Canadian Pacific to divest the Springfield Line in Missouri and Illinois as a condition for obtaining federal regulatory approval of the proposed merger of CP and Kansas City Southern — an idea CP quickly panned.
NORTH American Class 1 Canadian National (CN) says it will ask the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to divest Kansas City Southern (KCS) lines from Kansas City to Springfield and East St Louis (known as the Springfield line) as part of its response to the planned Canadian Pacific (CP) and KCS merger.
CPKC is a landmark combination that will enable seamless, single-line freight rail service linking Canada, the United States and Mexico, opening up new opportunities for rail market share growth and vastly improved customer service.
The request will be made in CN’s responsive application, which the Class I railroad said it would file on Feb.
Developed in accordance with FRA and STB regulations, the 164-page plan (download below) describes how CP and KCS would safely implement their combination, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC).
As NSW enters the peak of its bushfire season, Sydney Trains has taken numerous steps to ensure its electricity network is safe and ready for the hot summer months.
After consultation with Sydney Trains regarding claims and entitlements for train crew for the Xmas/NYE roster the below table has been agreed by both parties.
Sydney’s rail network will once again be disrupted by industrial action next week, with services running at a reduced frequency and taking longer to reach their destinations.
A train drivers’ strike has caused major chaos across Sydney.
Following two stoppages of two hours each last Thursday morning and Friday afternoon, RTBU & TWU members followed up with a 24-hour stoppage yesterday.
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread in the United States and hold much of the world in its grip, the U.
The onset of the COVID pandemic meant many of our best-laid plans were suddenly disrupted.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Queensland Rail has continued to deliver regional rail services, connecting communities across Queensland, with minimal disruption.
East Midlands Railway are to introduce a 4% reduction in their timetable from Monday the 17th of January 2022
The grants for CTDOT, LACMTA, NJT and NYMTA, totaling $9.
Belarus will not prevent the transit of Chinese trains and will supply China with products previously supplied by Lithuania based on the development of its agricultural sector.
PASSENGER operations began on a 1.
A new connection offered by German company Kombiverkehr in collaboration with TFG Transfracht will link Nuremberg in Germany and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The port of Klaipeda, the Lithuanian gateway to the Baltic Sea, will acquire a new railway track.
Alstom has signed a framework contract with Norske Tog of Norway to supply up to 200 Coradia Nordic regional trains.
ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has issued a tender worth €757.
There were 82 sightings for this week, which is 72 sighting more than last week.
Total trains for 2021 was 4149 which is 318 trains less than 2020.
It was Monday, December 20, just a few days before Christmas.
The Great Southern is an Australian experiential tourism train operated by Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions between Adelaide and Brisbane both ways.
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has engaged McConnell Dowell to complete the first phase of designs and early delivery activities for Inland Rail in Victoria.
THE Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has awarded McConnell Dowell a contract to conduct the first phase designs and early delivery activities for the $A 10bn ($US 7.
It’s high time Australia changed its current road user charges for trucks.
In recent years, the
The Federal Government is providing $2.
The UK’s Railway Industry Association has welcomed the start of negotiations for a free trade agreement with India on January 13, when Britain’s International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with India’s Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal, who was Minister of Railways in 2017-21.
CONSTRUCTION of the 405km Guarapuava – Paranaguá freight line has been approved, the final project from a list of 10 submitted to the Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure last September.
SANTIAGO Metro has awarded Alstom a $US 365m contract to supply 37 five-car driverless metro trains and supply and equip CBTC on Line 7, which is under construction in the Chilean capital.
A German logistics company is still counting the cost of a breach of its digital archives earlier this month.
Vale has awarded ENSCO Rail a contract to provide a suite of track inspection systems and analysis software over the next 12 months for use on its 2 000 km rail network.
How well do you understand recycling?
Historic Photographs posted
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year.
On November 12, 1936, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
The current standard for Long Haul passenger trains (with the odd exception) is a 4 carriage N set.
The model railway rolling stock builder Dapol Ltd.
Hi folks, I'm John.
The Rivarossi new items are out.
Hi Everyone I know it is not quite international but I have just ordered some of the New Peco lok Cradles saw them before Christmas so I have ordered 4 doubles let see how they work out.
I am running a Ecos system with block detection (or trying to) on nickel silver Bachmann EZ track.
ITALIAN narrow gauge railway operator Subalpine Railway Company (SSIF), which operates the 52km, 1000mm-gauge Centovalli railway between Domodossola, Italy, and Locarno, Switzerland, in cooperation with Swiss operator Ticino Regional Railways Company (Fart), has invited manufacturers to submit bids to supply four four-car trains, with an option to supply another four trains.
The Ferry Meadows Railway, in Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough, have advertised their 0-4-0 steam locomotive for sale.
After the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway ran its last trains of the season, the ‘bogie men’ appear.
