The Inland Rail project between Melbourne and Brisbane has stalled with just 17 per cent complete, and insiders say it is unlikely it will ever reach the end of the line.
NSW Trains and the Australian Rail Track Corporation were charged with breaching the state’s rail safety laws after the XPT passenger train came off tracks north of Melbourne on February 20, 2020.
Communities in Melton have had a first look at the concept designs for the new Melton Station – as the Allan Labor Government prepares to remove four more dangerous and congested level crossings.
The Allan Labor Government has removed Melbourne’s 75th dangerous and congested level crossing, with traffic returning to Bedford Road in Ringwood while trains start running in the new rail trench more than a year ahead of schedule.
Three country rail line upgrades that are part of Victoria’s $4bn Regional Rail Revival project have veered off track, with delays of more than a year and huge cost blowouts expected.
A bombshell report into the 2026 Commonwealth Games revealing the government concealed blowouts, accepted a business case it knew was misleading and then overstated the cost to cancel the event.
