Posted 3 days ago by bevans
THE State Government will release a tender this week to build 246 new railcars for Perth over the next decade as part of a $1.6 billion Metronet project.
Posted 3 days ago by bevans
When the WA Labor Government of the early 2000s started building a passenger railway through large stretches of undeveloped land all the way from Perth to Mandurah, plenty of opponents questioned why.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
A PUSH to cut truck congestion has led to a 2.5 per cent increase in the amount of freight on rail, but the State opposition says it is too early to be labelling the initiative a success.
Posted 6 days ago by bevans
As he swoops around his mining globe in his office in the sky, Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques doubtless keeps a weather eye on the delayed but still relentless progress on the release the most important bottleneck in his business.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
The McGowan government has started its development of a new freight strategy, with a focus on creating an up-to-date multi-modal system that can boost the productivity of Western Australia’s regional agricultural industry.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
Work has begun at Yarloop Station to upgrade the existing low-level platform to a raised platform fully compliant with Disability and Discrimination Act (DDA) standards.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A driver who allegedly thought he could evade police by making a last minute bid to clear a level crossing as a train approached, has been arrested after he was clipped by the train and sent into a spin.
Posted one week ago by bevans
WA police have released pictures of a man they believe jumped from a moving train into the Swan River last weekend, in what has been labelled a "gobsmacking" and "idiotic" stunt.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Labor’s five-day cash splash in WA continues this morning, with Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to announce funding for the $291 million extension of the Armadale train line to Byford.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
A man has come shockingly close to death after leaping from a moving train and narrowly missing a slab of concrete.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
CONSTRUCTION of the first stage of the Ellenbrook rail line will start next year with a multi-million-dollar overhaul of Bayswater station.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
In terms of watershed moments, the delivery of the $3 billion Perth rail project, Metronet, would be one such moment for Premier Mark McGowan and his Government.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Labor will make its first bid to win the marginal WA seat of Hasluck today, announcing $83 million for a new Midland train station and extending the rail line to Bellevue.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Both tunnelling machines working on the $1.9 billion Forrestfield Airport Rail Link are now idle following "ground disturbance issues", but the Transport Minister insists no workers have been stood down and other work on the project is continuing.
Posted last month by bevans
Traditional owners in the Pilbara have launched court action against West Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt in an attempt to prevent Fortescue Metals Group building a railway through a valley containing 23,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage sites.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has admitted she knew one of two tunnel boring machines on the Perth Airport Link had been shut down due to "ground disturbances" just days before she toured the project to talk up its progress.
Posted last month by bevans
Cleveland-Cliffs will make the last shipment of iron ore from its Koolyanobbing operations near Southern Cross by the end of June with the potential loss of hundreds of jobs.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Tired of jostling through crowds of commuters at your local train station? Then head on down to Seaforth where you'll likely find yourself the only person on the platform.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Of all Perth's train stations, Seaforth on the Armadale line hosts the fewest passengers each day.
Posted last month by bevans
Police are expected to lay charges against two Albany men caught riding on a grain train near Cranbrook on Saturday night.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Police left dumbstruck after friends hatch alcohol-fuelled plan to ride a grain train from Albany on Western Australia's south coast to Perth.
Posted last month by bevans
Two young men have been picked up by police after stowing away on the CBH grain train on Saturday night.
Posted last month by VicRailNews
The two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) creating the underground rail link between Perth Airport and Forrestfield have now covered a combined length of 2.5 kilometres, with expectations that they will both arrive at the Airport Central Station site in the coming months.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
The rail bridge over the Collie River is currently the focus of a half-million dollar re-sleepering and re-railing project.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
An iron freight train on the line from BHP's Mt Newman mine in the Pilbara, WA.
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