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    A hi-tech transport hybrid could help speed up the nightmare morning commute for people living in Melbourne’s east.
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    Push for railway line in Wonthaggi, Leongatha

     Victorian Rail News
    Bass Coast has been without a train line for more than 40 years and as the population increases, residents have renewed interest in bringing it back.

    Rail passengers to get last mile journey options on WhatsApp

     UK
    Rail passengers will soon be able to use WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to receive details of transport options for completing journeys after travelling by train.

    Sydney's 'third city' a train blackspot

     Cityrail News
    Liverpool's burgeoning population lives just 26 kilometres from Sydney's CBD, and on a good day a train trip can take just under an hour, but experts say it could be faster. NSW Transport disagrees.

    High-Speed Debate Continues—in Congress

     USA
    Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.) kicked off the event, which ran for nearly 4-1/2 hours.

    HS2 to move 3,000 bodies from medieval churchyard

     UK
    Archaeologists working on HS2 at St Mary’s Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire have discovered a burial site dating back to 1080.

    Rail volunteers steaming over plans to shunt them out of workshop

     Victorian Rail News
    Volunteers who keep Victoria’s collection of vintage trains in working order could be moved on from the rail yard in Melbourne’s west that they’ve called home for decades.

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