Spain wants to invest around 93 million euros to reopen the Somport Tunnel, a railway tunnel connecting the country with France across the Pyrenees, part…
In a statement on its website, the rail operator said trains would not leave their stations in the affected area and it was urgently working to fix the problem.
The State Government invested $31 million to expand the stabling facility at Bairnsdale to house two three-carriage VLocity trains overnight, which has enabled this change.
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?
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.
