Posted one week ago by bevans
Why isn't Hobart's northern rail line being used to run a passenger train service?
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
It has been decided to advertise that 762 will run on a number of Fridays to encourage people who are attracted to Sponge Bob Squarepants cartoon character to visit Crich on a quieter day to ride on 762. On those Fridays someone who can drive 762 will be rostered. I attach some pictures taken yesterday.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A woman and her two children are lucky to be alive after their car is nearly crushed by a freight train in Tasmania, prompting a call for caution from TasRail as a former train driver says collisions play on the mind of train drivers.
Posted last month by bevans
A TRAIN driver has spoken of the trauma associated with collisions with cars as two recent crashes prompt TasRail to issue yet another stern warning to motorists.
Posted last month by bevans
A LIGHT rail system is the key to solving not just Hobart’s traffic congestion issues but its housing woes too, says a leading voice on developing sustainable cities.
Posted last month by bevans
TODAY marks 40 years since Tasmania’s express passenger train, Tasman Limited, stopped its run through the state.
Posted last month by bevans
Proponents of a heritage train project say the Tasmanian Government's decision on what to do with the disused North East Railway Line is a cop-out.
Posted last month by bevans
There’s movement at the station for a heritage passenger rail service on the North-East.
Posted last month by bevans
It is unknown how soon more information about a report into the best use of an unused rail corridor in the state’s North-East will be known.
Posted last month by bevans
North-East residents are being encouraged to mark August 18 and 19 in the calendar and prepare to take part in the inaugural Rail Trail Run and Ride.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
A new heritage passenger rail experience could be operating by this summer following the decision to grant the Tasmanian Transport Museum Society (TTMS) access to the main rail line between Glenorchy and Berriedale.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
It has been running on steam on Tasmania’s remote west coast for more than a century, now the company running the island state’s iconic Abt steam railway is training up a new generation of drivers before decades of specialist knowledge dies out.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
THE Dover woodchips project development for a proposed $42 million woodchip port at Strathblane involves the sourcing of 800,000 tonnes of woodchips annually and 800 weekly truck movements both ways between Lonnavale and the stockpile facility at Strathblane.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
TasRail are urging Tasmanians to be safe around trains after Tasmania Police attended two incidents.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
A BRIDGEWATER man who allegedly spray painted graffiti in a rail tunnel north of Hobart at the weekend has been charged.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
The federal government has allocated A$59·8m for the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation ProgrammeAs part of its latest budget, matching a similar commitment from the state.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
TASRAIL says it is becoming increasingly concerned by the idiotic acts of trespassers which have the potential to cause derailments and seriously injure or kill freight train drivers.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
THE Turnbull Government will pledge $461 million to build a new Bridgewater Bridge as part of a massive package for Tasmanian roads and rail in tomorrow’s Budget.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
TasRail accuses a school bus driver of being "stupid and reckless" after crossing just seconds ahead of a train at Brighton, in a near-miss that "could have been a huge tragedy".
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
Fuso has scored two permanent tickets on the West Coast Wilderness Railway — one of the world’s last remaining tourist steam train journeys — but it’s not all sitting and watching the scenery go by.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
THE Tasmanian election is done and dusted. Rail enthusiasts can now look forward to the Liberal Government’s promised implementation of its “Supporting Tourism and Heritage Rail” policy.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
THE main drivers of the push to introduce a light trail system for Hobart commuters have delivered their rating of the major parties’ transport policies ahead of the March 3 poll.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Locals in the north-east Tasmanian town of Scottsdale do not agree on everything, but the general consensus is the place is booming.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Locals and tourists may be able to experience the North-West coastline on a passenger train if the Liberal government is re-elected.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
With the strong increase in visitor numbers to Tasmania, new tourism experiences need to be developed to create new jobs and investment, as well as encourage visitors to continue to return to the State.
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