Posted 10 hours ago by Railpage System User
Australia's peak infrastructure body rejected a $500 million funding request for the Sydney light rail, saying the project would increase congestion and did not stack up economically, according to documents seen by the ABC and Fairfax Media.
Posted 13 hours ago by Railpage System User
Back to Santo Amaro after two circuits
Posted yesterday by newsbot
IT HAD been more than been 68 years since Hunter Street had seen a tram, but history was made on Tuesday night when the first of Newcastle’s new light rail vehicles rolled through the city’s main drag.
Posted yesterday by newsbot
Construction of Newcastle’s light rail infrastructure will be complete by the end of this month, with the remaining closed sections of road in the city set to open within a fortnight.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Sydney was once home to one of the largest tramway network in the world. Back at the hight of the operation, over 400 million journeys were made each year over 291km of track. Today we take a look back at the development of the Sydney Tramways.
Posted 2 days ago by newsbot
A "cabinet in confidence" document prepared for the NSW Government forecast the Sydney CBD light rail project would be a loss-maker.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
On our way to the Summer Palace, we were held up by a tram. Seems it was entering a depot, the pantograph snagged a trolleybus wire - see the bent wire. Good to see the Rolling stock engineer was sorting things!
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Car 32 at Laxey in the former 'nationalised livery' Horse tram 45 on the Promenade
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
Over time, and over budget, Sydney's floundering light rail project is wreaking havoc on businesses and commuters in the country's largest city. Leaked NSW cabinet documents point to a political culture where economic caution is thrown out the window in the rush to approve expensive and ultimately disruptive schemes.
Posted 6 days ago by newsbot
Trams will be given high priority over cars and other vehicles at traffic lights when they eventually begin running on Sydney's troubled $2.1 billion light rail line.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
The project team, consisting of the KC Streetcar Authority (KCSA), the KC Area Transportation Authority (KCATA), and the City of Kansas City, submitted the formal application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the New Starts Capital Investment Grants Program, seeking $151 million dollars in federal funding and inclusion in the federal 2020-year budget to support the estimated $316 million-dollar project.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Lyon’s public transport operator Syndicat des Transports de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise (Sytral) has ordered 11 Citadis trams from Alstom in France. The €40m order is expected to increase the capacity of the T4 tram line of Lyon agglomeration’s tramway network.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Newcastle’s first light rail vehicle has arrived in the city after being rolled off a ship at Carrington on Saturday.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Today we were out and about along the Light Rail line in Randwick. Here are some photos so you can see the great progress that has been made in recent months.
Posted one week ago by GeoffreyHansen
Posted one week ago by Bethungra
THE Mayor of New York City Mr Bill de Blasio announced on August 30 that his administration will move forward with the development of the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) light rail project following the completion of a two-year feasibility study.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Alstom has signed a framework contract with SYTRAL (Syndicat des Transports de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) for the supply of 43-metre-long Citadis trams.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Advances in 3D-printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3D-printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Three 17-year-old boys have been injured after suffering electrical shocks on a rail line on the Gold Coast.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The new LRVs “will allow MTS to improve service on existing Trolley lines, while providing the additional trains needed to operate the 11-mile extension of the UC San Diego Blue Line in 2021,” the agency said.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Siemens Mobility and and ViP (Verkehrsbetriebe Potsdam) present the world’s first autonomous tram – a modified Siemens Combino tram which will be tested in Potsdam (DE) this September. The self-driving tram project will be also presented during the InnoTrans trade fair.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Siemens Mobility and development partner ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam are set to present their research project into developing the world’s first autonomous tram.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
A SENIOR LNP frontbencher has been advocating a radical new route for the multibillion-dollar Gold Coast light rail that would take the line past a brewery he co-owns.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
A fiery exchange in State Parliament leads to the NSW Government admitting it is the guarantor for a $500 million loan to keep the consortium building Sydney's light rail project afloat.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
More than 60 businesses have joined a class action seeking around $40 million in compensation over disruption caused by Sydney's light rail project.
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