An intriguing mix of speakers have been outlined for the four streams that will make up the technical portion of this year’s AusRAIL Conference, which will take place in Adelaide on November 22 and 23.
Rail
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Closed lines to be used for tourism under Tas bill
Tasmanian infrastructure minister Rene Hidding has launched a new bill to enable non-operational rail lines to be used for things like cycle and walking tracks, horse riding and running.
The Strategic
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NZ takes a new approach to transport research
New Zealand’s associate transport minister Craig Foss says the release of a new Transport Domain Plan and Research Strategy better equips the nation’s transport sector to plan for the future.
Foss
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Commuters help regions tap into city-driven growth
BHP iron ore down despite WA growth
The continued shutdown of BHP’s joint venture Samarco mine in Brazil has resulted in a 2% decline in the miner’s iron ore production in the 2015/16 financial year.
Samarco was closed after a tailings
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Private plan for $200bn high speed line
A private company has unveiled its plan to build a high speed rail line between Sydney and Melbourne via eight new cities without spending a cent of taxpayer money.
Consolidated Land and Rail Australia,
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Transport Canberra launched
ACT minister for transport and city services Meegan Fitzharris has launched the Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) Directorate, to bring together public transport and local services in the nation’s
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Fallout postponed as hung parliament looms
It will take a little longer than expected for the pin to drop in Canberra, with the final result of the weekend’s Federal Election too close to call, and voting stalled until Tuesday.
Millions of voters
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Melba line re-opened after Tas flooding
Freight movements to the port of Burnie are a little easier with the reopening of the so-called Melba line from the Tasmanian West Coast.
This follows the line’s closure after heavy weather led to flooding
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Conditional approval for Moorebank from PAC
The Qube/Aurizon joint venture developing Sydney’s Moorebank Intermodal Terminal will have to prove their rail activity does not breach noise pollution levels before they can expand capacity at the site.
The
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