After years of dashed hopes, delays and the all-consuming dominance of the car and airplane, high-speed trains may finally be about to have their breakthrough moment in the United States, according to one of the country’s top rail executives.
Due to V/Line maintenance and infrastructure upgrades, coaches will replace trains for part of the journey on the Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough lines from Thursday 20 to Friday 28 June.
Australia has accumulated almost 5,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste (around the volume of two Olympic size swimming pools). This does not include uranium mining wastes, which are disposed of at mine sites.
Federal MP Josh Burns has described a vandalism attack on his Melbourne electoral office as “ugly and reckless”, while the Prime Minister has also called out the “serious” incident.
The Elettromotrice AB 03, also known as the Carminati & Toselli AB-03, played a fascinating yet brief role in the history of the Rimini-San Marino International Electric Railway.
