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Victorian children to get free public transport in cost-of-living budget relief
  • Breaking News
  • Myki

Victorian children to get free public transport in cost-of-living budget relief

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 18, 2025
  • 0

The Victorian government will make public transport free for all children from next year in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressures. 

Near misses spike on Melbourne’s train network as teens run across tracks
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News

Near misses spike on Melbourne’s train network as teens run across tracks

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 18, 2025
  • 0

Metro has told 9News one in 10 teenagers are running across the tracks while the boom gates are down.

‘Deplorable’: Frustrated V/Line commuters flood the 3AW talkback line
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

‘Deplorable’: Frustrated V/Line commuters flood the 3AW talkback line

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 16, 2025
  • 2

It comes after signal faults impacted both the Geelong and Ballarat lines Monday morning

Acting V/Line CEO reveals kangaroos are to blame for commuter chaos
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Acting V/Line CEO reveals kangaroos are to blame for commuter chaos

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 16, 2025
  • 1

V/Line acting CEO Warwick Horsley has apologised for the current state of V/Line services.

Timelines for swath of Victorian construction projects blow out
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Timelines for swath of Victorian construction projects blow out

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 13, 2025
  • 1

Regional rail upgrades, road projects and public housing builds are among a string of Victorian projects that have been hit by delays.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is in Talks With Government Over Amtrak Project
  • Amtrak
  • Breaking News
  • Elon Musk
  • Rail News

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is in Talks With Government Over Amtrak Project

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 13, 2025
  • 4

The Federal Railroad Administration has brought in the tunneling company to see if it could help with a multibillion-dollar rail project.

My thoughts on Melbourne Airport Rail, and what we should do while there isn’t any
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

My thoughts on Melbourne Airport Rail, and what we should do while there isn’t any

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 13, 2025
  • 0

The limited public transport access in Tullamarine Airport is a problem that affects customers and employees alike and is broadly recognised as such.

More Train Services, Metro Tunnel And Airport Rail
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

More Train Services, Metro Tunnel And Airport Rail

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 13, 2025
  • 3

A further $98.7 million will deliver more frequent services for passengers on other lines, making it easier for passengers to get to work and home sooner.

Allan to splash another $727m on Metro Tunnel — see which lines benefit
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

Allan to splash another $727m on Metro Tunnel — see which lines benefit

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 13, 2025
  • 1

The state government will spend more than $700m to facilitate ‘turn up and go’ train services once the $15bn Metro Tunnel opens. But not all train lines will benefit from the cash.

This New York train station was the world’s most expensive Sunshine may have it beat
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

This New York train station was the world’s most expensive Sunshine may have it beat

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 13, 2025
  • 1

How can you spend $4 billion on a train station?

Tom Elliott left concerned by Melbourne’s projected population by 2050
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Tom Elliott left concerned by Melbourne’s projected population by 2050

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 13, 2025
  • 3

Tom Elliott has voiced his concerns with Melbourne projected population by 2050.

A dog’s breakfast on Swan Hill Line Mother’s Day and Warrnambool run
  • Rail News
  • Railway Operations
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

A dog’s breakfast on Swan Hill Line Mother’s Day and Warrnambool run

  • Snuffle Nose
  • May 13, 2025
  • 7

A lack of rolling stock and overcrowding was affecting Swan Hill line at 05:40 as it was reduced from Loco Haul to VLocity 3×1 to Bendigo and Bus to Swan Hill 07:40.

Ugly twist in Bandt fight for seat of Melbourne
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Ugly twist in Bandt fight for seat of Melbourne

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 6, 2025
  • 1

Greens leader Adam Bandt is in the fight of his life with Labor’s Sarah Witty to hold onto his Melbourne seat – but there’s been a big development in the vote count.

Taste Of Goulburn 707 Operation Inc Tour 26 Apr 25
  • R707 Operations
  • Rail News
  • VIC
  • Vintage Trains
  • Volunteer

Taste Of Goulburn 707 Operation Inc Tour 26 Apr 25

  • Snuffle Nose
  • May 5, 2025
  • 6

The tour train was tabled to pull in 3B in Southern Cross Station as “Special” pulls in 07:43 with P20 and A66 locomotive leading toward Seymour.

Southwest Airlines passenger allegedly strips naked, poops on plane seat during flight
  • Breaking News
  • Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines passenger allegedly strips naked, poops on plane seat during flight

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 5, 2025
  • 1

A passenger’s gruesome act while on a plane has been revealed, with others in the cabin shocked by what they saw.

Airport Rail to throttle train services in $15bn Metro Tunnel
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

Airport Rail to throttle train services in $15bn Metro Tunnel

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 30, 2025
  • 6

New track diagrams show rail lines from Melbourne’s west are likely to have to limit services running through the $15 billion Metro Tunnel once it opens.

Kalgoorlie rail realignment hinges on freight network negotiations
  • ARTC
  • Australia
  • Rail News

Kalgoorlie rail realignment hinges on freight network negotiations

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 27, 2025
  • 2

A proposed realignment of rail around Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit gold mine and the development of an intermodal transport facility has been mooted for decades.

Anthony Albanese announces support for WA government to buy back state’s freight rail network
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Anthony Albanese announces support for WA government to buy back state’s freight rail network

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 27, 2025
  • 0

Federal Labor has promised to help the WA government in its bid to buy back the state’s freight rail network if re-elected, and has raised […]

Aussies overwhelmingly reject Welcome to Country in staggering poll
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Aussies overwhelmingly reject Welcome to Country in staggering poll

  • Helen Carrie
  • April 27, 2025
  • 3

Tens of thousands of Aussies have made their opinion clear on Welcome to Country ceremonies following the Anzac Day booing controversy.

Modernising the RRL and removing diesel trains from Southern Cross Station
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Modernising the RRL and removing diesel trains from Southern Cross Station

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 23, 2025
  • 3

Melbourne could be one of the only major cities where diesel trains service suburbs not clean electric trains.

Melton station design released with expensive skyrail at the centre stupid approach
  • Level Crossing Removal
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Melton station design released with expensive skyrail at the centre stupid approach

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 23, 2025
  • 4

It is now beyond embarrassing.

Luxury Tourist Train to Victoria Falls Derails in Zimbabwe After Collision
  • Africa
  • Rail News
  • Rail Travel

Luxury Tourist Train to Victoria Falls Derails in Zimbabwe After Collision

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 19, 2025
  • 1

Rovos Rail luxury train, en route from Pretoria to Victoria Falls with foreign tourists for the Easter weekend, collided with a freight train in Zimbabwe on Friday

A real-time journey through the Metro Tunnel
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

A real-time journey through the Metro Tunnel

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 19, 2025
  • 2

Welcome aboard your stopping all stations trip through the Metro Tunnel.

The Church Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Music

The Church Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective

  • Brian Evans
  • April 17, 2025
  • 1

The Church remain one of the most innovative and enduring bands of their…or any…era.

Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • South Suburban Railway

Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 17, 2025
  • 2

The SRL contracts also rely heavily on a “pain-share, gain-share” model in which the state government and builders split the overruns and savings on the project equally.

Teenagers break into Sydney train control room
  • Australia
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains

Teenagers break into Sydney train control room

  • gobstopper
  • April 15, 2025
  • 4

Shocking footage has emerged of teenagers breaking into a control room and dangling off the side of a moving train.

Gold Coast spends 60 years rebuilding rail line it ripped up
  • Gold Coast
  • Light Rail
  • Rail News

Gold Coast spends 60 years rebuilding rail line it ripped up

  • gobstopper
  • April 15, 2025
  • 3

He said the council was not involved any decision making for the heavy rail line.

Mordialloc Railway Station designs and level crossing removal
  • Breaking News
  • Level Crossing Removal
  • Rail News

Mordialloc Railway Station designs and level crossing removal

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 10, 2025
  • 2

Jacinta Allan announced the final designs for a new Mordialloc train station.

Melbourne Airport has been voted the best airport in Australia and the Pacific
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

Melbourne Airport has been voted the best airport in Australia and the Pacific

  • Helen Carrie
  • April 10, 2025
  • 5

It’s also the fifth time in six years Melbourne has taken home the prize, with previous wins in 2020 and 2021.

