NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes is accelerating three major rail projects as well as development above the new Crows Nest Metro Station and around the CBD and South East Light Rail.
Stokes said that moving
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Where are rail’s “shovel-ready” projects?
Rail experts are calling for more plans to be developed to a “shovel-ready” stage, so that rail can take advantage of current infrastructure funding announcements.
With the federal government looking
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Closure of Rail Manufacturing CRC leaves room for R&D investment
The Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) held its last event on June 25 and officially closed on July 1 leaving a gap in the Australian rail industry’s research and development landscape.
Established
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ARA pushing for rail to take a greater share of Australia’s growing freight task
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) will conduct a research program to grow rail’s share of freight, improve productivity in the sector, and increase rail freight infrastructure investment.
The
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Industry welcomes Sydney Metro funding
The new Sydney Metro line to Western Sydney airport will lead to long term benefits for the rail industry and the wider economy said Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA).
“It
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Working groups to address skills, standards to improve safety, productivity
Three working groups have been formed to improve the productivity and safety of the rail industry, and address key issue facing the sector.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport
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Procurement reform a vital step for economic recovery
ARA CEO Caroline Wilkie makes the case for procurement reform in rollingstock and signalling to assist infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy.
Governments in Australia have
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Rail industry ready to lead recovery
If the current project pipeline is maintained, rail could lead Australia’s economic recovery after the shocks of coronavirus (COVID-19), the results of a survey of the rail industry show.
The Australasian
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Federal govt gets behind rail as solution to Australian urbanisation
The federal government has supported a report that encourages the prioritisation of freight by rail and faster rail connections within and between cities and regions.
The Building Up & Moving Out
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ARA calls for tender changes to maximise benefit of rail
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has called for an update of tendering procedures around Australia to accelerate job-creating rail projects.
Releasing a new tendering framework, the ARA included
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