Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The smartcard readers at Sydney train stations remain wrapped in gaffer tape while the state's troubled $600 million integrated ticketing system grinds towards its first major public test.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The Property Council is calling for the NSW Government to approve the construction of an Intermodal Logistics Centre at Enfield to provide efficient and cost effective freight movements in Sydney.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Armidale train travellers have secured a 'good outcome' within the CountryLink reform package, according to Northern Tablelands MP, Richard Torbay.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Fire crews have contained a factory blaze which threatened a Sydney suburban rail line.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The price of an off-peak return rail fare is set to rise by 25 per cent from the middle of the year, and peak-hour fares by 3 per cent after the Government announced it would support a CityRail proposal to increase fares.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The New South Wales Farmers Association says it will continue to pressure the State Government to keep the 15 grain branch lines open and operating across the state.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
NSW Transport Minister John Watkins says the Government cannot call for expressions of interest to lease or franchise grain lines because the industry is too unstable.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The Federal Government will spend $450 million to upgrade the rail line between Sydney and Brisbane.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Any proposal to sell or lease NSW grain rail lines will be put on hold until the industry stabilises following the AWB affair, Deputy NSW Premier John Watkins said.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The New South Wales Farmers Association says it wants a commitment from the NSW Government about its future plans for 15 branch rail lines.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
JUST two weeks after shelving plans for a desalination plant in Sydney, the State Government has reversed its plans to close the rail line through the centre of Newcastle, after a strident local campaign.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
PLANS to streamline local grain transport have met with resistance, with neighbours of a proposed silo development in Tamworth fearful it will bring increased dust and noise.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The new look state Labor Cabinet meets for the first time today at Maitland in the Hunter Valley. Before Cabinet meets, the Premier will visit Newcastle railway station, where he will announce the continuation of rail services and upgrades at Broadmeadow and Glendale.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Tenterfield Shire Council will be advising the Australian Rail Track Corporation that it won't be contributing to signposting costs for the Douglas Street railway overbridge closure.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
RAIL services into central Newcastle will remain, Premier Maurice Iemma said today when announcing a $20 million upgrade of the NSW city's rail corridor.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
BHP Billiton's search for coal in north-west New South Wales is the strongest indicator yet that the Murrurundi rail tunnel could be viable, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is reported as saying.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
WESTFIELD'S controversial plan to build a massive shopping
centre and car park at Pitt Street Mall could be foiled by a new
rail corridor to be built under Pitt Street.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The New South Wales Government has moved to reserve two corridors of land for a planned rail link between Sydney's north-west and south-west.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) says BHP Billiton's search for coal in north-west New South Wales is the strongest indicator yet that the Murrurundi rail tunnel could be viable.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The NSW government has secured transport corridors through
Sydney's CBD for a new $8 billion rail link, in what would be the
biggest expansion of the network since the 1930s.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
POLICE and fire officials will continue investigations today into a fire which was suspected to be deliberately lit at "The Barracks" in Muswellbrook.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
SIX months after it introduced a new timetable to fix massive delays on the rail network, CityRail is still battling to run trains on time, new figures show.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a woman hit by a train last night at Dapto.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
The New South Wales Transport Minister, John Watkins, says Sydney trains are falling just short of the Government's target of having 92 per cent running on time.
Posted 15 years ago by DavidB
A report to Tenterfield Shire Council has revealed delays of up to seven years have prevented the repair of at least two railway over-bridges linking parts of the town.
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