Montana passenger rail service gains steam as Billings Depot poises for revival
  • Montana
  • passenger rail
  • Rail News

Montana passenger rail service gains steam as Billings Depot poises for revival

  • gobstopper
  • April 10, 2025
  • 1

It’s been nearly half a century since the last passenger train rolled through the historic Billings Depot.

Commuter Rail train collides with tractor-trailer at Canton railroad crossing
  • Breaking News
  • MBTA
  • Rail accident
  • Rail News

Commuter Rail train collides with tractor-trailer at Canton railroad crossing

  • gobstopper
  • April 10, 2025
  • 0

The MBTA deployed shuttle buses to transport passengers between the Stoughton and Canton Center stations after the crash.

Leaked figures question key promise for $15b Melbourne Metro Tunnel
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

Leaked figures question key promise for $15b Melbourne Metro Tunnel

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 10, 2025
  • 1

Fewer trains are expected to run through a $15 billion tunnel in peak periods than promised, as a day-one timetable is firmed up.

Mineral Sands projects could inject much needed long term revenue into rail network
  • Breaking News
  • Mining
  • Rail News

Mineral Sands projects could inject much needed long term revenue into rail network

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 7, 2025
  • 2

Mineral sand trains have used Victorian tracks previous with mining in the north west and processing near Hamilton.

They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Transport for NSW
  • XPT

They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs

  • Helen Carrie
  • April 7, 2025
  • 3

Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison said the state government did not have enough trains for extra services on the Sydney-Canberra route, blaming its Coalition predecessor for delays to the new fleets.

V/Line to rationalise Warrnambool Yard removing important infrastructure locking out users
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

V/Line to rationalise Warrnambool Yard removing important infrastructure locking out users

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 5, 2025
  • 5

Look how they have taken what was a popular and comfortable rail journey to Warrnambool to how being an uncomfortable and overcrowded service.

Premier digs in behind Labor’s signature Rail Loop
  • election
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Premier digs in behind Labor’s signature Rail Loop

  • Helen Carrie
  • April 3, 2025
  • 1

Jacinta Allan is obsessed with the Suburban Rail Loop. It’s pie in the sky.

After a Slow Start, High-Speed Rail Might Finally Arrive in America
  • Amtrak
  • Brightline
  • High Speed Rail
  • Rail News
  • Uncategorized

After a Slow Start, High-Speed Rail Might Finally Arrive in America

  • gobstopper
  • April 3, 2025
  • 0

True high-speed rail has not yet made it to the U.S., but that will change soon. Here are the projects currently being developed.

V/Line anounces the end of comfortable travel to Warrnambool
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

V/Line anounces the end of comfortable travel to Warrnambool

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 1, 2025
  • 30

After decades servicing south-west communities, the Warrnambool Line has bid farewell to its locomotive-hauled trains.

Retired V/Line Trains To Get More Freight On Rail
  • Rail freight
  • Rail News
  • Southern Shorthaul Railway

Retired V/Line Trains To Get More Freight On Rail

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 1, 2025
  • 3

V/Line has leased 10 N-Class trains to private freight operator, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, on a long-term agreement.

Riding on board The Overland and Adelaide Metro 28-30 March 2025
  • Journey Beyond Rail
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station
  • The Overland

Riding on board The Overland and Adelaide Metro 28-30 March 2025

  • Snuffle Nose
  • April 1, 2025
  • 6

I shuffled in Southern Cross Station to see the Overland Shunted in the station at Platform 2 and N12 sitting at 3 B attached to a locomotive.

Jacinta Allan says SRL will be built with or without Peter Dutton
  • Breaking News
  • election
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Jacinta Allan says SRL will be built with or without Peter Dutton

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 1, 2025
  • 3

Peter Dutton will stop Federal Funding of the SRL

Appointments made to oversee ARTC rail network
  • ARTC
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Appointments made to oversee ARTC rail network

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • April 1, 2025
  • 0

New appointments have been made to the boards of the Australian Rail Track Corporation and National Intermodal.

Why we need a train to Avalon Airport
  • Avalon Airport
  • Rail News

Why we need a train to Avalon Airport

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 28, 2025
  • 11

How does one get there with little stress? You catch the train of course but that only goes as far as Avalon Railway Station and then you have the shocking transfer from the train to the bus.

‘Road bully’: Truck driver filmed swerving into ute on Ring Road
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

‘Road bully’: Truck driver filmed swerving into ute on Ring Road

  • Brian Evans
  • March 27, 2025
  • 1

Trucks licences are very easy to obtain now which Vicroads making it much easier to drive a dangerous heavy vehicle.

Very poor performance on Warrnambool line on 25th March
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station
  • V/Line

Very poor performance on Warrnambool line on 25th March

  • Snuffle Nose
  • March 27, 2025
  • 2

Was going to have a last ride on the Warrnambool before the 31 March it all went downhill.

Labor plans for another 1.8 million immigrants for Australia
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • Immigration

Labor plans for another 1.8 million immigrants for Australia

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 27, 2025
  • 0

In another worrying and down right stupid idea, Labor are planning to bring another 1.8 million people into Australia (over 5 years) with many of […]

The McKay brothers are they an overrated pair of players?
  • AFL
  • Breaking News

The McKay brothers are they an overrated pair of players?

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 27, 2025
  • 3

There are two brothers playing in the AFL Ben and Harry McKay. Ben McKay plays for the Essendon Football Club and has not had a […]

Queensland government breaks election promise of rail line to Maroochydore
  • Breaking News
  • Queensland Rail
  • Rail News
  • Sunshine Coast Rail

Queensland government breaks election promise of rail line to Maroochydore

  • gobstopper
  • March 26, 2025
  • 1

He argued trackless trams were cheaper, quicker to roll out, and offered a more flexible solution to moving large crowds of people through built-up areas.

SSR loaded grain to the Port of Melbourne through Footscray
  • Rail freight
  • Rail News
  • Southern Shorthaul Railway

SSR loaded grain to the Port of Melbourne through Footscray

  • Brian Evans
  • March 26, 2025
  • 1

This live session captured S312-S311-N454 between West Footscray and the Bunbury Street Tunnel where the train was halted yet again.

Freight empire collapses owing $116m
  • Breaking News
  • intermodal terminal
  • Rail News

Freight empire collapses owing $116m

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 25, 2025
  • 0

Family-owned Austrans Container Services was placed into liquidation last July, but documents filed with the corporate regulator reveal Gregory O’Shea is being investigated.

Southern Cross Railway Station upgrade includes rubbish bins
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Events
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station

Southern Cross Railway Station upgrade includes rubbish bins

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 23, 2025
  • 1

Bins are finally arriving at Southern Cross Station this coming May.

Matt Carrick CEO of V/Line finally leaves with Network performance in spotlight
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Matt Carrick CEO of V/Line finally leaves with Network performance in spotlight

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 22, 2025
  • 11

As we have always thought here it is not about getting the right person for the job it is about reward career public servants.

Infrastructure Australia questions viability of Victorian government’s suburban rail project
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Infrastructure Australia questions viability of Victorian government’s suburban rail project

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 1

Infrastructure Australia’s business case evaluation report argues the $34.5 billion price tag put on SRL East in 2020 is outdated and lacks detail.

Detached V/Line train causes delays
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Detached V/Line train causes delays

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 5

This is yet another failure of V/Line with many of these incidents happening across the network with alarming regularity.

Warrnambool Line failures continue with defective Vlocity trains
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Warrnambool Line failures continue with defective Vlocity trains

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 5

The 10:20am departure from Melbourne to Warrnambool on 20th March 2025 was terminated at Winchelsea due to a defective Vlocity train.

Geelong and Warrnambool Rail Lines to close once again
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Geelong and Warrnambool Rail Lines to close once again

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 2

Across the 14 days, works will also take place to upgrade the stabling yard near Warrnambool Station, to enable VLocity trains to be housed overnight.

Why Tom Elliott believes future airport rail link is a ‘dud’
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

Why Tom Elliott believes future airport rail link is a ‘dud’

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 1

The project now has support from the airport and both levels of government, with services tipped to start by 2033.

