WMC Resources has been given approval to send uranium oxide concentrate from its Olympic Dam and Beverley Mines to Darwin by rail.
Victorian Transport Minister Peter Batchelor says the free trams, trains and buses were very successful in getting Melbourne's large New Year's Eve crowds home.
The Northern Territory's work safety regulator says plans to transport yellowcake uranium on the Adelaide to Darwin Railway could be safer than using the road.
Mining company WMC Resources has been granted approval for a three-month rail trial transporting products from its Olympic Dam and Beverley mines in South Australia to Darwin's East Arm Port.
NT Worksafe's director Mark Crossin says WMC has met all accident response and staff training requirements.
The person in charge of enforcing railroad safety in the United States is stepping down. Rail Safety Administrator Betty Monro's resignation followed a federal investigation into Monro's close relationship with Union Pacific.
A planned rail line between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem will traverse the West Bank in two areas, an Israeli official said on Friday, raising questions about Israel’s intentions for the disputed territory.
A three-month trial of transporting WMC Resources' uranium to Darwin by rail will see the material travel twice through South Australia.
A Very Happy New Year to you all. We have had 51 sightings for this week which is 35 sightings less than last week. The total number of sightings for the year of 2004 is 6041 for 366 days (last years (2003) sightings on day 365 was 4338). 2002 = 5893. 2001 = 6243. 2000 = 6224. The sightings for 2004 are up by 1703 sightings on 2003.
A MAN escaped with minor injuries when a train slammed into his four-wheel drive at a level crossing in Melbourne's south overnight.
The rail watchdog for Wales has hit out at a "who owns what?" attitude which left passengers in the dark at one station.
Without improvements in driver behaviour more Australians are likely to die in level crossing accidents this year, according to new research.
Traffic congestion will reach boiling point when large-scale residential developments surrounding Maitland come on line unless a light rail service is established, according to transport planner Len Regan.
An irate CityRail guard had to be restrained by workmates when he tried to punch an elderly passenger in Sydney's south yesterday.
A new ‘Great Railway Journey of the World’ is in prospect for Wales following the announcement of plans to complete the scenic Welsh Highland Railway.
Turkish Ibrahim Polat private group will launch works for a $274 million rail link in Morocco's under-developed north, the country's state railway board ONCF said on Tuesday.
Central Victorian train travellers will spend much of this year sitting on buses, with V/Line beginning Fast Rail works later this month.
A bomb threat on Christmas Day that delayed the northbound CountryLink Xplorer at Sydney's Central Station was traced back to a public phone box in Moree, police revealed yesterday.
Freight Australia has been fined $5,000 over a large fuel spill at Sale in Victoria's south-east last year.
Hot food is at the centre of a battle between operators vying to run trains on the East Coast Main Line.
A CityRail guard who allegedly tried to punch an elderly passenger had been suspended from his regular duties, CityRail said today.
Liberal opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder has lashed out at the Labor Party's failure to provide discount Sunday public transport rates for people using the Ararat-Ballarat train line.
The 'Argentina' Rescue Fund has been launched to save L.D.Porta's first locomotive for posterity.
Illawarra rail commuters are furious about a temporary timetable forcing them to stand for hours on packed trains.
The Construction and Transport Ministry plans to upgrade 200 level railway crossings by fiscal 2007, cutting by 40 percent the number of crossings that cause regular delays in rush hour traffic, ministry sources said Thursday.
Progress on the Hope Downs iron ore project in the Pilbara, in north-west Western Australia, has been delayed, with the company given an extension to lodge its development application to the WA Government.
CityRail says it hopes to have information on its website today about south coast rail timetables for next week.
Eighteen people are reported to have been killed and many others injured in a train crash near Bologna in Italy.
Raymond Rutter's morning driving a commuter train from Gosford to Sydney became a race against time to save the life of a passenger bitten by a funnelweb spider.
BHP Billiton has upped the ante in its battle to prevent Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group from winning free entry to its Pilbara railway, appealing against a National Competition Council ruling that opened the door to the budding iron ore magnate last month.
Eight people were killed after two freight trains collided in South Carolina and released a poisonous chlorine gas cloud, authorities said Friday morning.
Central Japan Railway Co. said Friday the government plans to sell its 39.6 percent shareholding in the company.
AS a child, Caroline Hodge would stare up at the steam trains at the West Coast Pioneers Museum and wish she knew what all the valves and knobs did.
