Category: Rail

Middle management bureaucracies will be slashed in the NSW railway service to make way for a re-organised specialist system. The NSW Government will launch the Fixing the Trains initiative, which…

By Lilia Guan The Federal Government is determined to return budget to “surplus”. In its 2012-2013 budget, the government’s National Health Reforms will provide an additional $19.8 billion in Commonwealth…

By Lilia Guan   The New South Wales Government has blasted Infrastructure Australia on downgrading the North West Rail Link, which would link western Sydney to the business district. National…

By Councillor Bill McArthur, President of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)   This week’s State Budget cut of the $20 million Green Light Plan will hurt local councils trying…

Adelaide City Council plans to have fewer cars on the road with more priority to pedestrians and public transport. The council open the draft Integrated Movement Strategy (IMS) for public…

More freight loads will be transported via rail through a Sydney south-west link constructed to ease road traffic. Constructed from Sydney’s Port Botany to a freight terminal and warehousing facilities…

By Paul Hemsley Disabled and homebound library clients will be able to use Apple iPads through an Adelaide City Council scheme to improve access to library resources. Following a two…

By Lilia Guan   Queensland Rail has signed a managed services contract with Logica Australia – an IT business services provider.   The five year contract with Queensland Rail (QR),…

A 30-tonne excavator has been used to safely break down the dilapidated Joynton Smith building in Joynton Avenue at the old Royal South Sydney Hospital site in Zetland Sydney, to kick…

By Lilia Guan   The New South Wales Government has announced that it has bought Metro Transport Sydney for $19.8 million – for both the Monorail and lightrail.   Premier…