Freight train derailment in Melbourne area cancels Overland
  • Rail News

Freight train derailment in Melbourne area cancels Overland

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 21, 2025
  • 5

Journey Beyond Rail has advised customers the Overland train will not run and will be replaced by coaches between Melbourne and Adelaide.

Melbourne Airport Rail Link set to proceed under new agreement
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

Melbourne Airport Rail Link set to proceed under new agreement

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 20, 2025
  • 1

Though today’s agreement stops short of stipulating a completion date – the project had originally been earmarked for a 2029 completion but has been delayed by at least four years.

Warrnambool 4-5th March 2025 to see the  progress those stabling yard in Warrnambool
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Warrnambool 4-5th March 2025 to see the progress those stabling yard in Warrnambool

  • Snuffle Nose
  • March 17, 2025
  • 2

I had dinner on board as the service was fairly crowded in the evening toward Geelong and Waurn Ponds on Tuesday night and most the bulk of people were in 3 reservation cars.

Where does Victoria sit in the national debt stakes?
  • Austrailia
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Where does Victoria sit in the national debt stakes?

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 16, 2025
  • 0

Uncomfortable with headlines that constantly bash Victoria’s state debt.

Metro Trains carriage damaged as battery fire rages onboard
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Metro Trains carriage damaged as battery fire rages onboard

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 16, 2025
  • 0

A metro trains melbourne service between Boxhill and Camberwell caught fire this week due tio a e-bike battery errupting in flame onboard the carriage.

Centrex phosphate mine enters voluntary administration citing rail costs
  • Aurizon
  • Australia
  • Queensland Rail
  • Rail News
  • Uncategorized

Centrex phosphate mine enters voluntary administration citing rail costs

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 13, 2025
  • 2

Phosphate was supposed to be the outback’s next big economic opportunity, but one mining company says the cost of rail freight has brought its project to the end of the line. 

Federal Labor commits $1 billion to connect Sydney’s south-west with Western Sydney Airport
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains
  • Western Sydney Airport

Federal Labor commits $1 billion to connect Sydney’s south-west with Western Sydney Airport

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 13, 2025
  • 1

The funding would not go towards constructing a rail line but will instead be spent on securing the land and planning required to construct a new line.

Spencer Street Railway Station – a walk down memory lane
  • Australia
  • Melbourne Events
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station

Spencer Street Railway Station – a walk down memory lane

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 13, 2025
  • 2

March 2019 marked 15 years since a former Melbourne institution, the Spencer Street Station building, closed on Friday 12 March 2004

Riding and  observing train movement on the Warrnambool line
  • Rail News
  • Rail Travel
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Riding and observing train movement on the Warrnambool line

  • Snuffle Nose
  • March 10, 2025
  • 10

I did numerous trips on the daytime Warrnambool route in this period.

QantasLink planes crashes through runway lights during take-off
  • airline
  • Airline News
  • Breaking News
  • Qantas

QantasLink planes crashes through runway lights during take-off

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 9, 2025
  • 1

Authorities have launched an investigation into the serious runway excursion.

Myki meltdown: Millions wasted as company abandons tech upgrade
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Myki meltdown: Millions wasted as company abandons tech upgrade

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 9, 2025
  • 5

This is firmly on the shoulders of Ben Carroll who as minister approved the failed procurement process and the choice of supplier despite the department not in favour of the winning bid.

New ghost shift scam claims at Metro Tunnel spark major probe
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

New ghost shift scam claims at Metro Tunnel spark major probe

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 7, 2025
  • 1

The Big Build was rocked by the allegations, detailed by whistleblowers, which included construction firms being billed for shifts that workers did not fill or never completed. 

Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
  • Amtrak
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 6, 2025
  • 2

During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize “as much as possible.”

Transport response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred
  • Rail News
  • Transport for NSW

Transport response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 5, 2025
  • 1

Strong winds, heavy rainfall, and potential major flooding are expected from Taree to Tweed Heads.

Queensland Rail to shutdown Brisbane rail network
  • Queensland Rail
  • Rail News

Queensland Rail to shutdown Brisbane rail network

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 5, 2025
  • 3

The network will reopen as soon as it is safe.

Running taps, trashed stalls: Devonport toilets hit by ‘appalling’ vandalism
  • Breaking News
  • vandalism

Running taps, trashed stalls: Devonport toilets hit by ‘appalling’ vandalism

  • Helen Carrie
  • March 4, 2025
  • 2

A public toilet block in Devonport has been left in a ‘disgusting state’ by vandals, with images of the mess going viral on social media.

Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy 2025-2055
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy 2025-2055

  • Brian Evans
  • March 4, 2025
  • 4

The draft 30-year strategy has been prepared by our team of economists, land use planners, sector experts and social researchers. It uses the latest available data and new modelling. 

Railway emergency at Inverleigh, Victoria
  • Level Crossing
  • Rail News
  • SCT

Railway emergency at Inverleigh, Victoria

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • March 3, 2025
  • 1

Details of the incident are still patchy but it is believed the train involved in the incident could be the SCT 7922V service between Horsham and Melbourne.

Chinese vessel suspected of damaging an undersea cable between Taiwan and Kinmen Island
  • China
  • Subsea Cable News
  • Taiwan

Chinese vessel suspected of damaging an undersea cable between Taiwan and Kinmen Island

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 27, 2025
  • 0

The crew, which is all Chinese, is being detained and taken to Taiwan.

Prime Minister announces $2 billion for Sunshine station, boost to Melton rail
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News

Prime Minister announces $2 billion for Sunshine station, boost to Melton rail

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 27, 2025
  • 1

The federal government will allocate $2 billion in funding to create a new rail hub at Sunshine, with new platforms and tracks which would play a key role in the proposed Melbourne Airport rail link.

Future Victoria: ‘Game-changing’ plan to transform Avalon into Luton of Melbourne
  • Avalon Airport
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Uncategorized

Future Victoria: ‘Game-changing’ plan to transform Avalon into Luton of Melbourne

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 25, 2025
  • 1

Airport bosses are looking for global inspiration to bring thousands more passengers and jobs to one of the state’s fastest-growing areas.

Geelong workers quitting their jobs over a lack of public transport to Avalon Airport precinct
  • Avalon Airport
  • Myki
  • Public Transport Victoria
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Geelong workers quitting their jobs over a lack of public transport to Avalon Airport precinct

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 23, 2025
  • 6

Jarrod Stagg lives 13 kilometres from work — but his commute usually takes more than an hour.

What is the air quality like at Southern Cross Railway Station
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station

What is the air quality like at Southern Cross Railway Station

  • Brian Evans
  • February 20, 2025
  • 9

In response to these findings, the station’s operator, Civic Nexus, has implemented ongoing air quality monitoring and is collaborating with various stakeholders

Rail Union wants to shutdown Southern Cross Railway Station
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station
  • V/Line

Rail Union wants to shutdown Southern Cross Railway Station

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 20, 2025
  • 10

After all, what self respecting and competent city runs diesel trains to their suburbs?

North East Link works shutdown until further notice
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

North East Link works shutdown until further notice

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 20, 2025
  • 4

It is a disaster for Melbourne and the state of Victoria.

New Metro Tunnel technology to be ripped out in latest myki mess
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Myki
  • Rail News

New Metro Tunnel technology to be ripped out in latest myki mess

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 19, 2025
  • 6

This would be caused by the delays to the new Myki system a project that was never going to be completed on time or on budget.

ANL and Aurizon partner on Landbridging through Darwin
  • Aurizon
  • Darwin
  • Rail News

ANL and Aurizon partner on Landbridging through Darwin

  • gobstopper
  • February 18, 2025
  • 1

Every ANL sailing into Darwin since November 2024 has included landbridging containers for the southern states. 

Sun 16/2/25 on the rails: from rolling stock shortages and odd train movements
  • Operations & Maintenance
  • Rail News
  • VLocity

Sun 16/2/25 on the rails: from rolling stock shortages and odd train movements

  • Snuffle Nose
  • February 18, 2025
  • 1

I when to ride the 07:40 Swan Hill loco haul for the day when due to rolling stock shortage not train fault as stated on V/line app it was 3×1 Car VLocity!