The Bure Valley Railway (BVR) has tested the use of bio-fuel under working conditions.
Ken Jones visited the Apedale Valley Light Railway Transport Show on 29th August and has sent us the following photographs.
The Sydney Metro West project has ordered two huge custom-built tunnel boring machines to help build the city’s next metro rail tunnels.
Motorists are advised of changed overnight traffic conditions from this weekend on the New England Highway at Telarah to carry out maintenance work on the Telarah Bridge over rail.
The final major contract has been awarded for construction of the Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, unlocking the future of air travel in the region.
Work to reactivate five kilometres of non-operational rail line between West Tamworth and Westdale has crossed the finish line, supporting the development of an intermodal rail facility to deliver more efficient freight journeys to the state’s major port.
The latest edition of the RMTU NZ newsletter for 2021 is now available.
City Rail Link’s Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Dame Whina Cooper, broke through into the Aotea Station in central Auckland today, marking the end of its epic underground journey for the project and for the city.
KiwiRail is unwrapping its Christmas gift early, in the form of upgrades and improvements to the Auckland railway networks.
Accelerated work that began at City Rail Link’s (CRL) busy Mt Eden site in Auckland last month will step up a further gear during the summer holidays.
A new home has been found for New Zealand’s historic Pukekohe Railway Station building, as a passionate historian and businessman is set to move the station to Matangi, near Hamilton, and restore it there.
Technology company Aqua Aerem has announced that its breakthrough $US10.
The big Australian rail group Aurizon has bought some of the nation's biggest rail lines.
Rail group Aurizon has capped off another huge week of mergers and acquisitions with a $2.
There is a window of opportunity needing to be seized following the release of a tender into the relocation of the Darwin Passenger Railway Terminal.
A study looking at the viability of transporting cattle on rail to Darwin and South Australia is being conducted by the NT Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade.
The research is clear: without aggressively tackling rising global temperatures, there will be catastrophic global consequences within the coming decades.
It’s perhaps unsurprising that Victoria’s rental homes are typically less energy efficient than owner-occupied properties.
Illustrative concept plan for reopening Bridge Mall (via City of Ballarat)
It is well-documented that America’s urban places have been designed and built for cars since the late 1920s.
Maddie and Ethan were due to marry in March and looked forward to starting a family.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the establishment of a truck driving apprenticeship.
Trucking giant Linfox reports a significant hit to its bottom line in the last financial year due to rising supply chain costs and a poorly performing Armaguard division.
Kings Ferry has announced that its long standing commuter coach service between Kent and Medway and to London for nearly 40 years is to be axed from next Friday, Christmas Eve.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has conditionally approved $3.
A motorcyclist has died in Perth’s north east, in a crash involving a road train.
Leading Australian rail freight operator Pacific National says securing adequate numbers of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits for workers continues to be a major challenge for the national supply chain.
Last week your Delegates and Officials were finally able to meet with Pacific National Management face to face to formally kick off the negotiations for a replacement Enterprise Agreement.
AUSTRALIA’s largest private rail freight operator Pacific National (PN) has agreed a $A 110m ($US 79.
Pacific National has reached an agreement with Wagner Corporation around the future development of a major rail freight terminal at Wellcamp Business Park, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Pacific National is offering increased capacity on its intermodal containerised services right throughout the festive season to help its customers with the Christmas rush.
Hosted by Grain Trade Australia (GTA), the Australian Grain Industry Conference (AGIC) will present its AGIC Asia 2021 conference as a virtual event on March 3.
Funding for the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) has been renewed in 2020, the International Year of Plant Health, which will strengthen coordination across the Australian plant industry sector on biosecurity research, according to minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud.
Ports Australia has welcomed three new members from both local and international corporations.
In an industry-first, Ports Australia has launched a detailed trade statistics resource, which collates and exhibits the ports sector’s trade data.
Today we reach our 2.
Qube Holdings has revealed it will write down up to $215 million on a loss-making import-export rail terminal at its Moorebank freight hub as it signed off on a deal to sell land and warehouses to a consortium led by the Logos Property Group.
ASX-listed Qube Holdings is not one to shy away from a deal in the Australian transport sector - however the coal exposure inside Macquarie’s One Rail Australia has given it pause for thought.
Chris Corrigan, golden boy of the Liberal Party, villain of Labor, has won a $1.
There’s no doubt that the coming generation of intermodal terminals will take the next step forward in efficiency, backed by the latest in automation technology.
The port and rail giant Qube Holdings had a good year in 2020: strong revenue, healthy profits, bonuses for executives and dividends for shareholders.
Queensland’s Western and South Western train lines have all been repaired and reopened after heavy rain caused severe flooding which damaged tracks, forcing parts of the rail network to close for weeks.
