Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Northern Territory government has released a request for quotation for the development of a concept design for a rail passenger terminal as part of the Katherine Logistics and Agribusiness Hub.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
The Defence Department has ruled out building a rail line into the Tindal RAAF Base as part of its $1.1 billion upgrade.
Posted 3 months ago by newsbot
Train services across the NT were disrupted for four hours yesterday after two boys jumped from a moving train.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
Federal cabinet documents kept secret for 20 years reveal a radical legislative proposal to acquire Aboriginal land to ensure the construction of the 1,400 kilometre rail line from the Red Centre to Darwin.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), a $5 billion lending organisation, has appointed senior investment official Chris Wade as its new chief executive officer.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
The Board of Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, commencing 20 January 2020.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
The Federal Government has delivered 85 per cent of the measures outlined in its 20-year Northern Australia White Paper – Our North, Our Future – since its publication in 2015.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Matt Canavan, has announced a review of the $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to assess its ability to meet the Government’s development objectives in Northern Australia.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Australia would approach the task of building The Ghan, an almost 3000 km rail line stretching through the nation’s centre, very differently if construction began today.
Posted 11 months ago by bevans
TNG has signed a binding contract with rail provider Genesee & Wyoming Australia to haul material from the Mount Peake mine more than 1100 kilometres to a processing facility in Darwin, Northern Territory.
Posted 3 years ago by bevans
It’s Queenslander against Queenslander in the battle to stop a proposed multi-million-dollar Tennant Creek to Mount Isa rail link.
Posted 3 years ago by bevans
WITH one week to go until nominations close, a big field is now likely to contest the Katherine Town Council elections.
Posted 4 years ago by x31
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.
Posted 4 years ago by bevans
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.
Posted 5 years ago by bevans
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.
Posted 5 years ago by newsbot
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.
The move is likely to inflame debate about foreign ownership in Australia, especially by state-owned companies, and whether there should be higher hurdles imposed by the Foreign Investment Review Board.
Posted 5 years ago by bevans
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.
The potential for such a project has been floated before, to support the Ord Stage 3 development in the Northern Territory.
Posted 5 years ago by x31
The Northern Territory Government has committed $1 million to investigate the feasibility of building a rail line from Tennant Creek (NT) to Mt Isa (Qld).
The proposed rail line has been talked about for years and a feasibility study was one of the key recommendations in last year's Pivot North report.
NT chief minister Adam Giles said the 600 kilometre rail connection had the potential to deliver "enormous economic opportunities" to the nation.
Posted 5 years ago by Barggoa
The crew of a Genessee & Wyoming manganese ore train which collided with a ute at 70km/h feared the train would derail into the Katherine River, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has reported.
Posted 6 years ago by wxtre
A BOLD vision has been unveiled to build a new railway station and tourism precinct in the heart of Alice Springs.
Posted 6 years ago by
THE “idiotic” annihilation of a four-wheel drive that became stuck on a railway track in Katherine on Sunday morning provides a graphic safety reminder for motorists, according to the boss of the freight company whose 7100-tonne manganese train caused the damage.
Posted 6 years ago by mikado5910
A young man has had his new four-wheel drive dragged more than a kilometre by a freight train after trying to cross a track in the Northern Territory.
Posted 6 years ago by JimYarin
The resurgence of uranium mining in Queensland is gaining momentum, and talk is growing about the economic opportunity that could provide for ports in neighbouring states and territories.
Posted 6 years ago by mikado5910
Supermarket chains are trucking food 1,500 kilometres from Adelaide to Alice Springs after a train derailment caused a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables in supermarkets across the Northern Territory.
Posted 6 years ago by bevans
A 90-YEAR-OLD section of the North Australian Railway (NAR) including a trestle bridge in Katherine, have been permanently protected under the Heritage Act.
The decision comes after remnants of the NAR in near-by Pine Creek were declared earlier this year.
Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment Peter Chandler said it’s important to maintain a connection to our history.
“The NAR was such a significant part of the Territory’s history but also our early economy,” Mr Chandler said.
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