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant new confinement building hit by missile
  • Breaking News
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant new confinement building hit by missile

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 15, 2025
  • 1

The New Safe Confinement (NSC or New Shelter) is a structure put in place in 2016 to confine the remains of the number 4 reactor unit at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant,

Jeff Kennett on Melbourne underground rail: 2012 vs 2025
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop
  • Uncategorized

Jeff Kennett on Melbourne underground rail: 2012 vs 2025

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 13, 2025
  • 2

He privatised the state of Victoria that now we all regret.

NSW Health workers talk about killing Israeli patients
  • Breaking News
  • Israel

NSW Health workers talk about killing Israeli patients

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 12, 2025
  • 8

Terminating the Jews? Not a good look from NSW Health.

Warrnambool Line 2025 progress of the new working timetable
  • Rail News
  • Track Maintenance
  • Train Operations
  • Train travel
  • Train trips
  • Transport Planning
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Warrnambool Line 2025 progress of the new working timetable

  • Snuffle Nose
  • February 12, 2025
  • 4

I was riding the 19:15 Warrnambool on the 6th Feb 2025 on the newer timetable as VLocitys now are now operating on the daytime service time slots.

V/Line train and truck collide at Kilmany in Gippsland
  • Breaking News
  • Level Crossing
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

V/Line train and truck collide at Kilmany in Gippsland

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 11, 2025
  • 5

Police say the truck was towing an excavator when it and the train collided at 10:10am on Tuesday.

Why the European Union is failing
  • Breaking News
  • European Union

Why the European Union is failing

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 11, 2025
  • 0

EU regulators think it is too dangerous to simply break a bottle across the bow of a new ship.

VLine shunting loco Y174 runs a Ballarat-bound Redan pilot in 1989
  • History
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  • V/Line

VLine shunting loco Y174 runs a Ballarat-bound Redan pilot in 1989

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 10, 2025
  • 1

Today’s historic photo of the day: VLine shunting loco Y174 runs a Ballarat-bound Redan pilot near the Cuthberts Road level crossing between Redan and Linton […]

Shelbourne Bushfire 1969 – First Hand Account of the death of the branch line
  • Rail News
  • Railway history

Shelbourne Bushfire 1969 – First Hand Account of the death of the branch line

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 10, 2025
  • 0

Most of us know little or nothing of the massive fires that reigned down on the Walmer area in 1969, the fire taking with it large portions of the Maldon – Shelbourne Line.

Queensland’s 50c public transport fares hit six-month mark, with patronage up nearly 20pc
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Queensland Rail
  • Rail News

Queensland’s 50c public transport fares hit six-month mark, with patronage up nearly 20pc

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 10, 2025
  • 0

It’s proven very popular with public transport users, to the surprise of absolutely no-one.

The oligarchs are making off like bandits under Trump says Nick McKim
  • Breaking News
  • Donald Trump

The oligarchs are making off like bandits under Trump says Nick McKim

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 7, 2025
  • 0

Climate will pay the price.

The X-Files Season 12 (2025) MULDER AND SCULLY ARE BACK!!!
  • Breaking News
  • tv

The X-Files Season 12 (2025) MULDER AND SCULLY ARE BACK!!!

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 7, 2025
  • 0

A global internet viral phenomenon and a dangerous conspiracy threaten humanity’s future, forcing them to confront their darkest fears.

Victoria clocks deadliest January road toll in more than 15 years
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Trucking

Victoria clocks deadliest January road toll in more than 15 years

  • Helen Carrie
  • February 2, 2025
  • 1

More than 34 lives were lost on Victorian roads in January, sparking fears of the deadly trend continuing farther into 2025.

The Legacy of Ben Carroll’s time at Vicroads massive trucks on our streets
  • Rail News
  • Trucking

The Legacy of Ben Carroll’s time at Vicroads massive trucks on our streets

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • February 1, 2025
  • 9

The roads are a lawless place under the Jacinta Allan and Ben Carroll.

American Airlines Crash: Audio Captures ATC Conversation With Black Hawk Pilot
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  • Breaking News
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American Airlines Crash: Audio Captures ATC Conversation With Black Hawk Pilot

  • Helen Carrie
  • January 31, 2025
  • 2

Audio reveals the conversation between the control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA).

Melbourne’s west shows folly of Suburban Rail Loop
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Melbourne’s west shows folly of Suburban Rail Loop

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 30, 2025
  • 2

Infrastructure-starved residents in Melbourne’s rapidly growing west will be the biggest casualties of Labor’s folly.

Image released after alleged sex act in front of girls on train
  • Breaking News
  • Police incident
  • Sydney Trains

Image released after alleged sex act in front of girls on train

  • Helen Carrie
  • January 30, 2025
  • 1

Police are appealing for help after a man approached two girls on a Sydney train and allegedly performed a sex act.

First tap-and-go public transport trials in Victoria labelled ‘gimmick’ by critics
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News

First tap-and-go public transport trials in Victoria labelled ‘gimmick’ by critics

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 28, 2025
  • 4

As part of the deal, it must introduce tap-and-go payments — but already it has fallen behind schedule, with one of the key members of the consortium, Convergint, pulling out due to problems.

Australia Day – A few facts for the uneducated disruptors
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics

Australia Day – A few facts for the uneducated disruptors

  • Brian Evans
  • January 28, 2025
  • 9

The 26th was chosen as Australia Day for a very different and important reason.

Exchange telephonist reminisces two decades of connecting calls
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications News

Exchange telephonist reminisces two decades of connecting calls

  • Helen Carrie
  • January 26, 2025
  • 1

Helen Hastwell fondly remembers the days she worked as a “Statue? Girl” connecting calls in regional South Australia to bring people closer together. “We’d put […]

Largest Australian flag to be flown at Sydney mosque for Australia Day
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Largest Australian flag to be flown at Sydney mosque for Australia Day

  • Helen Carrie
  • January 26, 2025
  • 0

A Sydney mosque is celebrating the national holiday with an impressive feat – surpassing even that of Parliament House.

WA government flags plans to reverse privatisation of freight rail network
  • Arc Infrastructure
  • CBH Rail
  • Rail News

WA government flags plans to reverse privatisation of freight rail network

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 26, 2025
  • 4

The freight rail network was sold off by the Richard Court government in 2000 under a 49-year lease, and is currently being operated by Arc Infrastructure. 

Victorian premier affirms commitment to Suburban Rail Loop
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Victorian premier affirms commitment to Suburban Rail Loop

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 26, 2025
  • 1

Questioned about the status of funding decisions for the two Victorian mega-projects, federal treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government considered them as separate.

Jacqui Felgate reacts to new bombshell report on the Airport Rail Link and SRL
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Jacqui Felgate reacts to new bombshell report on the Airport Rail Link and SRL

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 24, 2025
  • 0

“This is the conversation that we have been having, and that everyone else has been having for the last 12 months,” she said.

New data has proven that Melburnians want the Airport Rail Link way more than the Metro Tunnel
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

New data has proven that Melburnians want the Airport Rail Link way more than the Metro Tunnel

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 24, 2025
  • 1

There’s plenty of new train lines and stations coming to Melbourne – but they’re not the one we want the most

Feds offer more cash for Melb Airport Rail to take flight
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News

Feds offer more cash for Melb Airport Rail to take flight

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 24, 2025
  • 3

The bombshell move will put pressure on the Allan government’s signature $34.5bn SRL.

Popular Victorian tourism site confirms plans not to celebrate Australia Day
  • Breaking News
  • Heritage and Steam
  • Rail News

Popular Victorian tourism site confirms plans not to celebrate Australia Day

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 24, 2025
  • 3

3AW Mornings was sent communication from the popular tourism site, which asks people to instead “reflect on the values of inclusivity” rather than mark the national holiday on January 26.

Melbourne named one of the world’s best cities
  • Breaking News
  • Melbourne Events

Melbourne named one of the world’s best cities

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 17, 2025
  • 3

Melbourne has been named by Time Out magazine as the fourth-best city on earth this year.

