Spending on infrastructure has once-in-a-generation potential to achieve “a transformative impact”.
ARA excited about a Melbourne Intermodal Terminal among other projects.
You know all the headlines on Monday about tonight’s federal budget delivering $10 billion in transport infrastructure?
Tuesday's federal budget will include $10 billion allocated over 10 years for major infrastructure projects aimed at boosting both jobs and productivity in the COVID-affected national economy.
There were 100 million fewer rail journeys in the first quarter of 2021 than in pre-covid times with passengers slow to return to train travel, according to Australia’s peak rail sector body.
THE government of Ghana has outlined its ambitions for three rail projects worth a combined $US 12.
Railway reform and regulatory stability will help to revitalise Africa’s railways and put them at the heart of sustainable transport strategies across the African Continental Free Trade Area, suggests ARIA Chief Executive Officer Mesela Nhlapo.
The Benalla Reference Guide includes the latest information about our consultation process, project timeline and how you can have your say for the Benalla Station Precinct project site.
Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi ceremonially flagged off a train on April 16 to mark the start of commercial freight operations on the 1 435 mm gauge Warri – Itakpe line.
The Ministry of Infrastructure has opened negotiations with a view to building a rail link to carry iron ore from deposits located near the headwaters of the River Falémé in the far southeast of the country, close to the border with Mali.
US passengers are coming back ahead of the summer.
Spirit Airlines has filed an extensive complaint against the Northeastern Alliance (NEA) with American Airlines and JetBlue.
Air New Zealand has just completed its 2021 Koru Care flight.
Another border is open again when flying on Delta Air Lines.
Special liveries are a beautiful thing – if, of course, you’re someone who cares what airplanes look like.
Can rusting locomotives and crumbling stations become a vibrant transportation network again?
EGYPT’s National Company for Railroad Industries (NIRC) and Hyundai Rotem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share expertise and knowledge, and increase the localisation of production in Egypt.
EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 122.
“In the past year, the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran took significant positive steps to develop cooperation with the railways of the neighboring counties and regional railways, and to continue cooperating with international railway organizations, despite the pandemic and the intensification of sanctions.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sissi says that he is setting up a commission to investigate the causes of Sunday's train crash north of Cairo which killed 11 people and wounded nearly 100.
The threat of court sanction would be enough to ensure the new owner of a key east coast freight facility did not exploit its powerful position to the detriment of competitors, the judge behind a landmark case has said.
An investigation into a train derailment on the Nullarbor last year has found the tracks failed to restore to the normal position after an east-bound train departed the line two hours prior.
Former BHP Billiton coal boss Dean Dalla Valle will replace David Irwin as chief executive officer of Pacific National, the bulk and intermodal operator announced on Monday.
EXPORTS of agricultural, mineral and timber products through Victorian ports face big disruptions from two rail industry battles over wage and work conditions.
DRAWN out negotiations between Victorian grain train drivers and freight business Pacific National (PN) is costing the grains industry millions of dollars due to train delays and cancellations.
The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway built by the British East India Company and is also the oldest railway system in Asia.
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), in a joint venture with KEC International (KEC), has been awarded Rs.
On Monday, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) issued work orders to Larsen & Toubro, Tata Projects and HCC-KEC JV for civil construction on 4 major underground and elevated packages of the 118.
ALSTOM is set to supply up to 130 electric locomotives to Ukrainian Railways (UZ) under a €900m contract, one of four framework agreements worth more than €1.
On Thursday, Maha Metro announces that around 50% of the work on the Metro bridge, coming up on the Mutha riverbed along the Deccan Gymkhana-Balgandharva Rangmandir-Pune Municipal Corporation stretch, has been completed said Maha Metro Officials.
The $205 million sale of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal (the Terminal) to Pacific National completed today, with all conditions satisfied and outstanding funds transferred to Aurizon.
Aurizon, Australia’s largest rail freight operator, is inviting community groups and charities located across the Company’s operations to apply for cash grants of up to $20,000 through the latest round of its Community Giving Fund.
Aurizon transferred a previously stored grain set from Acacia Ridge to Willowburn (Toowoomba) yesterday in apparent preparations to haul grain off the South Western Line.
Two locomotives, 48 wagons, and drivers are on loan from Aurizon to CBH Group to help the grain handler get a record braking harvest to port.
The impact of the challenging trade environment has been a factor in lower coal volumes moved during the first half of the 2021 financial year
It’s been labelled a “national disgrace” that needs fixing but Gladys Berejiklian has said COVID squabbles has shown it may never happen.