Taking a cue from the airlines, the Railways intend to launch on-line auction of tickets for air-conditioned coaches in all trains.
There is further support for the push for railways to replace trucks in the transport of timber products out of the Riverina Highlands.
Firefighters and ambulance personnel have descended on Sydney's Wynyard railway station to take part in a terrorism training exercise.
US investigators are looking into why railway points were set to switch a train carrying toxic chlorine gas to a line where rail carriages were parked on a siding.
Railcorp is reporting no major congestion on Illawarra and south coast lines this morning as trains run to an amended timetable for the next two weeks.
The WA Greens are calling on the State Government to reprimand BHP Billiton for violating its State Agreement Act which states it must share its infrastructure with other players.
Infamous in the burning quality of it's coal, WSCM was closed to the general public a few months ago. Tourists that come into the Township-Come in to the shoe shop wrench'es and sign the peititon to bring it to the standards of a working mine.
After all, Oldies? Didn't it power those engines to make good photos, and fuel our love for steam? People have been signing it from all around the state-from what I've seen, as far as Rowville. Come on' railfans.
Some 57 people have died in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after their bus crashed into a canal.
ONE of Tasmania's Metro buses has racked up enough kilometres to travel around the world 24 times and keep going.
West Australian Plantation Resources will continue using the Manjimup to Picton rail line after the State Government announced a $10.93 million upgrade late last month.
Major work will begin on Monday on upgrading the Bendigo rail line for fast train services.
A dispute over the location of a Melbourne University tram stop may be decided in the nation's highest court soon.
The Transport Ministry is exploring the possibility of constructing an express railway line along the Southern expressway from Colombo to Matara.
Shares in Mount Gibson Iron Ltd have surged almost six per cent after the iron ore miner confirmed a Chinese state-owned enterprise has taken a 5.9 per cent stake in the company.
Pressure is building on the Federal Government to review the capacity of rail and shipping after bottlenecks in those areas were blamed for the country's second largest trade deficit in history.
CityRail's proposed changes to the Blue Mountains Fish and Chips train services have been met with disapproval by commuters.
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin is discussing the organization of a direct railway and ferry link between the port of Poti in Georgia and the Kavkaz port in Russia at a meeting in Tbilisi.
Some $2.5 billion will be invested in the rail transport sector in the fourth development plan (2005-2010), the managing director of Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company said on Monday.
One of the teams behind the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will draw up plans for Glasgow's new transport system that could see the return of trams.
In September 7, 2004, Port Augusta railway worker Karl Petry lay by the side of a road in the wind and rain for four hours because he was unable to contact anyone - and no-one enquired as to his whereabouts.
General Motors Corp., the world's largest car and truck maker, said Wednesday it agreed to sell its Electro-Motive Division to an investor group led by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC and Berkshire Partners LLC.
Mt Gibson Iron hopes the interest of a Chinese railway group will boost its exports in the mid west by allowing improvements to the local rail system.
China will invest about $12 billion to build railways in 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
Cobar farewelled its last regular passenger train in 1975 but on Easter Saturday, March 26, the western mining town will host a visit from the restored Southern Aurora.
Honeysuckle Development Corporation is calling for proposals for the long-term lease of three iconic railway workshop buildings in Newcastle.
Country drivers are being warned as part of a national road safety campaign not to be complacent at railway crossings.
A TRAIN driver in Britain who suffered from nightmares after his train struck a goat was been awarded 35,000 pounds ($86,340) in compensation, his lawyer said.
Firefighters are battling a blaze along a rail line near Jindalee in southern NSW, a Rural Fire Service spokeswoman said today.
The future of Bendigo's tourist tram service will be decided next week, putting an end to the long-running controversy on the issue.
The New South Wales Government will spend $60 million upgrading Hornsby train station over two years, as part of its program to simplify the Cityrail network.
The High Speed Rail bureau yesterday announced that the 345km line between Taipei and Kaohsiung is near completion, and will begin operations in October this year.
At least 16 main trains operating in Java will have new schedules starting on Jan. 17, which are expected to cut travel time and reduce the number of delayed trains.
The controversial overhaul of train services between Bendigo and Melbourne will begin today, with the State Government launching major Fast Rail works.
The trucking industry in Australia's Northern Territory says it is recovering from a year of job losses since the opening of the Adelaide to Darwin rail service 12 months ago.