Why it’s time to make public transport FREE for major Melbourne events
  • Melbourne Events
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Why it’s time to make public transport FREE for major Melbourne events

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 16, 2025
  • 2

Shane McInnes says it’s time for a complete re-think on public transport costs at major Melbourne events.

Grain season on track
  • Freight Rail
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  • Heavy Haul
  • Logistics and Supply Chains
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Grain season on track

  • Guest authors
  • January 16, 2025
  • 1

Group executive coal and bulk Patrick O’Donnell said Pacific National has a track record of delivering what matters for its customers, with rail providing the most efficient mode of transport to move grain.

Sampling the Warrnambool 3×1 Vlocity after Swan Hill train service reduced Vlocity train and bus
  • Rail News
  • Rolling stock & Rail Vehicle Design
  • Train Operations
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Sampling the Warrnambool 3×1 Vlocity after Swan Hill train service reduced Vlocity train and bus

  • Snuffle Nose
  • January 14, 2025
  • 2

The vending machines at Warrnambool were nearly empty and cold drink machine next station office was out of order.

Nearly half of public wants new Interislander ferries to be rail-enabled
  • KiwiRail
  • New Zealand
  • rail ferry
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Nearly half of public wants new Interislander ferries to be rail-enabled

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 13, 2025
  • 0

Horizon Research has found 48 percent of people preferred the new ferries to be ‘rail enabled’ – capable of taking roll on, roll off rail carriages.

Interstate travellers take to the train as air fares between Melbourne and Sydney soar
  • Rail News
  • Transport for NSW
  • XPT

Interstate travellers take to the train as air fares between Melbourne and Sydney soar

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 11, 2025
  • 6

Seats on 11-hour Sydney-Melbourne service regularly sold out over holiday period, as one-way flights to Tullamarine average almost $500

Track point failure at Sunshine and riding on the 19:12 Warrnambool down
  • Rail News
  • Train Operations
  • Train travel
  • Travel News
  • V/Line

Track point failure at Sunshine and riding on the 19:12 Warrnambool down

  • Snuffle Nose
  • January 9, 2025
  • 2

It was very crowded people coming from work and from Australian Open etc. All train movement were halted Wendouree ,Wyndham Vale etc was impacted and coach transfers and Ararat Service was delayed.

Warrnambool train service is ‘a shambles’ so what’s the solution?
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Warrnambool train service is ‘a shambles’ so what’s the solution?

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • January 7, 2025
  • 18

The Local State Member for Warrnambool defended what has been a disastrous change to the rolling stock on the line stating their would not be a loss of seats, that turned out to be a blatant fib.

Recent happenings on the V/Line system Vlocity and N sets why is this happening?
  • Public Transport Victoria
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Recent happenings on the V/Line system Vlocity and N sets why is this happening?

  • Snuffle Nose
  • December 31, 2024
  • 8

As result in time the Vlocity will be no more reliable then a badly maintained older train known as the classic fleet the management of v/line.

Horrific video shows suspect watching woman burn to death on train after he allegedly set her on fire
  • Crime
  • New York City
  • Rail News

Horrific video shows suspect watching woman burn to death on train after he allegedly set her on fire

  • Helen Carrie
  • December 24, 2024
  • 1

Police are hunting for a man who allegedly lit a sleeping train passenger on fire then sat and watched her burn to death in horrifying video.

2 killed, 3 injured when freight train derails in small West Texas city after collision
  • Derailment
  • Level Crossing
  • Rail News
  • Texas
  • Union Pacific Railroad

2 killed, 3 injured when freight train derails in small West Texas city after collision

  • Brian Evans
  • December 22, 2024
  • 2

Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed.

Hastings Railway Station burns down
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Hastings Railway Station burns down

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • December 21, 2024
  • 8

What replaces it will remain to be seen

Sampling the 19:12 Warrnambool Train
  • Rail News
  • RailWorks
  • Train Operations
  • Train travel
  • Train trips

Sampling the 19:12 Warrnambool Train

  • Snuffle Nose
  • December 20, 2024
  • 0

I can’t imagine the hassle and stress endured of the people all lining up wanting buy food and drinks from those vending machines and juggling their luggages.

In fight against trucks, there’s a battle to control trains
  • Intermodal
  • Intermodal Hubs
  • intermodal terminal
  • Rail News

In fight against trucks, there’s a battle to control trains

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • December 20, 2024
  • 5

Only about 6 per cent of containers move in and out of the Port of Melbourne by rail, a figure which has fallen by half since 2011.

Christmas warning looms for Sydney commuters after rail union’s ‘history-making’ vote for industrial action
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains

Christmas warning looms for Sydney commuters after rail union’s ‘history-making’ vote for industrial action

  • gobstopper
  • December 19, 2024
  • 0

Aussies in one state are being warned to brace for a “catastrophe” this Christmas after hundreds of rail workers voted to strike.

Regional towns set to boom with Victoria’s rail revival
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Regional towns set to boom with Victoria’s rail revival

  • Brian Evans
  • December 14, 2024
  • 2

Under the $4 billion boost, every regional passenger train line has been upgraded to make services more frequent and reliable. 

Sampling the Warrnambool Vlocity ex 13:10 up to Melbourne on Wed 11 Dec 2024
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Sampling the Warrnambool Vlocity ex 13:10 up to Melbourne on Wed 11 Dec 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • December 13, 2024
  • 0

I was sampling the new working time table and after nice comfortable ride on 17:06 which was tabled as loco haul on VN19 I hoped off and met up with the 3 car Velocity.

707 Operations Inc Weekend tour 6-8 December 2024
  • Rail News
  • Train Interiors
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  • Train Spotting

707 Operations Inc Weekend tour 6-8 December 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • December 12, 2024
  • 0

visiting and riding the Vintage Railmotors of Daylsford Tourist Railway.

How To Return Trains To Horsham
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

How To Return Trains To Horsham

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • December 9, 2024
  • 2

Momentum is really starting to build on this again, and I suspect we’ll see some of service returned within the next 5-10 years.

V/Line upgrading Warrnambool line, I think not!
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

V/Line upgrading Warrnambool line, I think not!

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • December 9, 2024
  • 6

V/Line are short on substance and large in window dressing.

Lidia Thorpe continues to divide this great nation
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Lidia Thorpe continues to divide this great nation

  • Helen Carrie
  • December 9, 2024
  • 2

They are not her family and they don’t care about her one bit.

Experts break down the benefits and costs of Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop project
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Experts break down the benefits and costs of Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop project

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • December 9, 2024
  • 0

The government is not backing down, and contracts are signed.

Train overcrowding shows infrastructure shortfalls, V/Line commuters say
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • Uncategorized
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Train overcrowding shows infrastructure shortfalls, V/Line commuters say

  • Brian Evans
  • December 5, 2024
  • 9

On the Warrnambool line, these trains have been only three-carriages long due to the station platforms not being long enough for six-carriage services.

Heavy haulage roads in regional WA labelled ‘atrocious’ amid calls for better maintenance
  • Environment and Sustainability
  • Rail News
  • Trucking

Heavy haulage roads in regional WA labelled ‘atrocious’ amid calls for better maintenance

  • Brian Evans
  • December 5, 2024
  • 1

All across Australia we are seeing the outcome of poor transport policy with road being the preferred mode of transport and the pollution and the major on-costs associated with it.

A Warrnambool 13:10 Service was impacted by yet another train fault on 2-12-2024
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

A Warrnambool 13:10 Service was impacted by yet another train fault on 2-12-2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • December 3, 2024
  • 0

Shouldn’t they keep those older train for substitutes set to cover these newer trains to cover the newer train in a event they fail?

First passenger trips onboard new intercity trains locked in as $4b fleet green-lit
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains

First passenger trips onboard new intercity trains locked in as $4b fleet green-lit

  • gobstopper
  • November 30, 2024
  • 2

The first passengers will depart Newcastle for Sydney onboard one of the state’s new $4-billion intercity train fleet.

