After a national cabinet meeting on March 17, the Australian Commonwealth and state and territory governments announced restrictions on indoor gatherings of greater than 100 people from Wednesday, March 18. In New Zealand, the government has banned indoor gatherings of more than 100 people.
Although these bans do not apply to essential activities and schools, universities, workplaces, supermarkets, or public transport, they have impacted upon industry gatherings. As a resource for the industry, Rail Express will provide up-to-date information on rail industry events which have been impacted.
| Event | Original date | New date | Organiser | More info |
| ALC Forum 2020 | March 17-19, 2020 | Cancelled | Australian Logistics Council | https://web.cvent.com/event/ed5c1f27-aa13-4add-b70a-c07b9ad3b23b/summary
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| RTAA/RTSA Annual Dinner | March 26, 2020 | Tbc | RTAA, RTSA | http://www.rtaa.org.au/services/annual-dinner-2020.html
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| RISSB Rail Safety Conference | March 31 – April 1, 2020 | 27-28 October, 2020 | RISSB | https://www.rissb.com.au/events/rissb-rail-safety-conference-2020/
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| MEGAtrans | April 1-3, 2020 | April 2021 | Prime Creative Media | https://www.bulkhandlingexpo.com.au/
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| BULK2020 | April 1-3, 2020 | April 2021 | Prime Creative Media | https://www.bulkhandlingexpo.com.au/
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| CORE2020 | May 11-13, 2020 | June 21 – 23, 2021 | RTSA | https://www.rtsa.com.au/
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| Australasian Industry Awards and Gala Dinner | July 2, 2020 | November 19, 2020 | Australasian Railway Association | https://railindustryawards.com.au/
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| Inland Rail | September 9-10, 2020 | 5-6 May, 2021 | Australasian Railway Association, Australian Logistics Council | https://ara.net.au/events-and-networking/inland-rail-conference |
| InnoTrans | September 22-25 | 27-30 April, 2021 | Messe Berlin | https://www.innotrans.com/ |
The following events have been cancelled:Australasian Railway Association events
- Diversity in Rail Lunch – 19 March, Sydney
- Understanding Rail Course – 21 and 22 April, Melbourne
- Rail Industry Networking Dinner- 6 May, Perth
- Women in Rail Lunch – 20 May, Melbourne
- Insight into Rollingstock Engineering Course – 28 and 29 May, Sydney
- Insight into Track Engineering Course – 3 June, Brisbane
- Insight into Rollingstock Engineering Course – 4 and 5 June, Brisbane
- Rail Accessibility Forum- 23 June, Brisbane
- Future Leaders’ Workshop – 30 June, Melbourne
- The Dare to Lead courses – Sydney and Melbourne