The ‘International High Speed Rail Voices’ report published by High Speed Rail Group (HSRG) demonstrates the transformational role high-speed rail is playing in revolutionising travel across the globe, driving policy makers’ economic and environmental decisions, whilst creating international links that will become ever more important in our increasingly globalised world.
Brisbane has all but secured the Olympic victory it first tried for 29 years ago, but that goal will now trigger a debate about the infrastructure south-east Queensland needs to host the world’s biggest sporting event.
A report calls for investment in faster rail services across Australia to connect CBDs to neighbouring regional centres, but says high speed rail isn’t the immediate answer.
The ARA launched its Faster Rail Report in February 2021.
Today we'll look at what I'll call the '824 corridor' in Melbourne's south and south east.
Stagecoach, and the world's leading open-top bus brand, City Sightseeing, have joined forces with Grupo Julià, a specialist in global tourism and mobility services, to launch a brand new sightseeing service for London.
Two new bus routes are starting later this month.
Earlier this year, Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT) issued a significant Request for Offers for the supply of up to 520 12- metre CNG vehicles, and out of these, 250 will be supplied by the CAF Group subsidiary as part of a contract totalling almost €75 million.
First Aberdeen and Aberdeen City Council are celebrating this week after their hydrogen double-decker bus fleet notched up its first major milestone - completing 100,000 miles of operation.
KCS on May 13 announced that its Board of Directors determined that a revised merger offer from CN constitutes a “Company Superior Proposal” as defined in KCS’s agreement with CP.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) has made a decision: it is leaning toward merging with Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI).
THE Canadian and Ontario governments and the City of Toronto have reached an agreement to invest $26.
Trudeau said the government would provide $12 billion to transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area.
Australia’s Sydney Metro has confirmed two new metro stations at Pyrmont and Hunter Street in the central business district (CBD).
The stations for the Sydney Metro West line which will link Parramatta and the city will be built at Pyrmont and Hunter Street.
More than a dozen buildings will be acquired by the NSW government to build two new CBD rail stations as part of the Sydney Metro West line, catering for 3 million people.
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.
A teenager has been charged over the alleged stabbing of a 15-year-old girl during a brawl at a
THE German government agreed on May 12 to provide an additional €1bn to the country’s 16 federal states to fund local and regional transport in 2021.
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has come into its own during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The impacts of Covid-19 have been highly damaging for the UK rail industry, which has seen decreased footfall, reduced services and a downturn of season ticket purchasing which have caused major economic impacts.
The Australian Government continues to dampen expectations about re-opening its international borders and allowing its citizens to begin traveling again.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to address climate change as part of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues of companies and businesses.
A new partnership of 12 German rail freight operators, including DB Cargo, Bentheimer Eisenbahn, Sweg, RheinCargo and WLE, known as the Future Network for Single Wagon Freight Transport, is seeking to grow wagonload traffic through better coordination and joint marketing.
SBB has ordered 60 more interregional double-decker trains from Stadler for around CHF 1.
Infraestruturas de Portugal has completed the 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of its Minho line between Viana do Castelo and Valença in the far north of the country.
GERMAN Rail (DB) plans to issue a tender for the procurement of 16 hydrogen electric multiple units (HEMUs) for a prospective contract to operate the Line Star Network centred on Mühldorf in Bavaria.
RENFE has denounced obstacles to its prospective entry into the French passenger market, and according to a report in Spanish newspaper El Pais, the Spanish state-owned operator has lodged complaints from its office in Paris with France’s Regulatory Transport Authority (ART) demanding compliance with competition rules set out by the European Commission (EC).
Following the Qube derailment on the Illawarra Mountain in December 2020 and the destruction of 39 grain hoppers, Qube have resorted to moving bulk grain in bulk containers.
After the last coal train passed in Harpers Ferry, we headed to our final stop of the day- Point of Rocks, MD.
There were 86 sightings for this week; This is 6 sightings more than last week.
These have been around for a little while but have evaded me on the rail.
Day 2 of the NCT Road Tour was the most driving we did on the trip- and therefore the least amount of trains, but we were still able to catch some action around Harrisburg, PA.
An intermodal terminal to the north of Melbourne is seen as important in connecting Port of Melbourne with Inland Rail.
From May 2021, Trans4m Rail will commence track construction works within the existing rail corridor between Camurra and North Star.
Anti-diesel truck lobby groups in Melbourne’s inner-west warn the federal government’s $2 billion investment in a freight rail terminal will do little to remove trucks from their pollution-choked streets.
