Posted yesterday by newsbot
West Australian grain handler CBH Group is pressing on with upgrades to six of its receival sites, announcing thee contractors to deliver the work on April 18.
Posted 6 days ago by newsbot
THE State Government is planning the removal of all six level crossings between Victoria Park and Beckenham on the Armadale train line.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
A proposed train station in Mandurah's northern suburb of Lakelands could be a step closer after Canning MP Andrew Hastie pledged $25 million to the project.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Western Australia’s Public Transport Authority has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the METRONET upgrade of Bayswater Station in Perth.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Logistics giant Qube has added a stake in Intermodal Group, Fremantle Port’s container to rail operator, to its half-share in Fremantle container terminal operator Patrick.
Posted 3 weeks ago by x31
BHP estimates roughly 6 to 8 million tonnes of export production will be lost at its West Australian iron ore operation as a result of Tropical Cyclone Veronica, with rail movements into Port Hedland still limited.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed $1.6 billion in new spending on WA road and rail projects ahead of next week's budget and a federal election which will likely be called within weeks.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Automated vehicles are a major trend in transportation. While autonomous cars are still a rather juvenile technology, automatic operation of trains just celebrated its 50-year anniversary.
Posted last month by bevans
Rio Tinto said it has suspended some iron-ore mining and rail operations in northwest Australia as a tropical cyclone batters the country’s coastline.
Posted last month by bevans
Watching grass grow may be the definition of boredom, but it was a real problem when Rio Tinto automated its iron ore rail network. Greenery grew so fast after big downpours that sensors for obstructions at level crossings were triggered.
Posted last month by newsbot
High school students at a Pilbara school are now being included in rail training and certificate opportunities.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The WA Government pushes ahead with a $200 million deal which will see Huawei build a digital radio system for Perth's rail network, saying it has received assurances from the Chinese telecommunications company.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The WA Government pushes ahead with its contract with Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to build a new digital radio system for Perth's trains, saying it has received assurances from the company.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report finds a maintenance gang applied brakes to the wrong train in the moments before another one took off without its driver in WA's Pilbara, ending up a twisted wreck 90 kilometres away.
Posted last month by bevans
BHP rail crews locked down the wrong train ahead of its $300 million runaway ore-car disaster last year, according to a preliminary report into the incident by rail safety investigators.
Posted last month by bevans
A convoy of trucks from Western Australia's Pilbara region is making its way east to help farming communities devastated by recent flooding in Queensland.
Truck driver Michael King decided to act when he heard how dire the situation was.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
BHP reaches an undisclosed settlement with the driver who was outside the cabin when his fully-laden iron ore train took off unmanned and was deliberately derailed 120 kilometres south of Port Hedland.
Posted last month by bevans
Two years of collaboration with the Shire of Manjimup has resulted in a successful partnership between Arc Infrastructure and the Shire to facilitate the town’s $30 million Centre Revitalisation Project.
Posted last month by bevans
Over the next month Arc Infrastructure will be undertaking essential works on its South West Mainline railway near Burekup, adjacent to the South West Highway.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Roy Hill has opened a $18.66 million single span bridge, which carries the Great Northern Highway over its rail line towards Port Hedland in Western Australia, six months after construction launched.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
THE Morley-Ellenbrook rail line has been listed as a longer term priority in the Infrastructure Australia’s 2019 Priority Projects List for the first time, but the State Government wants the timeframe to be fast-tracked.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Fortescue Metals Group has officially awarded NRW Holdings a rail project contract first announced at the end of last year.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Perth train users travel in comfort, endure few delays and enjoy the cleanest train stations in the country - but overtly rude and aggressive commuters remain a problem, a recent survey shows.
Posted 2 months ago by newsbot
The trouble-plagued $1.8 billion Forrestfield-Airport rail link project has hit another buffer.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The forced derailment of a fully-laden runaway iron ore train inflicts a heavy financial blow on BHP, with the incident a major contributor to a $US600 million hit to the miner's iron ore production.
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