In case you missed it, Rail Express published a digital edition of its AusRAIL magazine in November. You can read the magazine, which includes features, interviews, analysis and comment covering the Australian
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Communications flawed before iron bar pierced train floor
An unauthorised repair job and a number of communications issues contributed to a Sydney derailment last year, which drove a loose piece of iron through the floor of a loaded passenger train, the Australian
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Truss unveils third Trainline report
Acting prime minister Warren Truss has released the third Trainline report on Australian rail.
Trainline 3 outlines the key role freight, urban and non-urban passenger rail plays in the national economy.
Truss,
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ACCC rejects Brookfield’s proposed undertakings
Brookfield’s plans for an Asciano takeover have suffered another blow, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission rejecting undertakings offered by the Canadian entity in response to competition
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Asciano contest could spur ARTC deal
The battle between Qube and Brookfield over all or part of major port and rail operator Asciano could trigger a renewed focus from the government on the sale of track owner the Australian Rail Track Corporation,
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Your digital edition of Rail Express AusRAIL PLUS 2015 has arrived!
Major Tassie Freight Revitalisation contract awarded
Infrastructure and regional development minister Warren Truss has announced the winner of a $119.6 million contract for Tasmanian track upgrades.
VEC Civil Engineering was awarded the contract, the single
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Upgrade underway on Goldfields
Brookfield Rail is on track to deliver a $12.5 million re-railing program on sections of the Eastern Goldfields Railway.
Teams from Brookfield Rail, manager and operator of Western Australia’s 5,500km
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Kaimai Tunnel works well underway
A multi-million dollar upgrade of New Zealand’s longest rail tunnel is well underway.
NZ rail operator and manager KiwiRail says the team repairing and upgrading the 8.8km Kaimai Tunnel, on the North
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Riverina grain line upgrade begins
NSW ministers Duncan Gay and Niall Blair have announced the start of a $9 million upgrade to the grain rail line between The Rock and Boree Creek, south of Wagga Wagga.
Re-sleepering at The Rock is expected
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