Funding to include $2bn for an intermodal terminal in Melbourne and $2bn to upgrade the Great Western Highway in NSW.
Currently, there is no terminal in Melbourne that is capable of accommodating the Inland Rail service offering of double-stacked 1,800-metre trains.
Mexico City’s mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed the construction of the 17.
Pioneer Lines, a short line operator based in Denver, has a new chief financial officer and chief commercial officer.
Škoda Transportation subsidiary Škoda Electric is due to begin delivering a series of parts to GE Wabtec, to be installed on locomotives for use in Kazakhstan.
David Oestermeyer is now Chief Commercial Officer of Pittsburgh, Pa.
CONSORTIA led by Alstom and CAF have submitted bids of just under the $US 2bn limit set by Mexico’s Fonatur, the state tourism authority, for the rolling stock contract for the 1452km Mayan Train project on the Yucatan peninsula.
Yesterday, the government announced an ambitious new plan, a grabbag of housing policies ranging from okay to highly laudable designed to lower the price of housing.
Reading is credited with heling make the well-known Northeastern Design Caboose a reality.
Australians with rooftop solar panels could soon be charged for exporting electricity to the grid, under new rules being recommended by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC).
This problem is not unique to the railroad industry.
Sydney’s burgerphiles were rapt with drool-worthy anticipation last July, when American meat maestros Five Guys announced their intention to open the brand's first Down Under franchise in early 2021.
Although I made a post on this already, if you want to see more accurate road estimates and in a video format, here you go.
I’ve been working on test-fitting track and roads for the first module of my layout.
The Leighton Buzzard Railway has announced that their line will welcome passengers from Saturday 22nd of May 2021.
For my starting point we have to go back to 2011 when I retired from full time employment.
An opportunity to drive miniature trains all day has become available at Newby Hall near Ripon, in North Yorkshire.
SR Bulleid Pacific has returned to the Swanage Railway after a £350,000 overhaul by Southern Locomotives Ltd, the locomotive’s owners.
The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway have announced that they have received £210,000 thanks to the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
The NSW government says it will need to demolish 13 commercial buildings to make way for a pair of Sydney train stations.
Some business owners affected by the NSW Government's plan to build two new train stations on the Metro West line were only informed of the forced acquisitions after the announcement.
More than a dozen buildings will be acquired by the NSW government to build two new CBD rail stations as part of the Sydney Metro West line, catering for 3 million people.
The two CBD stations for the Sydney Metro West line will be built at Pyrmont and Hunter Street.
In a conversation with Rail Express, 2XM managing director Matthew Morrish talks about his background in rail and exciting plans for the future.
CONSTRUCTION of New Zealand’s deepest railway station is celebrating a significant milestone with the project pouring the last concrete to complete the first underground floor ( B1 in pink below) of City Rail Link’s Karangahape Station.
Queen St to Change
The government has published a 10-year Rail Plan, setting out its ambitions for a ‘resilient and reliable’ rail network and outlining its investment priorities.
THE New Zealand government has released its final New Zealand Rail Plan, which outlines its objectives for rail investment over the next decade with an initial focus on renewing the existing network and fleet to create a platform for expansion in subsequent rail plans.
COMPLETING Auckland’s City Rail Link has taken an exciting step forward today with the official launch of the tunnel boring machine, Dame Whina Cooper, at the project’s Mt Eden site.
Rail authorities are getting projects done while promoting cross-cultural awareness.
With the worsening situation with regard to Covid 19 and South Australia The Ghan passenger train has been stopped at Alice Springs.
The Territory Labor Government is constructing a new two-lane sealed road and a new 45 metre span bridge on Port Keats Road over Saddle Rail Creek.
The Northern Territory government has released a request for quotation for the development of a concept design for a rail passenger terminal as part of the Katherine Logistics and Agribusiness Hub.
The Defence Department has ruled out building a rail line into the Tindal RAAF Base as part of its $1.
Our tree canopies are struggling for space with small lots, renovated homes, new townhouses and apartment blocks, all of which are accommodating Victoria’s growing population.
Making an exception is different than changing one’s mind.
The City of Ballarat's chosen design firm, Hassell, has come back with a preferred design option for the Bridge Mall.
But this would upset powerful industries, so don’t hold your breath
What if we planned public transit with the goal of freedom?
