THE body of a truck driver whose semi-trailer collided with a freight train in the state's west last week has been found — on the day the railway line reopened.
TRANSPORT giant Toll Holdings has begun selling the assets it promised to divest to secure regulatory approval for its $6 billion-plus takeover of stevedore Patrick Corporation.
Passenger train services will return to normal today between Melbourne and Adelaide.
South Australia’s entire public transport system is entering the mobile age and once again proving a worldwide trendsetter.
A railway line through Horton Park Golf Club and nine high-rise sites form part of Maroochy mayor Joe Natoli’s preferred vision for the Maroochydore CBD.
A KEY commitment to boost public transport has been all but abandoned by the State Government.
The West Australian Treasurer Eric Ripper says he hopes a speedy agreement will be reached for the transport of minerals across the Pilbara.
An $825 million infrastructure injection in Tuesday's state Budget will fuel a forecast boom in Central Queensland's resources industry, Premier Peter Beattie has revealed today.
THE heat is on the Bracks Government to spend millions to save Victoria's privately owned country rail network after the government regulator finalised state policy on third-party rail access.
RAIL users are being robbed of time every day because of a Government lie that trains had to be slowed down for safety reasons.
The Victorian state Government will decide how much Toll Holdings subsidiary Pacific National can charge for use of the state rail network, after twice rejecting access arrangements proposed by the company.
All change for Wodonga? Moving the tracks from central Wodonga is a good thing but don’t curse the railway. It hasn’t been a bad thing for Wodonga.
Federal and state governments are being urged to act to prevent more level crossing accidents.
A GOODS train has derailed in the centre of the Victorian town of Benalla on the main railway line between Melbourne and Sydney.
A goods trains carrying steel and plastic has derailed about 180 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, destroying part of a building and disrupting interstate rail services.
A Queensland Rail locomotive has derailed in a collision with a semi-trailer in central Queensland.
Two Queensland Rail trains have derailed in separate incidents today.
Queensland Rail's north coast line has been reopened following an early morning derailment.
Police were called to the scene on the Trundle Road - between Bogan Gate and Trundle - following the accident at approximately 6.20pm.
The main rail link between Melbourne and Sydney will remain closed after this morning's goods train derailment at Benalla in Victoria's north-east.
EACH state and territory was to adopt new laws to improve safety on the nation's railway networks.
COUNTRY airline Regional Express (Rex) has been forced to cut its service between Armidale and Sydney after losing almost $1 million in the past 18 months.
BUS, train and tram users could be allowed to deduct the cost of some tickets from their income tax.
Fly into most big cities in the world and you will be able to take a speedy train from the airport to the city centre. So why not in Melbourne, asks Richard Webb.
There were scenes of jubilation last night when workers on the Perth to Mandurah rail project broke through to complete the first of two tunnels under the city.
A COUNTY Court jury at Wangaratta is expected to retire on Monday to reach verdicts in the trial of a Wodonga truck driver charged with three counts of culpable driving after a collision with a steam train at Benalla.
A LIGHT RAIL system could be built in central Sydney within two years, move more than 10 million people a year and turn Castlereagh Street into a vibrant pedestrian and retail precinct, independent reports have found.
There were scenes of jubilation last night when workers on the Perth to Mandurah rail project broke through to complete the first of two tunnels under the city.
The State Government says a return to trams in the CBD would cause traffic chaos, but a transport consultant offers a different view.
There were only 71 sightings for this week, which were 12 sightings more than last week, due to the derailment of AM3 near Lismore Victoria at 0730 Thursday 25th June. Making a total of 2532 sightings for this year to date. On day 154 last year we had seen 2061* sightings (* 1 weeks sightings missing March 2005).
A man has died after a collision with a train near the NSW-Victoria border.
The New South Wales Government has reaffirmed its opposition to expanding the light rail network through Sydney's CBD.
One person is dead after a car was struck by an XPT express train on a level crossing in southern NSW, police say.
A MAN died when his car was struck by an express train at a level crossing in southern NSW.
A man died when his car was struck by an express train at a level crossing in southern NSW.
PREMIER Morris Iemma yesterday promised Hawkesbury Police new premises by June 2010 and to buy the corridor for the Epping-Rouse Hill stretch of the North West Rail Link by June 2007.
A Wodonga truck driver was yesterday found not guilty on four charges relating to an accident with a steam train at Benalla in 2002 in which three men died.
Model trains from around the globe will be on show at Ballarat and District Model Railway Club exhibition this weekend.
Witnesses reported what seemed like a slow-motion chain of events leading up to yesterday’s tragedy.
Locomotives and wagons were still being removed yesterday from the scene of Friday’s derailment at Benalla.
A fourth platform will be built at Macarthur Railway Station to improve running times and allow for an expansion in train services.
