The $14 billion Metro Tunnel has run out of funding set aside for unexpected costs, with builders set to seek more taxpayer cash to finish the city-shaping project.
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.
The team building the southern section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East project will use fewer tunnel boring machines than planned to reduce disruption around work sites.
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.