National space agency plans for rover to explore the planet for about three months, marking a milestone in China’s ambitious space program if successful
A controversial bypass that would have bulldozed sensitive wetlands is still attracting funding from the federal government, despite WA re-introducing legislation that will effectively bury plans to build it forever.
Despite months of pay increases and the strongest freight market in recent memory, the number of jobs in the truck transportation sector fell in April according to one benchmark, though it rose by another measuring stick.
Five people have been injured - two critically- after a tanker allegedly ploughed into a crowd of people standing on a
All eyes are on Queen Street, what with the current legal argy-bargy.
Andrew Adam is stepping up from being COO to full CEO at DP World Australia.
Paul Scurrah has been selected as the next Managing Director & CEO of freight operator Pacific National, succeeding Dean Dalla Valle who had announced his intention to step down earlier this year.
Paul Scurrah is the new MD and CEO, while Mike Cory has been appointed as chief operating officer.
Paul Scurrah appointed as Managing Director and CEO
Pacific National 4BM4 lead by locos NR39/NR43/ANXx has derailed at Gana Glen, New South Wales just north of Coffs Harbour.
Hosted by Grain Trade Australia (GTA), the Australian Grain Industry Conference (AGIC) will present its AGIC Asia 2021 conference as a virtual event on March 3.
Funding for the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) has been renewed in 2020, the International Year of Plant Health, which will strengthen coordination across the Australian plant industry sector on biosecurity research, according to minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud.
Ports Australia has welcomed three new members from both local and international corporations.
In an industry-first, Ports Australia has launched a detailed trade statistics resource, which collates and exhibits the ports sector’s trade data.
Today we reach our 2.
There’s no doubt that the coming generation of intermodal terminals will take the next step forward in efficiency, backed by the latest in automation technology.
The port and rail giant Qube Holdings had a good year in 2020: strong revenue, healthy profits, bonuses for executives and dividends for shareholders.
Maurice James has spoken out in the past about the need for rail to play an increased role in the movement of freight RAIL and logistics operator Qube has announced its managing director Maurice James is to step down from his role on 30 June.
Qube has reported a net profit drop of over 50 per cent due to the impact of COVID-19, bushfires, and floods during the 2020 financial year.
Despite the continued uncertainty and impact of Covid-19, Qube is in a strong financial position.
Hitachi Rail is continuing construction work along the Shorncliffe Line to deliver a new railway signalling system as part of the Cross River Rail Project.
Organisers of the multi-billion-dollar project want to put up to 20 heavy trucks per hour through Brisbane's CBD on Sundays, but council isn't happy.
Sunshine Coast residents have voiced concerns about Palmwoods roads with traffic volumes and a lack of infrastructure rating among their main issues.
A collision between a train locomotive and a loaded truck near Drillham has prompted a call for greater awareness of trains at level crossings in Queensland's south west.
A driver has been called “very lucky” after his LandCruiser was written off following a crash between a ute and train near Rosella.
Following recent announcements from the UK Government, Rocks-by-Rails – the Living Ironstone Museum have announced they will be reopening from Sunday 4th July 2021.
Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel, Executive Vice President Operations Mark Redd and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing OfficerJohn Brooks discuss CP’s proposed merger with Kansas City Southern with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C.
Funding for key activities is expected to help build individual resilience and provide a strong focus on suicide prevention.
"Tim agreed to do the interview (with me) on one condition.
The Women in Industry Awards recognise achievement across multiple sectors.
Spending on infrastructure has once-in-a-generation potential to achieve “a transformative impact”.
Rail Insights 2021 will explore what is affecting business growth, capital investment, technology, regulation, service quality and safety in the North American rail market—freight and passenger.
This came out yesterday.
Rail infrastructure projects are popping up everywhere in Australia, with the trend set to continue under the Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative.
Toll chair John Mullen says a sale agreement is consistent with Toll’s strategy to focus on its Asia- Pacific logistics strengths.
In 2017 Glyn Pierce-Jones, group managing editor at safety technology company Trolex Group, told Global Rail Review that technology had made it clear that passengers were no longer looking for the transport system to get them from A to B but wanted a more exciting experience.
About two-thirds of the full-time residents here in Hawaii are located on the Island of Oahu.
(On board incidents from notes taken three years ago when I rode from Vancouver to Toronto on VIA Rail’s flagship train, The Canadian.
Based on selected notes taken three years ago when I rode from Vancouver to Toronto on VIA Rail’s flagship train, The Canadian.
At last we come to the point of this narrative, which is that for many reasons, Amtrak can be a better choice for long-distance travel than flying.
