17 tonnes of almonds have been shipped from Mildura in Victoria to Hamburg in Germany in a blockchain-based collaboration between Commonwealth Bank and five supply chain partners, including Australian
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ARA praises NSW’s collaborative research approach
Australasia’s leading rail industry body has praised the New South Wales Government for plans to develop a new Research Hub within the state’s transport department.
Transport for NSW’s Research Hub
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Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge,
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Federal budget, tenders update, R&D highlight May-June issue
The latest edition of Rail Express magazine is now available to read in its digital, true-to-print format.
Highlights of this issue include a full review of the federal budget, including a $5 billion
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$7.3m training centre opened at UoW
Federal education and training minister Simon Birmingham has officially launched the University of Wollongong’s new rail training centre.
ITTC Rail is the shorthand for the new Australian Research Council
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Council targeting end of year for national freight strategy
A better-integrated national freight network facilitated by coordinated investment will help meet the needs of Australian businesses and households, under a program being developed by federal, state and
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Melbourne to host UITP 2021
The International Association of Public Transport has selected Melbourne as the host city for its massive Global Public Transport Summit in 2021, the first time the event has made its way south of the
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Why are fewer Londoners taking the tube? A transport researcher explains
ANALYSIS: TfL’s money troubles worsen, as passenger numbers fall for the first time in two decades, Nicole Badstuber writes.
For the first time since 2008, the number of people using the world-famous
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2 billion trips taken on Opal cards since 2012
The NSW government has praised the success of the Opal card, after it was announced approximately 2 billion trips have been made by public transport users since the electronic ticketing system was introduced
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Melbourne Airport is going to be as busy as Heathrow, so why the argument about one train line?
COMMENT: Good public access for Melbourne Airport and others like it depends on not fixating on one solution, like a single rail line, but instead developing multiple options integrated with the city’s
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