Major flooding in the Mary River between Gympie and Maryborough from rainfalls in excess of 600m during Friday night has resulted in the North Coast Line and Bruce Highway being cut in several places over the weekend.
Cross River Rail’s huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) has broken ground at the Northern Portal near the ICB, signalling the end of tunnelling for Queensland’s biggest infrastructure project.
Conservation groups have slammed plans for Glencore's proposed $1.
Queensland’s biggest ever infrastructure project has reached a massive milestone with the final mega machine breaking through at the Northern Portal near the Inner City Bypass, marking the end of tunnelling for the project.
Over the last 18 months, a number of new features have been added to the RailAdvent website and has seen a positive growth in readership with over 10 million views in 2021.
Rail workers from across the industry have been recognised in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List, published on 31 December.
Avanti West Coast has teamed up with local communities based around its Cumbrian stations to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle railway in 1846.
Special award winners for 2021
The Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton is celebrating a successful Christmas season with many records broken.
The next decade will be crucial for the global fight against irreversible climate change, and rail is the only mode that is well placed to deliver significant decarbonisation in the transport sector, UIC Director-General François Davenne explains to Chris Jackson.
Rising geopolitical complexity around the world raises a challenge that policymakers and railway planners will have to overcome if ambitions for modal shift to rail are to be realised in the years ahead, argues our Managing Editor Nick Kingsley.
Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T.
Three major transport industry associations have partnered to reaffirm decarbonisation efforts in the transport sector.
We all have mixed feelings about heading into another holiday season with so much hardship and uncertainty around us – and feeling so much anger (understandably) at the failures of governments and employers to do what was needed to better control this pandemic.
Journey Beyond, owner of “experiential” attractions from
Why bother transferring between a bus and a train, if you could just stay in one vehicle that travels on both roads and tracks?
A few weeks ago, I flew over to Honolulu to participate in a Friday luncheon meeting where the topic of the day was to be “train travel” in general and long-distance train travel in particular.
Rolling along steadily, heading almost due south, it isn’t long before we’re in the Outback again: hot and dry, but with more actual terrain than we saw from the Indian Pacific.
Five seconds after stepping out of the Darwin airport terminal’s air conditioning and into the open air, the sweat began to drip from every pore.
From Railpage to all our loyal users, moderators and administrators, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and safe New Year.
Railpage has available for download the new 2018 version of the All Australia Tracks Google Earth overlay.
Railpage is calling for 6 or so volunteers to become core team members of the RP testing team for the new developer software releases.
Submissions are now open for our monthly international photo competition.
Congratulations to L-1172 who has won the July 2017 photo competition with 9 votes.
In the railroad industry, a refrigerator car (or “reefer”) is a refrigerated boxcar that is designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.
There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines.
Unfortunately, this web site is broke because it still requires Adobe Flash Player.
David Daruszka commented on a post
I knew that US still exported coal from Newport News, VA.
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has some great ideas to start filling up that new 2022 diary.
The East Lancashire Railway has announced that LMS Scot No.
The Lappa Valley visitor attraction in Cornwall has added to its range of facilities.
The Diesel and Electric Preservation Group has confirmed to RailAdvent that BR Class 47 No.
The December Monthly Members Bulletin for The LMS Patriot Project reports a successful Christmas period with good progress made.
Luke Bridle, Director of Transportation, HOK
Read the digital issue now.
IRJ is pleased to announce that David Burroughs has been promoted to News Editor.
A recent gift (December 2021) from a valued colleague, to mark my pending retirement and my move to Telford, was 'Railways of Telford' by David Clarke
English Electric Diesel Locomotives DEALS
“Everything I've done has prepared me for ice swimming.
Long-distance passenger services were hit particularly hard, falling by 42.
I had spent my life – 44 years – in Tegucigalpa, the capital of
New Elkhart Location Featured in the News!
Thinking through my year’s travel plans.
Transmashholding’s Demikhovo plant has delivered seven 11-car EP2D electric multiple-units for use around Moscow by Central Suburban Passenger Co.
SINARA Transport Machines (STM), Russia, has signed contracts worth Roubles 1.
TUNNELLING on the final section of Moscow’s $US 6.
TransContainer acquired a second terminal to operate in the Zabaykalsk railway station on the Russian-Chinese border.
A five-year agreement covering strategic co-operation in research and development has been signed by TMH Perspective Technologies Centre and Emperor Alexander I St Petersburg State Transport University.
An elderly woman has escaped without injury after her car was hit by a train at Victor Harbor.
LEIGH Creek Energy, a future key supplier of urea to the Australian agriculture sector through the $2.
Work to fix one of Adelaide’s most challenging traffic bottlenecks has reached a major milestone with the first two bridge girders for the $196 million Ovingham Level Crossing Removal Project lifted into place.