From Railpage to all our loyal users, moderators and administrators, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and safe New Year.
Railpage has available for download the new 2018 version of the All Australia Tracks Google Earth overlay.
Railpage is calling for 6 or so volunteers to become core team members of the RP testing team for the new developer software releases.
Submissions are now open for our monthly international photo competition.
Congratulations to L-1172 who has won the July 2017 photo competition with 9 votes.
In 1920, the U.
I am indebted to Alan Young for a number of the images in these articles about the Micklehurst Loop.
It was National Train Day on Saturday and plenty of families celebrated all things choo-choo over at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.
Although it feels like I have been a volunteer at Locomotion for years, in reality I only joined in February 2020.
In the early 1930s, the Great Depression caused a catastrophic loss of business for American railroads.
The ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Locomotive Trust Ltd have published their latest update on the restoration of their locomotive, London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) A4 Class No.
The Churnet Valley Railway (CVR) has confirmed that the very popular The Polar Express event will be returning for 2021.
The Wensleydale Railway welcomed participants of a Classic Vehicle Run, fundraising for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and to remember Heather Dobson, who passed away a decade ago.
The month of April 2021 in review.
Volunteers and staff of the South Devon Railway (SDR) have been thinking of different ways to fund raise for their railway, with their latest idea to produce a re-written version of the “Wellerman” Sea Shanty, calling it “Beardman” a Steam shanty.
Bids rejected for South Shore Line Double Track project
Read the May issue of RT&S.
New York lawmaker wants Amtrak to repair rail tunnels one way … and it could become law.
Railroad/Supplier Partnerships: What started as “basically a handshake” blossomed over time into a mutually beneficial working relationship for Watco and CDL Electric.
We are giving you the chance to win our review copy of The Bumper Book of Vitali’s Travels book by Vitali Vitaliev
“Everything I've done has prepared me for ice swimming.
Long-distance passenger services were hit particularly hard, falling by 42.
I had spent my life – 44 years – in Tegucigalpa, the capital of
New Elkhart Location Featured in the News!
Thinking through my year’s travel plans.
RUSSIAN manufacturer Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiary TMH-Energy Solutions and Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) subsidiary Rusatom Overseas have created a joint venture (JV) to produce hydrogen fuel cells for transport applications.
Having built up its track maintenance division through a series of acquisitions in recent years and started developing a new range of high-performance machines for Russian Railways, Sinara Transport Machines is now targeting the export market, reports Vladmir Waldin.
Yakutia Railway has taken delivery of a Progress Rail EMD 2TE3250 twin-section diesel locomotive for testing in the region’s extreme environment.
THE mayor of Moscow, Mr Sergey Sobyanin, has opened a new terminal at Vnukovo station as part of the development of Moscow Central Diameter (MCD) Line 4.
Certification testing has begun with the latest member of Ural Locomotives’ Lastochka electric multiple-unit family, a 10-car variant which is intended for use on inter-regional routes of up to 700 km.
Nearly two years after the state government derailed works to run passenger trains deep into Port Adelaide, the local council wants to re-ignite the project.
THE operator of Adelaide Metro train services, Keolis Downer, has committed to training local frontline staff in Mental Health First Aid, in a bid to drive recognition and support for mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
THE newly made-over Ghan Train has had several windows smashed by rocks being thrown while it was travelling through Alice Springs on Monday afternoon.
The Federal Government has reappointed Former Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss AC, as Chair of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).
Warren Truss is getting another term at the helm of the ARTC.
The government is “backing away a million miles an hour” from its passenger rail commitment, an independent candidate says, as she calls for the project to be put on the fast track.
The Port of Hobart will be the state’s international gateway to the Southern Ocean thanks to TasPorts’ planned multi-million-dollar redevelopment for Macquarie Wharfs.
Premier Peter Gutwein and State Growth Minister Michael Ferguson need to tell Tasmanians this week when they will start work on Hobart’s crucially needed northern suburbs light rail or admit they have broken yet another promise.
Michael Ferguson,Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
More than 1000 people have signed a petition asking the Dorset Council to cease and desist all activities leading to the destruction of the North East rail corridor between Lilydale Falls and Scottsdale.
PST developed a customized training package for Savage, using the logistics provider’s yard configurations, rules and operating practices to shape the curriculum.
Miner subsidiary Powerbrace Corp.
The $46 million initiative is slated to replace aging equipment with scanners that use “linear accelerators to generate X-rays from electricity rather than radioactive isotopes, producing high-quality images that support faster and more secure cargo inspections,” CBP said.