707 Operations Inc. Member’s special to Ballarat a Day Tour
  • Rail News
  • Train Operations
  • Train travel
  • Travel and Tourism

707 Operations Inc. Member’s special to Ballarat a Day Tour

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 28, 2024
  • 0

On Saturday I was riding the 707 Operations Members train, this historical Volunteer non profit organisation.

Maybe a MSM Journalist should investigate why V/line management failed to manage these events
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Maybe a MSM Journalist should investigate why V/line management failed to manage these events

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 28, 2024
  • 1

I am was riding around the system recently and note a few sets were reduced from 5 cars to 4 cars for the older N sets.

Labor has ignored Melbourne’s fastest growing communities for a decade
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • Uncategorized
  • V/Line

Labor has ignored Melbourne’s fastest growing communities for a decade

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 26, 2024
  • 7

The North East Link will cost more than the SRL East project.

Interesting scenes on Warrnambool run 13:08 on 20th November 2024
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  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Interesting scenes on Warrnambool run 13:08 on 20th November 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 25, 2024
  • 15

Was roused from a deep sleep by a phone conversation next from one the two guys that the one seat next to his work mate closer to aisle of the carriage.

Bendigo Rail Line a shambles under V/Line Management
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Bendigo Rail Line a shambles under V/Line Management

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 23, 2024
  • 5

Where is the Minister for Public Transport when you need her?

Minns Govt Tightens Penalties for Rail Obstructions
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains

Minns Govt Tightens Penalties for Rail Obstructions

  • gobstopper
  • November 22, 2024
  • 1

Strengthening the penalty aims to deter extremely dangerous conduct that puts train driver, rail worker and passenger safety at risk.

US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly
  • Apple
  • Breaking News
  • Google
  • Microsoft

US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly

  • Brian Evans
  • November 22, 2024
  • 0

Being forced to sell Chrome and Android would be among the worst possible outcomes for Google.

Sydneysiders to avoid huge transport disruptions over weekend
  • Rail News
  • Sydney Trains
  • Uncategorized

Sydneysiders to avoid huge transport disruptions over weekend

  • gobstopper
  • November 21, 2024
  • 0

Major industrial action which threatened to shut down Sydney’s rail network over the weekend has been called off after the state government and rail union successfully negotiated an impasse.

Metro Tunnel fires back at ‘bad planning’ accusations from opposition
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Metro Tunnel fires back at ‘bad planning’ accusations from opposition

  • gobstopper
  • November 21, 2024
  • 1

Metro Tunnel Project Director Ben Ryan said the $13.4 billion project was built in line with other underground train tunnels globally.

Trains unable to use Metro Tunnel in labor’s latest stuff up
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Trains unable to use Metro Tunnel in labor’s latest stuff up

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 21, 2024
  • 7

The Department also confirmed that Melbourne’s newest suburban rolling stock, the Xtrapolis 2.0 – which are currently under construction – will also be unable to use the new tunnel.

Swan Hill line and more information on Sunday 17/11/24
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  • Railway Blog
  • Uncategorized

Swan Hill line and more information on Sunday 17/11/24

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 21, 2024
  • 9

All I can say is what a dog’s breakfast for all those involved.

10:13 Warrnambool Velocity N sets and  events on the rail system
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  • Rail News
  • Track Maintenance
  • Train Operations
  • Train travel
  • V/Line
  • VIC

10:13 Warrnambool Velocity N sets and events on the rail system

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 15, 2024
  • 9

I am curious to know if this is so called seemly deliberate act cutting of maintenance funds for older rolling stock maintenance is a stealth tactic.

Teen Social Media Ban is a Trojan Horse for id  checks for all Social Media use
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Teen Social Media Ban is a Trojan Horse for id checks for all Social Media use

  • Helen Carrie
  • November 13, 2024
  • 2

t’s a Trojan horse. Not about the kids at all. It’s about tracking and controlling the narrative. You will need approval to use social media.

Petition to prevent the introduction of substandard Vlocity trains on the Warrnambool Line
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Petition to prevent the introduction of substandard Vlocity trains on the Warrnambool Line

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 9, 2024
  • 22

This petition of residents in Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly.

Observations on the Warrnambool Line on 13:08 service on 7th November 2024
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  • Railway Blog
  • Track Maintenance
  • Train travel

Observations on the Warrnambool Line on 13:08 service on 7th November 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 9, 2024
  • 4

One thing some can’t grasp is the reasoning why the management is so hasty getting rid of N set in middle of rolling stock shortage.

Intermodal terminal owner teams up with interstate and regional rail freight operator
  • Freight Rail
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  • Heavy Haul
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Intermodal terminal owner teams up with interstate and regional rail freight operator

  • Guest authors
  • November 8, 2024
  • 3

TC is delighted to have entered into an agreement with highly respected and experienced rail freight operator SSR for the provision of interstate, regional and port shuttle haulage services

Cost of no 3G now clear with airports and transport systems affected
  • Australia
  • Myki
  • Public Transport Victoria
  • Rail News
  • Rural Telecoms
  • Telecommunications

Cost of no 3G now clear with airports and transport systems affected

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 8, 2024
  • 1

The shutting down of 3G services across Australia will leave many without viable cellular coverage and carriers are aware. Gone are signal connections on long […]

Riding the Loco haul 10:13 Warrnambool before the change of the type train in use on 31 Nov 2024
  • Plan for Rail
  • Rolling stock & Rail Vehicle Design
  • Uncategorized

Riding the Loco haul 10:13 Warrnambool before the change of the type train in use on 31 Nov 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • November 2, 2024
  • 2

Suck and See happens in most situations I understand but when things doesn’t go to plan it can be rather expensive to rectify!

Potholes continue to cause problems in regional Victoria
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Rail News
  • Roads

Potholes continue to cause problems in regional Victoria

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • November 1, 2024
  • 2

Roma Britnell joined 3AW Drive to talk about the skyrocketing pothole problem in Regional Victoria.

The union buster and the unionist – an unlikely friendship
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
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  • Qantas

The union buster and the unionist – an unlikely friendship

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 30, 2024
  • 4

Albanese puts over that he is some kind of working-class hero.

A busy Sunday Morning and 07:40 Swan Hill was reduced from a 5 car loco haul to a 3 x1 car Velocities DMU!
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

A busy Sunday Morning and 07:40 Swan Hill was reduced from a 5 car loco haul to a 3 x1 car Velocities DMU!

  • Snuffle Nose
  • October 30, 2024
  • 15

I will say it was terribly cramped on board and passengers who are taller and broader in stature may have problems with tightly spaced seating areas.

Metro Trains lunacy continues with lack of services on game day
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Metro Trains lunacy continues with lack of services on game day

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 28, 2024
  • 0

As a result there were crush scenes at Jolimont Railway Station.

Australia’s fibre backbone race picks up speed
  • Australia
  • Rural Telecoms
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications News

Australia’s fibre backbone race picks up speed

  • Brian Evans
  • October 28, 2024
  • 0

Digital data is created every time someone takes a photo on their mobile phone, sends an email or saves a document to the cloud.

The Management of V/line
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • Train Operations
  • Transport Planning
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

The Management of V/line

  • Snuffle Nose
  • October 24, 2024
  • 19

Let’s take a closer look at who these people are and their level of experience in relation to their very important role.

Speeding trucks imperil safety around Footscray
  • Breaking News
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Speeding trucks imperil safety around Footscray

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 24, 2024
  • 0

Yarraville residents are demanding speed and red light cameras be installed at a pedestrian crossing where they claim speeding truck drivers are putting lives at risk.

What the British really think of Lidia Thorpe and her antics
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • UK

What the British really think of Lidia Thorpe and her antics

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 23, 2024
  • 1

I think this is the truth telling Australian’s are really looking for.

Warrnambool – V/Line to trash your long distance rail service
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Warrnambool – V/Line to trash your long distance rail service

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 22, 2024
  • 17

From Friday 1 November, communities in the south-west will have access to more modern, reliable and accessible VLocity trains running on the Warrnambool Line for […]

The stench of corruption in the Victorian Labor Govt has reached a new level
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

The stench of corruption in the Victorian Labor Govt has reached a new level

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 20, 2024
  • 4

This is such a miscarriage of morals and poor judgement.