Police have released the name of a man killed in a collision between a car and train at a level crossing just north of the Victoria-New South Wales border yesterday.
United Group Ltd boss Richard Leupen says private public partnerships (PPPs) will be part of the future regardless of any public unpopularity.
A RECORD $3.4 billion will be spent on public transport over the next year in a NSW government push to expand and improve rail services.
Train maker and engineering services provider United Group Ltd expects overseas markets to provide the fastest part of its growth as the company's market position in Australia becomes more significant.
The state Budget has been delivered and there is no sign of funds to reopen a major rail line on the north coast or build a bypass for Alstonville.
LIKE computers and telephones before them, Melbourne's trams could one day go wireless.
A MAN has had his leg severed when he was struck by a train in Brisbane's south.
The triumphalism associated with the announcement of the destruction of the Wodonga railway begs the question as to how this city will benefit from this outlay of $125 million.
Farmers in New South Wales say they are disappointed with a lack of money for rural rail and roads in the state Budget.
A post-mortem examination has been carried out on the body of a man killed in a collision between his car and the XPT train near Albury on Monday.
The Peterborough community will celebrate 125 years of rail from June 9-12 with a packed program of exhibitions, displays and activities.
One of Lithgow's most significant 19th Century heritage buildings, sadly neglected in the past, is to gain a new lease of life as the administration centre for a newly emerging railway heritage and tourism operation.
Hopes for a faster train link from the South Coast to Sydney have been dashed for at least the next decade.
Two locomotives which had been working on Eyre Peninsula were loaded onto trucks at Kimba and shipped to New South Wales last Thursday.
Councils are lobbying the Victorian Government to retain the Ararat-Maroona-Portland rail line.
MEMO: Yarra trams. Check the doors on your rattler No. 289.
A PETTION signed by more than 2700 South Australians calling for the scrapping of an extension to Adelaide's historic tramline has been presented to State Parliament.
SYDNEY train drivers have revealed they spend their days at work watching DVDs, because the Government's new timetable has cut so many services they have nothing to do.
MEMBERS of the NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) will today call on the state government to provide better levels of service, safety and cleanliness at Sydney's major railway station.
The family of a former inspector of locomotive maintenance has donated all his railway memorabilia to the Ararat Railway Heritage Association.
A Horton Park Golf Club member who bought a “$700,000 plus” luxury apartment overlooking the golf course has vowed to fight any plans for a neighbouring railway line.
ONLY half the number of level-crossing upgrades planned this year will be finished.
As the bill from Lismore's fatal train smash nears $30 million, one of its biggest corporate losers has paid its respects to the family of deceased truck driver Jamie Webb.
THE New South Wales opposition has labelled as incompetence and mismanagement revelations RailCorp employs 150 more train drivers than it needs each day.
The Victorian Government is remaining tight-lipped about the release of a new fast-rail timetable for the Bendigo to Melbourne line.
An Israeli commuter train has derailed after slamming into a truck crossing the tracks, causing several deaths and injuring about 150 people, rescue services say.
Perth-based miner Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has appealed to the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) to be allowed access to a Pilbara rail line owned by BHP Billiton.
The Victorian Nationals say the State Government is discriminating against country Victorians by excluding V/Line services from certain concessions.
TransAdelaide has reintroduced a new computer software program that caused disruptions to metropolitan rail services last month.
Nothing gets kids’ hearts racing like the sound of a steam train whistle.
The Victorian Nationals and state grain growers have renewed pressure on the Bracks Government to buy back the state's rail network from Pacific National to prevent the system collapsing.
A merged Toll-Patrick is not anti-competitive, and may even increase competition, competition authority boss Graeme Samuel says.
There were 101 sightings for this week, which were 30 sightings more than last week. Making a total of 2633 sightings for this year to date. On day 161 last year we had seen 2157* sightings (* 1 weeks sightings missing March 2005).
A Tenambit man is calling for a piece of Maitland's historic railway line to be restored for future generations.
A rail line in the Pilbara is set to become a test of the Federal Government's competition policy credentials. The Perth-based mining company Fortescue says it needs access to the line to exploit an iron ore deposit. But BHP Billiton, which owns the line, has refused to let them use it.
AFTER taking on the world's biggest mining company in its fight for railway access, Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group is now targeting the Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello.
IN another win for image over substance, the Iemma Government has spent $1 million in taxpayer funds promoting Sydney's troubled train system on TV and radio.
The Riverina Regional Development Board says the community is largely behind its multi-million-dollar plan for a rail trail in the high country.
The Sunlander train has collided with 12 vehicles at level crossings in Queensland since 1999, a Queensland Transport spokesman revealed.
Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) says lengthy coal ship delays are expected off the Newcastle coast this month.
Adelaide's O-Bahn combined bus and rail technology urgently needs an upgrade, a commuter lobby group says.
