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Our fast rail link to Sydney is on a slow train to nowhere
  • Australia
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Our fast rail link to Sydney is on a slow train to nowhere

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
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I recently awoke at Central Station in Sydney after a soporifically-induced sleep on the train from Canberra. It took a comfortable four-and-a-half hours, as did […]

Union says Rio Tinto train crash could have contaminated Pilbara drinking water
  • Australia
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Union says Rio Tinto train crash could have contaminated Pilbara drinking water

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
  • 0

The union also raised concerns about spilled diesel from the trains contaminating the Harding River catchment, which was the main source of drinking water for the towns of Dampier, Karratha, Roebourne, Wickham and Point Samson.

Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up
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Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
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Pouring an extra $3.25 billion worth of federal funds into Melbourne’s North East Link is a good use of taxpayer money, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted, despite the project’s cost doubling just a few months ago.

The suburb waiting for a rail line that may never come
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  • Australia Politics
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The suburb waiting for a rail line that may never come

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
  • 1

Property developers George and Frosa Adams own industrial land in Epping North and are fighting in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

New digital driver’s licences don’t work at some pubs and clubs
  • Australia

New digital driver’s licences don’t work at some pubs and clubs

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
  • 0

While the licences have timed QR codes that can be used to verify authenticity, the technology is incompatible with the scanners used at many RSLs and at some nightclubs to keep problem gamblers or barred patrons away.

Inside Victoria’s largest, most expensive road
  • Australia
  • Australia Politics

Inside Victoria’s largest, most expensive road

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
  • 1

Alex Chan is standing in front of what looks like a five-storey, purple cheese grater. The enormous disc is known as a cutter head, and the 4000-tonne engine sitting behind it will soon push it underground.

Developers and business face Suburban Rail Loop levy to fund project
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  • Suburban Rail Loop

Developers and business face Suburban Rail Loop levy to fund project

  • gobstopper
  • May 18, 2024
  • 1

Developers and businesses along the route of the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop will be asked for as much as $11 billion to help pay for it

Detectives investigate ‘lewd act’ at Melbourne train station
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  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Detectives investigate ‘lewd act’ at Melbourne train station

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 17, 2024
  • 0

Police are appealing for information after a man performed a lewd act at a train station in Melbourne’s west earlier this year.

Off the rails: SA’s miniscule train funding as roads rule
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  • Australia Politics
  • Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand)

Off the rails: SA’s miniscule train funding as roads rule

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 17, 2024
  • 0

South Australia will receive less than one per cent of the $16 billion allocated for rail projects across the nation in this week’s federal budget.

ACT pitched $20m study to speed up Canberra-Sydney train services
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ACT pitched $20m study to speed up Canberra-Sydney train services

  • Bardy Bigglesworth
  • May 17, 2024
  • 0

The ACT wants the NSW and federal governments to commit funding to finding ways to improve rail travel times between Sydney and Canberra.

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