Barnaby Joyce is right about Anthony Albanese
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Barnaby Joyce is right about Anthony Albanese

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 20, 2024
  • 1

We have created a nation where the state can order you to be locked up in your flat and we accept it.

Housing plan profoundly supports Suburban Rail Loop development
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Housing plan profoundly supports Suburban Rail Loop development

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 20, 2024
  • 5

Changing the demographic landscape of Melbourne.

Victorian Opposition considers reviving East West Link project
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Victorian Opposition considers reviving East West Link project

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 18, 2024
  • 0

They never learn and will not get back into government again.

Julie Inman Grant should resign immediately over failed X litigation
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Julie Inman Grant should resign immediately over failed X litigation

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 18, 2024
  • 1

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has admitted she got it wrong.

Dan Andrews appointed chair of youth mental health service
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News
  • COVID

Dan Andrews appointed chair of youth mental health service

  • Helen Carrie
  • October 18, 2024
  • 2

This man has no shame to even accept this job he is an unmitigated disaster for this state both for mental health and fiscally.

Heatherton resident beats up SRL works engages in misinformation
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Heatherton resident beats up SRL works engages in misinformation

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 15, 2024
  • 6

Residents of a southeast Melbourne suburb are up in arms after being told of significant disruption for a major government project just days before works begin.

ARTC ignores community and despite protests destroys historic Euroa Goods Shed
  • ARTC
  • Heritage Rail
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  • Rail News

ARTC ignores community and despite protests destroys historic Euroa Goods Shed

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 15, 2024
  • 8

Thanks to everybody who got behind this #campaign to save our 1873 shed.

Vlocity trains are not the answer for Regional Victoria
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Vlocity trains are not the answer for Regional Victoria

  • Snuffle Nose
  • October 14, 2024
  • 13

Seems some Victorian’s are waking up to V/Lines poor management of rolling stock across the network.

Meta’s $2 Billion Mother Of All Submarine Cables For AI Will Forever Change India
  • Breaking News
  • Submarine Cables

Meta’s $2 Billion Mother Of All Submarine Cables For AI Will Forever Change India

  • Brian Evans
  • October 7, 2024
  • 0

With a billion users on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, India is already Meta’s largest market in terms of users surpassing the US.

Opposition leader to try cancel Suburban Rail Loop if elected
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Opposition leader to try cancel Suburban Rail Loop if elected

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • October 2, 2024
  • 1

Opposition leader John Pesutto has pledged to try cancel the Suburban Rail Loop project if his government is elected in 2026.

Level Crossing Removal Programme misses the point of why we are doing this
  • Level Crossing Removal
  • Rail News

Level Crossing Removal Programme misses the point of why we are doing this

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 30, 2024
  • 2

Why has the Victorian ALP sold this multi-billion dollar programme of work as a must do for rail services when it primary outcome is the better flowing traffic after the level crossing has been removed?

Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride
  • Australia
  • Rail News
  • Transport for NSW

Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride

  • gobstopper
  • September 30, 2024
  • 0

The ageing fleet of Xplorer trains are running late half the time and can’t get up to speed on single tracks, but the 10-hour journey still has much to recommend it.

Discussions underway to build SA’s next generation rail fleet with battery electric trains
  • Australia
  • Rail News

Discussions underway to build SA’s next generation rail fleet with battery electric trains

  • gobstopper
  • September 30, 2024
  • 1

The future of South Australia’s rail network has been the topic of discussions between some of the world’s biggest rail companies at InnoTrans 2024.

Preserving cane train history before Australian rail buffs run out of puff
  • Light Rail
  • Rail News
  • Railway history

Preserving cane train history before Australian rail buffs run out of puff

  • gobstopper
  • September 27, 2024
  • 0

Railway enthusiast Brad Peadon is convinced time is running out to preserve remnants from the glory years of Australia’s cane trains.

Metro Tunnel faces ANOTHER massive cost blowout
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

Metro Tunnel faces ANOTHER massive cost blowout

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 27, 2024
  • 5

Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Danny Pearson, announced a cost blowout of $837 million today, with the project now expected to cost $15 billion, $4 billion more than the original cost.

MP says capacity won’t be reduced on trains with 50 per cent less seats
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

MP says capacity won’t be reduced on trains with 50 per cent less seats

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 20, 2024
  • 11

A roll-out of more weekend services will mean overall capacity won’t be reduced when the region’s VLocity trains operate with half as many seats, Warrnambool-based […]

Onboard the R707 day tour to Maldon on 14th September 2024
  • Rail News
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  • V/Line
  • Vintage Trains

Onboard the R707 day tour to Maldon on 14th September 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • September 17, 2024
  • 7

A rare occasion behind R 707 and T413 and using the same train to ride on the Maldon Branch Line toward Maldon from Castlemaine and pulled by J Class Oil Burning Locomotive to Maldon

Melbourne has been named the most congested city in Australia
  • Australia
  • Rail News

Melbourne has been named the most congested city in Australia

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 13, 2024
  • 6

Melbourne has been named Australia’s most congested city with Victorians spending an estimated 92 hours a year stuck in traffic according to data released by Novated Lease.

V/Line reduces seating capacity on Warrnambool line with Vlocity services
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

V/Line reduces seating capacity on Warrnambool line with Vlocity services

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 13, 2024
  • 33

V/Line just cannot run a rail service that is fit for longer distance passengers and routes.

Full steam ahead for rail trail with no business case
  • Rail News
  • Rail Trail
  • Uncategorized
  • V/Line

Full steam ahead for rail trail with no business case

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 9, 2024
  • 7

Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards seems hell bent on pushing through a rail trail removing a key rail line between two large regional cities in Victoria.

Second western freight hub shelved in six months
  • Australia
  • logistics terminal
  • Rail News

Second western freight hub shelved in six months

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 6, 2024
  • 4

The Victorian government has defended the state’s logistics capacity after a freight giant scrapped plans for a new rail terminal.

The cost of the SRL will be huge, not building it will cost us more
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

The cost of the SRL will be huge, not building it will cost us more

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 5, 2024
  • 2

The argument that we are saddling future generations with debt doesn’t wash.

Workers evacuated after fire in Metro Tunnel near Town Hall
  • Breaking News
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Rail News

Workers evacuated after fire in Metro Tunnel near Town Hall

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 5, 2024
  • 0

The fire believed to have been small in size created a substantial amount of smoke and has been extingushed.

The changing face of the former Spencer St Railway Station
  • rail infrastructure
  • Rail News
  • rail station refurbishment
  • Railway Stations
  • V/Line

The changing face of the former Spencer St Railway Station

  • Snuffle Nose
  • September 2, 2024
  • 5

Spencer St Station was renamed Southern Cross Station after it was redesigned.

Resumption of passenger rail services between Ballarat and Geelong long overdue
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Resumption of passenger rail services between Ballarat and Geelong long overdue

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • September 1, 2024
  • 8

For reasons unknown the government and V/Line have refused to return services for the travelling public despite requests from the Ballarat and Geelong regional councils.

Introduce a Trial Shuttle Passenger Train Service between Maryborough and Mildura
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Introduce a Trial Shuttle Passenger Train Service between Maryborough and Mildura

  • gobstopper
  • September 1, 2024
  • 2

More than 75000 residents live in the Sunraysia and in communities along the Mildura rail line and they have not had a passenger train service since it was axed  under the Kennett government

Bairnsdale line train services just became a whole lot worse
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News
  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Bairnsdale line train services just became a whole lot worse

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • August 31, 2024
  • 17

In continuing to take the network back to the 1950’s a new time for the Bairnsdale Line starting September 15th 2024 will remove the final locomotive hauled services from the line.

Katie Hall MP does not like to be questioned on her press releases and performance
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Rail News

Katie Hall MP does not like to be questioned on her press releases and performance

  • Brian Evans
  • August 30, 2024
  • 8

Katie Hall MP the ALP Member for Footscray recently placed a press release on her page but also shared it on social media namely Facebook and Instagram.

