Report calls for investment in faster rail
Faster rail upgrades can be a more pragmatic way of improving the network than high speed rail.
22 February, 2021Faster rail upgrades can be a more pragmatic way of improving the network than high speed rail.
22 February, 2021Industry and government have held a joint briefing in Melbourne to explore jobs in rail manufacturing
6 July, 2015NSW is investing heavily in renewing rail.
25 June, 2015Vow to keep commitments on track.
26 March, 2015Movement on delayed journey to uniform gauges.
18 February, 2015NSW Premier Mike Baird’s ambitious plan to overhaul and expand Sydney’s neglected transport infrastructure has won strong backing from peak groups, including the Australasian Railway Association and stands in sharp contrast with the federal Budget’s heavy emphasis on major roads.
18 June, 2014Australia’s peak railway body is pushing the federal government to tap into money held by superannuation funds to kickstart infrastructure projects it says are vital to the nation.
11 April, 2014Australia’s peak rail body has insisted that the Victorian government reinvests the planned sale of the Port of Melbourne into other vital transport infrastructure across the state to boost economic activity.
7 March, 2014By Paul Hemsley New research commissioned by Australia’s peak rail body has found that the use of passenger, freight and light rail increased in dramatically between 2011 and 2012, after the number of passenger journeys on trains and trams jumped by 15.4 million to 784.2 million. The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is pushing the new […]
3 October, 2013By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s rail industry has launched its annual community safety awareness blitz, Rail Safety Week with a blunt message about the often lethal consequences of being on the wrong side of the tracks when it comes to moving trains. In a release unambiguously headed ‘Train yourself (or die)’ passenger and freight rail operators, […]
12 August, 2013By Julian Bajkowski Federal Labor might be a train wreck, but that hasn’t stopped Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Local Government and Regional Development Anthony Albanese from trying to keep industry and states and councils on track with bold plans to build a $144 billion high speed rail line between Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The grand, […]
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