ALTHOUGH many local businesses have hailed the visit of a tourist passenger train as a great success for the region, a State Government spokesperson has all but ruled out that a regular service will return to Mildura.
THE excitement might not have matched the aura that greeted the railway arrival of Queen Elizabeth II in 1954, but there was still a fair buzz when a passenger train pulled up at the tiny town of Goorambat on Saturday, June 15.
GRAIN is moving again along the South West rail line between Toobeah and Goondiwindi, with the line reopening to rail traffic following a grain train derailment on May 23.
Major works on the $34.5 billion Suburban Rail Loop could be delayed or deferred amid concerns about the controversial project’s funding and state debt.