Poor and outdated transport policy is adding to air quality issues at Southern Cross
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • Southern Cross Railway Station
  • V/Line

Poor and outdated transport policy is adding to air quality issues at Southern Cross

  • Brian Evans
  • August 30, 2024
  • 11

We need urgent electrification of Geelong, Ballarat and a plan for Bendigo. Don’t be fooled the government is well aware of this.

Riding the upgraded Warrnambool Line on 29th August 2024
  • Rail News
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  • V/Line

Riding the upgraded Warrnambool Line on 29th August 2024

  • Snuffle Nose
  • August 29, 2024
  • 5

Line closed at 14th June for upgrades to 25th of August on the Warrnambool line and I decided to ride it to observe for myself the riding quality of the train.

A trip to Waurn Ponds with new rail works at South Geelong
  • Geelong
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

A trip to Waurn Ponds with new rail works at South Geelong

  • Brian Evans
  • August 28, 2024
  • 8

Resumption of trains on the new line upgrades, a trip from Melbourne to Waurn Ponds was in order.

Does Eureka Stadium in Ballarat need a railway station?
  • Breaking News
  • Myki
  • Rail News
  • V/Line

Does Eureka Stadium in Ballarat need a railway station?

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • August 26, 2024
  • 6

Ballarat’s Eureka Stadium is in desperate need of a railway station and underpass connecting the ground to the rail network.

The significantly flawed Westgate Tunnel Project a blight on Melbourne
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

The significantly flawed Westgate Tunnel Project a blight on Melbourne

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • August 25, 2024
  • 7

Billions of dollars and millions of hours of labour to make the city worse.

Is a political U-turn on the cards for the Suburban Rail Loop?
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Rail News
  • Suburban Rail Loop

Is a political U-turn on the cards for the Suburban Rail Loop?

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • August 21, 2024
  • 3

Concerns have reached political fever pitch over the $34.5bn political albatross strangling the Allan government.

Passengers review Cranbourne Railway Station and Cranbourne Line (warning)
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Myki
  • Rail News

Passengers review Cranbourne Railway Station and Cranbourne Line (warning)

  • gobstopper
  • August 14, 2024
  • 4

Then you get on the train 7.40am and there is vomit all through a carriage.

Reopening of the Warrnambool Line with DMU testing to commence
  • Rail News
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  • V/Line
  • VLocity

Reopening of the Warrnambool Line with DMU testing to commence

  • Snuffle Nose
  • August 13, 2024
  • 11

Understand testing will commence this week for the newer Velocities DMU rail cars 3×2 layout.

Victoria’s freight task to reach 900 million tonnes per annum in 2051
  • Australia
  • Breaking News
  • Rail News

Victoria’s freight task to reach 900 million tonnes per annum in 2051

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • August 8, 2024
  • 6

Over the next 20 years, the freight task in the state of Victoria is expected to experience significant growth.

Why does Vicroads permit road trains to use suburban streets in Melbourne?
  • commentary
  • Port of Melbourne
  • Rail freight
  • Rail News

Why does Vicroads permit road trains to use suburban streets in Melbourne?

  • Brian Evans
  • July 31, 2024
  • 23

How could any government be so poor at rail freight that almost every rail freight project is over budget or not delivered at all.

Time to reduce Australia’s reliance on Road Freight and reduce emissions
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Rail News

Time to reduce Australia’s reliance on Road Freight and reduce emissions

  • Brian Evans
  • July 22, 2024
  • 4

A properly run series of national passenger trains is exactly what Australia has been seeking and will do a lot for the tourism industry

Continuously welded rail on the Victorian Railway System
  • Australia
  • Rail News
  • Railway Track & Structures
  • V/Line

Continuously welded rail on the Victorian Railway System

  • Snuffle Nose
  • July 13, 2024
  • 2

Trying understand the pros and cons of Continuous Weld Track Joins Technology use in the Vic Regional Railway System

A walk around Princes Park the home of the Carlton Football Club
  • AFL
  • Australia
  • Melbourne Events

A walk around Princes Park the home of the Carlton Football Club

  • Brian Evans
  • July 11, 2024
  • 5

Princess Park even hosted the 1945 Grand Final to a packed crowd. Sadly the last AFL game to be played this ground was against Melbourne in I think 2005.

The Darebin Council deception continues in Northcote
  • Breaking News
  • Darebin Council
  • Northcote

The Darebin Council deception continues in Northcote

  • Guest authors
  • June 12, 2024
  • 3

Now under scrutiny over decisions to remove many 50+ year old trees from Clarke Street a further review over the past few days reveals they […]

How Darebin Council failed the environment and Northcote
  • Darebin Council
  • Northcote

How Darebin Council failed the environment and Northcote

  • Guest authors
  • June 3, 2024
  • 3

Tree canopies keep neighbourhoods cool in summer, provide shade, create habitat for wildlife, and help support cleaner air and waterways.

Darebin Council removes 600 years of trees from Clarke Street Northcote
  • Darebin Council
  • Northcote

Darebin Council removes 600 years of trees from Clarke Street Northcote

  • Guest authors
  • May 23, 2024
  • 3

This inner city area needs more canopy trees not less and no consultation with residents has been undertaken. Simply a disgrace.

Exploring the rail freight opportunity in Australia
  • Australia
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  • Ports
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)
  • Rail News

Exploring the rail freight opportunity in Australia

  • gobstopper
  • April 28, 2024
  • 2

Prological’s Peter Jones explains in this MHD op-ed the benefits of rail freight and how adopting aspects of the European model can help us decrease our reliance […]

Only 2% of freight between Melbourne and Sydney goes by rail
  • Australia
  • Freight Rail
  • freight volumes
  • Rail freight
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)
  • Rail News

Only 2% of freight between Melbourne and Sydney goes by rail

  • gobstopper
  • February 16, 2024
  • 5

Exclusive: rail use dwindles to minuscule levels amid over-reliance on heavy and polluting trucks, industry warns

  • aircraft
  • Boeing 767
  • International
  • United States

The 10 Longest Boeing 767 International Routes From The US

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Delta and United dominate the list as the world’s largest 767 operators.

  • Operators

Digicel Vanuatu commits to 99% mobile coverage under UAP

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Digicel Vanuatu announced on Monday it has signed its 5th Undertaking to expand its mobile coverage to an estimated 99% of the population in Vanuatu as part of its Universal Access Policy (UAP) obligations.

  • aircraft
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  • United States

The Real Reason Why United Airlines Significantly Relies On Denver

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

The facility is an ideal connecting hub.

  • investment

Dialog Axiata to invest another US$100m in digital infrastructure

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata announced on Monday it will invest another US$100 million in its digital infrastructure, increasing its total cumulative investment in the country to more than US$3.37 billion.

  • Data Centres & Networks

G42 to build 5GW AI data centre campus in UAE for US hyperscalers

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

UAE-based tech group G42 will lead a consortium of US companies to build a new 5GW AI data centre campus in Abu Dhabi as part of an agreement by the US and UAE governments to build and invest in AI infrastructure in the UAE and globally.

The key piece the Blues lack this season
  • AFL

The key piece the Blues lack this season

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Much has been unpacked from Friday night’s stinging loss for the Blues. Whether it was umpiring, the use of technology, the Swans’ aggression – which […]

Victoria to post surplus but it’s $1 billion less than expected
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics
  • Breaking News

Victoria to post surplus but it’s $1 billion less than expected

  • Helen Carrie
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Symes will also outline projections for an average $1.9 billion operating surplus in the following years, peaking at a forecast $2.4 billion surplus in 2027-28.

  • aircraft
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  • Dallas Love Field
  • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
  • United States

Analysis: The Differences Between Dallas’ Two Major Airports

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

These two facilities serve unique purposes.

  • Airbus A319
  • Airbus A320
  • aircraft
  • Airlines
  • fleet analysis
  • United Airlines
  • United States

Airbus A319 Or A320: Which Aircraft Did United Airlines Operate First?

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

These aircraft are among the oldest at United Airlines today, but they still play an important role in its narrowbody operations.

  • Regulation

Mexican telecoms law adjusted following censorship claim

  • Guest authors
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0

Mexico’s proposed new telecommunications law has been modified after controversy about one of its provisions which, critics have suggested, could enable censorship on digital platforms.

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