Posted 5 hours ago by newsbot
An out of gauge wagon on a freight train caused minor damage to five station platforms while travelling from Brisbane to Port Kembla, a recent ATSB investigation has found.
Posted 8 hours ago by newsbot
The next step in investigating the potential reactivation of the Blayney to Demondrille railway is under way, with tenders open to develop a concept design that will examine the condition of the line and associated infrastructure.
Posted 5 days ago by NSWGR8022
THE rail path connecting Port Kembla to southern and central New South Wales grain sites fully reopened yesterday following last month’s derailment on the Moss Vale-Unanderra (MVU) line.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
The next step in investigating the potential reactivation of the Blayney to Demondrille railway is under way, with tenders open to develop a concept design that will examine the condition of the line and associated infrastructure.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
The billionaire Perich family are among about a dozen landowners near Sydney’s second airport to have avoided the state government acquiring their land for an $11 billion metro rail line after a decision was made last year to tunnel under farmland instead of crossing it.
Posted 6 days ago by bevans
Construction of the next stage of the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RIFL) hub is now under way, which will enable the 60-hectare Bomen Industrial Precinct in Wagga Wagga to export freight across Australia and the globe.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Today marks 44 years since the Granville train disaster - the worst rail tragedy in Australia’s history.
Posted one week ago by bevans
IT took a while, but I finally got down to see the new rail museum that has been built next to the train station.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Sydney Metro says that over the coming months 62km of steel weighing more than 4000 tonnes will be used to lay track in the dual bore tunnels which run from Chatswood to Sydenham.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
During the 10-day Sydney Harbour Bridge shutdown in January, screens displaying real-time interchange information guided commuters arriving at Wynyard and North Sydney stations.
Posted one week ago by GheringhapLoop
It's time an enthusiastic local group revisited a plan to turn the closed railway line corridor between Molong and Yeoval into a rail trail opening it up for walkers and bike riders.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Health authorities hope they can catch any potential spread of coronavirus at a major Sydney shopping centre after multiple visits by someone who later tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A couple of quick images from today showing the remains of the Goulburn-Crookwell line in southern NSW.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Sydney University has major concerns about the extra land near the entrance to Western Sydney Airport that the government plans to compulsorily acquire from it for construction of a train line.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The first trains have run over a new concrete deck on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The first steel has been laid for the future Sydney Metro City & Southwest line.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Millions will be spent upgrading a crucial piece of the South Coast line - but it won't result in trains going any faster.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
The Bathurst Rail Museum has enjoyed a fruitful inaugural year as a cultural facility, pulling impressive visitor numbers in spite of COVID-19 disruptions.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Some will be overjoyed and others will see red as Tweed Council announces today that vegetation clearing along the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek rail corridor is due to start next Monday (11 January 2021).
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is currently investigating two derailments that occurred in late 2020.
Posted 2 weeks ago by GheringhapLoop
It’s all down to a new ‘rail trail’ that’s attracted more than 12,000 riders since a low-key opening during peak-COVID last April.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
A train spotter had to tell the crew of a Port Kembla-bound coal train crew that one of its wagons had derailed, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation found.
Posted last month by bevans
A coal train collided with a wagon bogie that had been dragged across the track by another coal train following the earlier derailment and ejection of the bogie’s wheelset from an empty wagon, a new ATSB report says.
Posted last month by bevans
China has suspended imports of timber from New South Wales and Western Australia after local customs officers found pests in cargoes from those states, the General Administration of Customs said late on Wednesday (local time).
Posted last month by Railpage System User
There has been a rise in identity theft and unlawful access of private information in Australia in recent times, with at least one incident
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