Posted 16 years ago by bevans
ONE of Tasmania's Metro buses has racked up enough kilometres to travel around the world 24 times and keep going.
Posted 16 years ago by bevans
Some 57 people have died in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after their bus crashed into a canal.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
TRAINS aren't the only things being affected by the recent heat and Christmas rush.
Lifts at Central and Town Hall stations have been constantly breaking down over the past week and inconveniencing shoppers.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
Vintage buses will take to the streets of Sydney tomorrow to protest the sale of the historic Tempe Bus Museum to developers.
Posted 17 years ago by TA 2000
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer says safety cameras should be installed along the Stuart Highway between Port Augusta and Darwin.
Posted 17 years ago by TA 2000
AUSTRALIAN-made cars would have speedos capped at 130km/h under a State Government plan to tackle the road toll.
Posted 17 years ago by Riccardo
Auckland City Deputy Mayor Dr Bruce Hucker will today point the council in a strongly left direction with a raft of social programmes spanning low-cost rental housing, educational help for immigrants and working closely with gay, lesbian and transgender communities.
Posted 17 years ago by TA 2000
THE bus company responsible for more than 50 per cent of Adelaide's metropolitan coverage may not get a renewed contract with the State Government.
Posted 17 years ago by TA 2000
A PLAN by budget airline Jetstar to start flights next year from Adelaide's RAAF Edinburgh base is being considered by Defence Minister Robert Hill.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
Trucking companies would be liable for the speeding offences of
their drivers under a law flagged by the Roads Minister, Carl
Scully.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
A PLAN to build three high-rise towers on the former Jolimont railway yards has been replaced with a proposal for a higher structure.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
Diversified engineering services outfit Downer EDI said it expects profitability in the current year to improve by at least 12% over 2003/04, despite a shortage of skilled engineering workers hurting its ability to meet booming demand for services. Downer EDI, which operates across the areas of rail and road infrastructure, telecommunications, mining and power generation, has lifted its revenue forecasts for 2005, built on an increase in secured sales and above-budget first quarter trading.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
One of Sydney's major stevedore operators, P&O Ports, says the planned expansion of Port Botany will put the state's overall ports growth plan in jeopardy and rail infrastructure has not been planned to keep thousands of trucks off suburban roads.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
Safety fears have forced Melbourne's fleet of red double-decker tourist buses from city streets.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
A triple road train carrying 90 tonnes of the explosive chemical ammonia nitrate has lost a trailer on the Great Northern Highway near Newman in the north of Western Australia.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
China has recovered the wreckage of a World War II-era American cargo plane that crashed in Tibet about 60 years ago.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
All but three of more than 20 students taken to the Royal Children's Hospital after a bus crash on Friday have been released.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
But the lugs were downward and when the car hit it at 120km/h it flipped up and speared through the left-rear tyre, smashed a section out of the brake disc and possibly a shock absorber.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
National Express Holdings Australia, the parent company of National Bus Company Victoria, has sold its 100% shareholding in the company to Ventura Motors with immediate effect.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
RONNIE Biggs, the ailing great train robber, has been rushed from prison to a London hospital after his condition deteriorated, his son Michael said last night.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
The City of Mandurah is considering a Central Area Transit (CAT) bus system in preparation for the Southern Suburbs rail service.
Posted 17 years ago by DavidB
Cash-strapped Sydney Ferries wants to raise its fares by 9 per cent, pushing the price of a single ticket to Manly to $6.30 and to inner-harbour suburbs such as Kirribilli and Balmain to $4.90.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
Sydney's public transport users may be turning away from buses in the wake of CityRail's 30 per cent cuts in weekend train services, with some companies reporting losing up to a fifth of their weekend trade.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
Lawyers for one of Britain's most flamboyant and famous thieves have sought freedom for the ailing prisoner on compassionate grounds.
Posted 17 years ago by bevans
A UNITED Airlines jet aborted takeoff at Bangkok International Airport early today after a bird got caught in one of its engines, and four passengers suffered minor injuries as they evacuated the plane, the company said.
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