Customer experience is key to the rail industry to attract more customers to use the service and offer an appealing environment.
CP’s HFC project, announced in December 2020, will retrofit a line-haul diesel-electric locomotive with Ballard Power Systems hydrogen fuel cells and Leclanché’s European-manufactured lithium-ion batteries, which will power the locomotive’s electric motors.
Rivet Games Arosa Line DEALS
Recently I discovered a new online game called Train Station 2.
Dovetail Games and Rivet Games has announced that the Arosa Linie: Chur – Arosa is coming to Train Sim World 2.
Train Simulator 2021 has now arrived on PC with a new collection of routes, improved Steam Workshop feature and a Deluxe Edition that includes a brand-new experience with the West Coast Main Line South.
Welcome to the primary metropolitan transportation choice for New Yorker's besides walking, the subway!
THE mayor of Toronto, Mr John Tory, announced on May 12, that $C 568m ($US 468m) of funding has been secured to procure 47 LRVs to enter service starting in 2023.
CONSTRUCTION works to reuse materials from the former T6 Carlingford Rail Line, including ballast, sleepers and tracks, for the new Parramatta Light Rail have begun.
Two centuries ago, before anyone had the idea of laying rails on the ground so wheels could run swiftly and smoothly over them, nobody could travel faster than they or a horse could walk, or a boat could sail.
Back in 2013 a replacement of the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River, which separates the states of Washington and Oregon, was scratched when politics got in the way.
Recently the government announced the next steps for light rail in Auckland, the creation of an Establishment Unit to come up with a recommendation of what to build before the end of the year.
It’s a bit outside London, but there’s a chance to visit a live archaeology site that’s currently excavating a churchyard filled with around 3,000 dead people.
High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2) has announced that Mace and Dragados are finalising the design and building the brand new Birmingham Curzon Street railway station.
East Midland Railway (EMR) has announced the introduction of their brand-new electric powered EMR Connect service in May 2021, the company’s first electric route.
The reopening of the railway line between Okehampton and Exeter is one step closer after Network Rail finished relaying the new track and sleepers last week.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced they will be hauling freight trains for A.
Wabtec has set up partnerships with Carnegie Mellon University and short line specialist Genesee & Wyoming with a view to developing a range of low-carbon technologies for freight railroads.
Eight to 10 rail cars came off the track at around 7:45 p.
These funds will assist with road’s rehabilitation efforts to the Mahoning Subdivision with the replacement of approximately 8,178 crossties, the installation of 7,501 tons of ballast, nearly 90,000 track feet of surfacing, rail replacement, and ancillary work on the main and side tracks over 12 miles of CCRL’s Mahoning Subdivision.
Building on Port NOLA’s 50 years of service as Louisiana’s only international container port, the new container terminal will be capable of handling the largest container vessels and accommodate evolving shippers’ needs.
Following are excerpts from DOJ’s letter.
A new report reveals the cost of major infrastructure projects are blowing out because Australian governments don’t question claims from construction companies.
Commuters will need to wear their masks on the station platform as well as on the train and bus as the State Government pushes for greater COVID protection.
Works are taking place at a junction on the Gippsland line near Morwell where passenger and freight services share the network.
Almost $8m is to be spent on a bio-wash facility at Bendigo, to be managed by Alstom.
A new intermodal freight terminal near Melbourne, designed to handle freight from the under-construction Inland Rail line from Brisbane, which will take hundreds of trucks off inner-city streets, was at $A 2bn ($US 1.
Mining company Rio Tinto is to undertake proof-of-concept testing of enhancements to the collision detection system on its AutoHaul autonomous trains, which would add the capability to identify hazards such as people or vehicles on or near the tracks.
Bayswater residents should settle in for at least a further six months of construction works in their suburb with Transport Minister Rita Saffioti confirming more delays for Perth’s biggest ever rail project.
A project that could eliminate costly freight bottlenecks for booming Goldfields mining operations could get the green light as early as next year.
Rail technology company Wabtec is on a journey to not only facilitate good business but bring about enhanced industry safety.
A suite of infrastructure investments have been announced for Western Australia, ahead of the upcoming Federal Budget announcement.
Saturday 15 May from 12pm
Route 59/82 trams have resumed along their normal lines following the earlier disruption.
The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted heavy rainfall this evening with showers continuing on tomorrow morning, Friday 14 May.
Route 57 trams have resumed along their normal lines following the earlier disruption.
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May from 11am