Advocates for the return of Eyre Peninsula's rail services put their case forward in a public meeting in Port Lincoln on Sunday, arguing it would bring economic and social benefits across the region.
The electrification of the rail network through Adelaide from the suburbs of Gawler to Seaford is the biggest rolling stock project in South Australia for years.
With an upgraded, fit-for-purpose rail freight network, TasRail is one of the largest transport service providers in Tasmania, connecting industry and commerce to major shipping ports and freight hubs across the State.
In a historic moment, a new lease for the Derwent Valley Railway will come into effect with plans to extend the tourist service to include trips to nearby tourist towns and national parks.
After a bumper year, TasRail has introduced some new ideas to support its much-loved Christmas Train, with an eye to the building a solid future for the staff-led initiative.
TasRail is currently providing 12 weekly services between Norske Skog’s Boyer paper mill in the Derwent Valley and the Port of Burnie.
Tom Pavic-Ryan reflects on 11 years of being a guide on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
The entire system consists of multiple subsystems such as access control systems, ticketing systems, visual real-time tracking dashboards (of trains, depots, and stations), emergency communication systems, anti-theft alarms, and perimeter alarm systems.
Global condition monitoring technology leader voestalpine Railway Systems uniquely provides both rolling stock and railway infrastructure monitoring systems, with proven solutions for metro, mixed traffic, heavy haul and high speed networks.
As well as being a landmark in Pandrol’s sustainability journey, the launch represents a major breakthrough in energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly track construction and maintenance.
Imagine if railway companies could monitor the health of the pneumatic and electric points along the tracks.
We have reviewed both the Jackery Solar Generator 240 and the Jackery Solar Generator 500, and both have been superb – but both miss a vital Type C PD port.
A new route for Train Sim World 2 (TSW) is being released on 13th January.
We will be back on the RailAdvent Twitch channel (Thursday 13th January) alongside Sam from Blast Pipe Productions
We will be back on the RailAdvent Twitch Stream tomorrow (Thursday 13th January) alongside Sam from Blast Pipe Productions
Dovetail Games has announced that Xbox Game Pass now includes Train Sim World 2.
KWVR Stock Addon DEALS
The team behind the Hurontario (HuLRT) light rail transit project is going to great lengths lately to get the system on track.
A new tramway has opened in Lusail, a new city 10 miles north of Doha in Qatar.
MPK Wrocław, Poland, has awarded Pesa a Zlotys 204m ($US 50.
The three LRVs, plus four more currently being tested at Valley Metro, are part of an 11-car order the agency placed with Siemens in 2017.
THE first 5.
A former industrial site, which planning authorities have previously rejected for development, is back in the market as a potential rail freight terminal.
New set down options have been added to Intercity’s The Clansman tour, which is set to run on Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th February 2022.
• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits)
A report published by Britain’s Railway Industry Association (RIA) says the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) should lead the way for a national ETCS programme and other major schemes in Britain.
Hopes that Charity Railtours’ “The Magnificent Severn” rail tour would soon be running from London to South Wales behind Class 52 D1015 Western Champion have been put on hold.
Nominated by President Biden on April 22, 2021, Mr.
American Rescue Plan transit funds are intended to help transit agencies around the country maintain service and keep workers on the payroll as communities continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few years ago we welcomed a rescue dog into our home.
Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded packages
The diesel locomotive, unveiled during a ceremony at Washington (D.
A MAN who was left in “intolerable” pain after taking a bus from Mildura to Melbourne is frustrated more isn’t being done to restore passenger train services to the state’s northwest.
Passengers on the
Waurn Ponds station in Geelong will increase the frequency and the number of train services available following the completion of a major upgrade.
Passengers will soon benefit from more frequent and reliable train services with the completion of major works on the Waurn Ponds Station upgrade in Victoria.
Melbourne’s south-east suburbs are set to have three more dangerous level crossings removed, a new rail bridge built and two new stations erected, with a contract now signed to deliver the $844 million in congestion-busting works.
WA train operator Arc Infrastructure has launched an initiative to raise awareness of SPAD (Signal Passed At Danger) incidents.
Mining company Rio Tinto will be purchasing four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives from rail technology provider Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) as part of its wider efforts to reduce scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.
Fortescue Metals Group has ordered two EMD Joule battery locomotives from Progress Rail for use on its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
On the other side of the country, friends and family members were reunited today as people entered Queensland, following the lifting of the state's border restrictions.
Mining company Rio Tinto has bought four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives from Wabtec Corporation to support sustainable operations of its rail network in the Pilbara region of WA.
Due to a police request in Chapel Street at High Street
Due to damaged overhead wires in Sydney Road
Due to an equipment fault in Docklands
Wednesday 12 January to Friday 14 January 2022
Due to a tram and truck collision on Epsom Road near Flemington Racecourse