The backyard shed has long been a favourite retreat for Australian men, but not many would contain what John James has in his.
The price of bus, train and tram tickets will rise almost 10 per cent, costing the average public transport user an extra $100 a year, with the State Government blaming rising fuel costs.
The $340 million contract for Sydney's long-awaited travel smartcard is in legal limbo amid claims the cash-strapped company behind it needs a multi-million-dollar rescue payment.
ERG Group is developing software specific to Sydney, but is
Most Sydney train fares will rise 2.9 per cent when CityRail's first price increase in three years comes into effect on July 2, a pricing authority says.
FOLLOWING continued dangerous incidents at the railway bridge over the Hunter River, three organisations will join forces to target the problem.
Police are treating a man's death as suspicious, after he died shortly after being thrown out of a club in Sydney's west overnight.
POLICE are forced to use trams, trains and buses to get to crime scenes.
WHEN Christine Ludmon's husband Andrew perished in the Waterfall tragedy, she instantly became a sole parent to their two children, while struggling with the knowledge that their youngest, a son who she was pregnant with at the time, would grow up without meeting his father.
SOME of the families of victims from the Waterfall rail disaster are yet to receive compensation, nearly three and a half years after the fatal train derailment.
A report into the rail industry has found a shortage of staff will occur in the next five to ten years if no action is taken to address human resources.
Insurance costs spell end to Tourist Railway
A PERSON has been struck and killed by a train at St Mary's station in Sydney's west, forcing the suspension of CityRail services between St Marys and Penrith.
THANK goodness for Thomas the Tank Engine. Without him, it might be even harder to fill jobs on the railways.
TRAM lover Carmelina Di Guiglielmo is calling "all aboard" for a new-style tram.
Footscray station is unable to cope with its 12,000 daily commuters, according to the local mayor, who has accused the State Government of neglecting the western suburbs.
FAMILIES of Waterfall train crash victims who have waited nearly four years for compensation will be paid within weeks after a sudden backdown by the State Government.
The Better Rail Action Group is questioning why there is a delay in the release of a new rail timetable for the Bendigo-Melbourne line and the introduction of new express services.
The Ballarat and Moorabool councils are being urged to take action now to eliminate rail as the method of transport for waste to the proposed Nowingi toxic waste dump in north-west Victoria.
NSW rail workers subjected to random tests are 15 times more likely to test positive to drugs than alcohol, the state opposition says.
The town of Young is set to capitalize on the percieved rudeness of Cootamundra motel operators, when a touring group of 60 train enthusiasts with the 3801 Limited, Silver tour, pulls in here in September.
A RUNAWAY train has rolled about 500 metres before derailing and crashing into boom gates on a disused track in Melbourne's south-east.
There were 95 sightings for this week, which were six sightings less than last week, which included the "Queens Birthday" public holiday. Making a total of 2728 sightings for this year to date On day 168 last year we had seen 2248* sightings (* 1 weeks sightings missing March 2005).
About 20 shire councils from across New South Wales have offered their support to a proposed inland rail corridor linking Melbourne and Darwin that would travel through Coonamble.
Darwin has been the country's standout industrial market with the resources boom pushing rents for sheds and warehouses up 50 per cent over the past year, McGees' property report says.
One in four V/Line trains travelling to the Border last month was late.
THE State Government is considering reducing the Australind train services between Bunbury and Perth and replacing it with coaches that would link commuters with the Perth-Mandurah rail link.
Victoria's Opposition says V/Line's failure to meet performance targets is a sign the Government's fast rail project is a dud.
Federal Transport Minister Warren Truss has hit back at Tasmanian claims his office is responsible for a delay in signing a $118 million rail rescue package for the state.
YEARS of landholder complaints about noxious weeds along rail tracks have prompted Tamworth Regional Council to ask for Federal Government intervention.
Toll Holdings is looking for interested parties to buy parts of Patrick Corporation, which it acquired last month.
The new Spencer Street Station redevelopment has an innovative roof designed to naturally extract internal air and fumes out of the station, without the use of electric fans.
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Plans to promote the small Central Darling Shire town of Ivanhoe as a major transportation hub linking road and rail between Adelaide and north eastern Australia, are being canvassed by Local Government and farming groups in the area.
A proposal to halve the number of train services between Perth and Bunbury has been strongly criticised by unions and seniors' groups.
A war of words has broken out about whether the rail freight industry is pulling its weight when it comes to funding infrastructure around the country.
THE embattled fast-rail project is set to miss its latest deadline, has now cost taxpayers more than $1.3 billion and could take another year to be completed.
Former BHP CEO John Prescott will begin a three-year term as QR chairman, as the government-owned rail operator goes national.
