Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The Bathurst Regional Council and the Canobolas Heritage Railway Society have resolved a long-standing dispute about the ownership of five rail carriages
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Cowra's Lachlan Valley Railway celebrated NSW rail's 150th anniversary in style over the October long weekend.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Sydney rail commuters will enjoy new air-conditioned carriages
sooner, with the NSW government fast tracking delivery of almost
500 carriages.
Posted 15 years ago by freightgate
SYDNEY'S new rail timetable will be "finetuned" after six weeks of operation to further improve train running times, the NSW Government said.
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister, John Watkins, today said the new schedule, introduced on September 4, has delivered an average on-time running result of 94 per cent so far.
Further adjustments would be made to improve the system, Mr Watkins said.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
14-year-old boy has had his foot amputated after it was run over by a train in Newcastle.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
LOCOMOTIVE drivers leaving Brisbane for Sydney will soon no longer have to stop their trains six times before they reach Casino to get out and manually change signals.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
AROUND 5000 visitors streamed into Werris Creek over the weekend as the town celebrated its rich rail heritage.
President of the Australian Rail Museum and organiser of the event, Chris Holley said he was delighted with the massive crowds which had visited the town over the weekend.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
A MAJOR overhaul of country rail services by the State Government has angered local elderly rail users, who are faced with increased ticketing costs for train travel.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
TO CELEBRATE 150 years of rail in Australia, Tamworth residents are being invited to take part in All Aboard! – a travelling display from the National Museum in Canberra.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
A State Government plan to overhaul CountryLink rail services has drawn widespread criticism from pensioner and union groups over the threat to services in the Dubbo region.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
Ask almost any resident here what they think about the rail line running along the harbour foreshore and prepare yourself for a lengthy, fervent conversation. Since the NSW Labor government first proposed the closure of the Newcastle rail line in 2003, few other issues have stirred such passionate debate.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
The Government will not scrap any country rail services but will cut jobs and close ticket offices in changes it says are a last-ditch effort to lure passengers away from cheap airline deals and back on to trains.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
A leading pensioner group has welcomed the New South Wales Government's changes to CountryLink but says problem areas still remain with the service.
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
Passengers on NSW regional train services face a rise in ticket prices from November.
Fares on CountryLink services will increase by 8 per cent on November 1 and most ticket booking offices will be closed to make the struggling rail service more viable
Posted 15 years ago by bevans
Commuters frustrated by delays, cancellations and overcrowding
are quitting the state's rail system in droves, shadow transport
services minister Barry O'Farrell said yesterday.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
An 18-year-old man is recovering in a Sydney hospital after being hit by a train while running from Cityrail transit officers.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
A 40-car freight train and a semi-trailer collided at a level crossing in south-west NSW on Tuesday.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
There were no plans to slash 400 frontline jobs at CityRail stations around Sydney, the state-owned New South Wales train operator RailCorp said.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
CityRail has a secret weapon in the fight to keep its new timetable: ordering its drivers "to run early all the way to town".
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The development of a transport hub in Parkes will be detailed during a transport and logistics forum in the town today.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The Iemma Government yesterday hailed the first week of the new
train timetable but warned "the achievements needed to be sustained
over coming months".
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
"I'm so excited about the new train timetable," you enthuse with
genuine trainspotter's glee.
Posted 15 years ago by TA 2000
RailCorp has abandoned a planned introduction of platform tickets across the CityRail network.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Furious rail users who say they have been duped by CityRail's timetable are right, Sydney's trains are dawdling.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Despite a few teething problems, the new train timetable in
Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong had got off to an encouraging
start, the NSW government said today.
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