Sparks from a goods train seem to be the most likely cause of simultaneous bushfires in between Cootamundra and Wallendbeen on Thursday afternoon.
Huge “jams” have developed on the Far Eastern Railway. Around 110 trains with coal, metal, petroproducts and other goods stand near ports of the Primorye Territory, which are not ready to handle their cargoes.
New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for stronger federal regulation of the railroads.
A number of international construction companies compete for getting licenses to build railways and highways in Yemen.
THE final report of a special commission of inquiry into the Waterfall train crash in New South Wales will be released this afternoon.
GEELONG'S fast rail project is one step closer to completion with crossover tracks installed at Corio station at the weekend.
FOR the Harding family, yesterday's 6.50 pm train service from Bendigo to Kyneton marked the end of an era.
Two trains on Bangkok's five-month-old subway system crashed during the morning rush hour today, injuring about 100 people and forcing authorities to suspend services, officials and witnesses said.
Railcorp lacked a culture of safety and further train crashes were likely in New South Wales unless it implemented reforms, the final report in the Waterfall train disaster has found.
Rail safety reforms introduced since the Waterfall train crash showed the New South Wales Government was serious about improving safety for train travellers, Premier Bob Carr said today.
The Alice Springs to Darwin freight train is celebrating 12 months of operation today.
The first shipment of uranium yellow-cake to be transported on the Adelaide to Darwin Railway has arrived in northern Australia for shipment overseas later this week.
Work is about to start on the refurbishment of a second locomotive for Gympie's Mary Valley Heritage Railway.
THE final report of the Waterfall inquiry has delivered a damning assessment of the state of the NSW rail system at the time of the crash that claimed seven lives, blaming "grossly inadequate" safety management as a major contributing factor.
Yesterday was labelled a black rail day for Bendigo as trains between the city and Sunbury shut down in preparation for works on the fast rail project.
The deadline for submitting bids in the Tel Aviv light railway tender will be postponed by at least five months.
The New South Wales rail system remained a liability 28 years after 83 people lost their lives in the state's worst train accident, the organiser of the Granville memorial service said today.
Williamstown is considering a radical plan to get people out of their cars
Rail commuters were left stranded across the Illawarra last night after heavy rain and hailstorms battered the region.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating a crash involving an XPT train and a freight train.
The City of Greater Bendigo's decision to scrap the tram extension around Lake Weeroona has been hailed a win for the community.
The Bendigo Trust says the scrapping of the Lake Weeroona tram extension will threaten the future of the service and cost jobs.
Bendigo's tourist tram service could be heading for closure after the local council abandoned upgrade plans.
It is a fair bet that nine out of 10 Aucklanders hardly ever use public transport - bus, rail or ferry. Many may not have have caught a bus since their schooldays. And rail is just emerging from the days when only masochists caught the train - they enjoyed wondering whether it would arrive late or at all.
A proposal to provide express toll lanes to Washington's Dulles Airport, could also affect I-66 though Arlington. The plan, put forward by a private business group, is causing havoc among transportation officials and those who support the state's plan to extend rail out to Dulles and beyond.
The US Army said Wednesday it will study the possibility of shipping chemical weapons between storage and destruction sites, a move opponents said could mean tons of aging, lethal munitions being sent across country by truck or train.
A $190-million plan to put underground a section of the rail line separating Perth from its main entertainment precinct would rid the city of its dullsville tag, WA Premier Geoff Gallop said today.
The State Railway of Thailand yesterday signed an agreement with the consortium led by the local trading company B. Grimm Group to build a railway linking Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi international airport.
The West Australian Opposition has accused the Government of leaving taxpayers in the dark over the cost of the southern metropolitan rail project.
There were 114 sightings for the week which is two sightings more than last week, making a total for the year to date at 302 sightings (Total sightings up to day 22 last year was 423
Maitland Mayor Peter Blackmore is disappointed newly appointed transport minister John Watkins won't reverse a decision to cut the Newcastle rail line at Broadmeadow.
Five train passengers have been killed after Indian soldiers threw them out of a compartment into the path of a speeding train.
A Visy Industries spokesman says the company is not planning to invest in reopening a railway between Tumut and Cootamundra.
A Visy Industries spokesman says the company is not planning to invest in reopening a railway between Tumut and Cootamundra.
Talks are continuing between unions and Queensland Rail as the organisation prepares to shed up to 700 jobs state-wide.