Union representatives are confident most of the staff at the Goulburn rail workshops will be offered new jobs when they work their final shifts for the New South Wales Government today.
A SPECIAL train used by Kim Jong-il was spotted heading toward Russia, raising speculation the North Korean leader may be making a rare overseas trip, a South Korean daily reported today.
The Liberal candidate for Ballarat West wants to stop rail transport being used for taking toxic waste from Melbourne to the Mallee.
HORSHAM Rural City Council will fight to retain all existing country freight lines in Victoria.
A MAN has been stabbed in front of commuters at Southern Cross railway station in central Melbourne
A TRAM driver was taken to hospital after the tram he was driving and a bus collided.
The New South Wales Government says it will spend $75 million to reopen the Casino-to-Murwillumbah rail line on the state's north coast, but only if the Federal Government agrees to match the funding.
An interstate task force has been set up to investigate potential rail links between northern New South Wales, Coolangatta and the Gold Coast.
THE State Government drew fire yesterday for failing to run extra trains and trams after Australia's World Cup clash against Italy overnight.
Forcing companies such as BHP Billiton to open its rail lines to competitors could hurt the economy and restrict valuable exports, the national commodities forecaster warns.
The Liberal member for Bunbury, John Castrilli, says a proposal to replace half of Bunbury's train services to Perth with buses has provoked an angry reaction from his electorate.
Prospects for a major new iron ore port in Western Australia improved significantly yesterday with news of a study funded by Korean steel and Japanese manufacturing giants.
TRAIN maker, engineering and property management company United Group has made its third acquisition in 14 months, with the $163 million purchase of US property management business Equis Corporation.
As the Sunshine Coast looks forward to the development of a railway service through to Maroochydore, a new study is to be undertaken into rail services north of the Maroochy River.
The NSW Government says it can reopen the Casino to Murwillumbah rail line in 19 months, but only if the Federal Government agrees to take on a half share of the cost.
Everyone loves a steam train. There is a magic about the old steam locomotives that stirs the imagination of people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Work to return our train should begin immediately and not be contingent on the Commonwealth matching NSW’s $75 million pledge, local mayors and rail lobbyists have said.
The sale of the Goulburn railway Workshops to private enterprise promised so much. Now, with United Group Rail moving in for a July 3 start up, some staff say they have been disadvantaged by the sale.
There were 112 sightings for this week, which are 17 sightings more than last week. Making a total of 2840 sightings for this year to date. On day 175 last year we had seen 2346 sightings.
An investigation into two freight train derailments in the West Australian Goldfields has found the most likely cause was an unstable track line and hot weather.
SYDNEY'S trains have become so slow under CityRail's 2006 timetable it is faster to travel between key stations on foot.
Federal Transport Minister Warren Truss isn’t talking about it, but his department restated a Federal Government promise of $30 million for our train as recently as a year ago.
MANDURAH MLA David Templeman wants to hear from residents who were Western Australian Government Railway (WAGA) workers, Westrail workers or Australian Government Railway workers.
COLLIE resident Henny Earnshaw is fighting the government to protect a part of South West history.
Ms Earnshaw said she was disturbed by Planning and Infrastructure Minister Allanah MacTiernan's plans to faze out part of the Australind train service.
BHP Billiton is forecasting a tough year for iron ore production because of continuing infrastructure problems and labour shortages.
COMMUTER superhero Steve Moneghetti has ruled out a rematch with a CityRail train after the Government yesterday attempted to explain away its humiliating defeat.
CHINA unveils its latest dazzling engineering feat on Sunday — the 30 billion yuan ($A5 billion) Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world's highest.
Infrastructure minister Jim Cox will meet rail operator Pacific National in Melbourne next week in a bid to save the $128 million rail rescue package.
The New South Wales Government is denying claims it has grossly overestimated the cost of returning rail services to the Casino to Murwillumbah line in the state's north.
MINISTER for Planning and Infrastructure, Alannah MacTiernan has urged residents to be patient as the solution to Esperance's Port transport corridor is sought.
The Queensland Premier says he is looking forward to co-chairing a new cross-border partnership with New South Wales.
The State Opposition says train services on the south coast are below standard.
NSW election time is on the way and already the pork barrels are coming out of storage.
Four years ago the promises included things like completion of the Alstonville bypass in 2006. The town is still choking on Bruxner Highway traffic and not one step towards construction has been taken.
Meanwhile, everyone remains exasperated by the bickering between state and federal governments about how much each should contribute to upgrading the deadly Pacific Highway.
Last Monday a collective cynical sigh echoed over the Northern Rivers as NSW Transport Minister, John Watkins, announced $75 million for the Casino to Murwillumbah rail line, which his government trashed two years ago. But of course it wasn’t without a catch – the federal government had to come up with the other half of the $150 million needed to put trains back on the tracks.