Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Victorians will play an important part in the Andrews Labor Government’s Metro Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel projects, naming the six gigantic tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will begin digging beneath Melbourne from early next year.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Suburban Rail Loop will connect every Victorian to some of our biggest universities and TAFEs, and get people there faster than our road network.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Essendon’s new road underpass is only weeks away from opening, with construction crews “breaking through” underneath the rail line earlier today.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
How often have we heard from management of the need to adopt to change? Or of the exciting world that awaits us under the guise of new technology and new ways of working?
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Between the Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRA), Skyrail constructions and the extension of the South Morang line to Mernda, there have been several stations with new buildings and facilities being built recently.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Property owners living close to Melbourne’s controversial sky rail — the upgraded and partially elevated rail line between between Caulfield and Dandenong — are changing their minds about the negative impacts the project will have on the value of their homes.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Melbourne Metro's oldest trains, the 1980s Comeng fleet, are to be dumped onto its most-strained lines in the city's north and north-west, leaked internal documents reveal, while other lines will get new, high-capacity trains.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Some more thoughts on the Suburban Rail Loop — which in this post, I am going to cheekily call Metro 3 for short, since it’s been proposed after Metro 1 (currently under construction) and Metro 2.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Back in Issue 11 of RTBU Express I wrote about Metro’s proposal to change the category medicals for Train Controllers, Fleet Controllers, PIDs operators, Signallers, TSOs and Safeworkers from a category 2 to a category 1.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
In my last couple of articles, I have either touched on or written about the upcoming 2019 bargaining round.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
On Friday, 31 August the Premier Daniel Andrews and the Minister For Public Transport Jacinta Allan made an election visit to Bendigo to announce the Upgrade of the Bendigo to Kyneton Line.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
An environmental assessment has found that two dangerous level crossings on Frankston line in Edithvale and Bonbeach in Victoria, Australia, can be eliminated using a trench without threatening the Ramsar-listed Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
We’ll today saw the last 19 80lb rails installed in Tangent 14-15.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
THE Greens have called on the Andrews Labor Government to stop ignoring Mildura and make a cash commitment for passenger rail in the region, following the announcement of various state rail projects.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Regional Victoria needs a modern and reliable regional rail network if we are going to properly decentralise our population.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
MORE than 100km of freight rail track between Ouyen and Murrayville has been reopened as part of works for the Murray Basin Rail Project.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
The Rail Revival Alliance is running the Rail Revival Train on Saturday 13th October 2018 to focus the parties and the media on Country Passenger Rail Policy.
Posted 2 weeks ago by 8077
Security cameras have captured Melburnians dicing with death on the city's rail network.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
At last some renewed interest in ring rail lines. The original designers of Melbourne's rail network in the 1890s included the inner and outer circles, but the success of the motor car killed these off.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
BALLARAT’S Save Our Station group has launched a month-long campaign for plans for the $32 million redevelopment of the precinct to be changed.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Level crossings in Edithvale and Bonbeach can be removed using a trench and without posing a threat to the Ramsar-listed Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, an environmental assessment has found.
Posted 2 weeks ago by 8077
EXTRA trains have been added to bring home footy fans after Friday night’s elimination final between Geelong and Melbourne at the MCG.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
If elected in the forthcoming state election, a Liberal Nationals Government will provide $5 million towards the construction of Stage One of the Daylesford to Hanging Rock Rail Trail, the Coalition has announced.
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
DEAKIN University’s Burwood campus would become a lot more accessible to students stuck in the suburbs if the Andrews Government $50 billion Suburban Rail Loop is built.
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
FAST rail is being touted as a way to revitalise regional Victoria and spread population growth across the state, as reports show country Victoria is being left behind as the city thrives.
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