Posted 2 years ago by newsbot
The last of Canberra's light rail stops have been erected, although the stops won't be finished until late next month.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
A majority of commercial property owners believe the $800 million first stage of the light rail line being built on their doorsteps will significantly increase the value of their holdings.
Posted 2 years ago by newsbot
More than three-quarters of Gungahlin businesses along the light rail route have reported a decrease in revenue and foot traffic due to construction of the transport project.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
The smell coming from trains carrying Sydney's waste is sometimes so powerful that schoolchildren in a small town near Goulburn have to be kept in classrooms with the windows closed and the airconditioning on.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Scott Morrison said infrastructure commitments would be made but would neither confirm nor deny the claims
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
It's been sneaking around in the dark for months, but Canberrans were given a rare glimpse of the tram during daylight hours yesterday as transport authorities moved to a new phase of light rail testing.
Posted 2 years ago by newsbot
Anthony Reid taught high school maths for 21 years, but will swap the classroom for the cab when Canberra's light rail begins running.
Posted 2 years ago by Railpage System User
Canberra's main drag was a leafy-green festival of foliage before being turned into a barren stretch of cement and construction detritus to make way for the light rail. So what happened to those trees?
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
ACT planning authorities have made the "unprecedented" decision to revoke a development application approval they gave more than a year ago, after an internal review found it should never have been given the green light in the first place.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Landrum will dedicate its historic Pullman rail car Friday shortly after its arrival.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
The consortium building Canberra's billion-dollar light-rail project has failed to meet all but one of its delivery targets this year.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Workers on Canberra's light rail project have been ripped off $700,000, according to a wage theft lawsuit to be filed in the Federal Court this week.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Infrastructure Australia chief Philip Davies has criticised federal and state governments for putting populist politics ahead of sound road and rail planning
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
The world is poised to turn a corner with the advent of driverless vehicles and transport analysts are jumping on board.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
One of the biggest supporters of the light rail project in Canberra has joined a chorus of concerns about the Government’s preferred route for Stage 2 to Woden though Parkes and Barton in order to service their tourism and employment centres.
Posted 2 years ago by newsbot
A concept plan for a Canberra to Eden rail link has identified potential routes through the Bega Valley.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
A concept plan for a Canberra to Eden railway line has been labelled "visionary", and something that would allow the capital to unlock the potential of "relatively isolated" areas in south-east Australia and become the region's freight hub.
Posted 2 years ago by newsbot
A former ACT government adviser and property industry lobbyist has hit out at the proposed route for the second stage of Canberra's light rail, saying the Barton detour would undermine the entire future network.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Trees planted nearly a century ago by the man who transformed Canberra into the garden city will be removed for the second stage of light rail.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Early estimates have placed the cost of the second stage of Canberra's light rail network at between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion.
But the Barr government warns the price could fluctuate, depending on when the project gets under way.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Live testing of the first Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between the Mitchell Depot and Gungahlin Town Centre is about to begin with an LRV last week pulled out on to the track in readiness.
Posted 2 years ago by Railpage System User
Despite all but one of the major targets for Canberra's light rail being missed, the ACT Government is still adamant it will be up and running at some point this year.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
People driving down Flemington Road in the early hours of Tuesday morning caught a glimpse of the first light rail vehicle to hit the tracks, ahead of testing with energised wires.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
The Australian Government has released the Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities Report and commenced discussions with State Governments on priority actions.
Posted 2 years ago by bevans
Most Canberrans who live in suburbs next to the future light rail are commuting to work to suburbs along the route, new data shows.
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