NSW 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, 2014
By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has awarded a major contract to two Italian companies to build the so-called ‘skytrain’ section of the long-awaited $8.3 billion North West Rail Link. The contract valued at $340 million has been awarded to the Impregilo-Salini joint venture to construct the elevated railway line that runs at […]
20 December, 2013
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The long-awaited $8.3 billion North West Rail Link in Sydney is finally showing signs of leaving the station after the New South Wales government formally received proposals from the two consortia competing to run the badly needed new line. Scheduled to open in in 2019, the new line is […]
10 December, 2013
By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Transport Minister Troy Buswell has ratcheted up investment in Perth’s increasingly popular railway network to absorb the growth in passenger patronage on state capital’s trains mitigate overcrowding ahead of a looming election. Mr Buswell has ordered the Public Transport Authority (PTA) to increase the number of trains the state government […]
5 November, 2012
By Paul Hemsley The Queensland government is following Victoria’s footsteps to make open level crossings for trains and cars safer. Last month, the Victorian government announced it would trial communications technology to warn drivers of approaching trains in a three year $5.5 million project. Now Queensland is implementing a similar scheme for an even smaller […]
17 September, 2012
By Paul Hemsley The Victorian government will test if communications technology can warn car drivers that trains are approaching at railway crossings. Before they hit them. After some 600 collisions between trains and cars at railway crossings over the past decade, state transport and safety agencies now want to test systems to determine if the […]
27 August, 2012
By Paul Hemsley Ballast and drainage systems along the North South rail line connecting Sydney to Melbourne will be refurbished following rain downpour, causing the tracks to be flooded. The project will cost $134 million under the Ballast Rehabilitation Program, with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) contracting engineering company Downer EDi to manage the […]
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