Heidelberg Materials Australia has proposed a 75-year granite quarry on a 280-hectare greenfield site at Bunyip North, about 70 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.
Labor’s Western Rail Plan has targeted full electrification to Melton first, with $152.7 million in joint state-federal funding committed to finalise design, scope and costing.
The rail line between Maryborough and Castlemaine has been badly damaged by V/Line with support to remove the rail line by the local sitting member Maree Edwards MP.
Australian public needs to understand the urgency of this issue and demand action from their elected officials. This requires a robust public awareness campaign, one that effectively communicates the economic and environmental benefits of a modernised freight system.
Most damning is the electrification saga. In 2017, the $518 million Ballarat Line Upgrade was framed as “paving the way for future electrification of the line to Melton” — not Ballarat, not even Bacchus Marsh,
Fremantle Ports has recorded a nation‑leading shift to rail, with 26.4% of all container freight in 2025–26 moving in and out of the Inner Harbour by train.
What appears to have kept Australia’s cables relatively safe in practice, then, is not primarily active enforcement of the zones but redundancy and self-interest elsewhere in the system.
Carroll’s father-in-law sits on the board of Nilsen, a $499 million electrical contractor that delivered works on the Metro Tunnel and won the electrical fit-out contract for the North East Link.
In 2015, Andrew Robb was the federal Trade Minister. On his watch, the Port of Darwin was leased to Landbridge Group, controlled by Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng.
The long-planned Toowoomba freight terminal project at Charlton was designed to become a major intermodal logistics hub connecting regional freight to Inland Rail.
Tania Vassie was playing on the school oval when she looked up into the clear autumn sky to see a “strange, rounded, two-storey disc floating up above”.
The Government-backed deal will see Network Rail and its property development company Platform4 take long-term control of the Barking Eurohub site in east London.
Dracoulis said she and new council chief executive Wes Young met with the railway group last week and encouraged members to lodge a formal submission on the plan.
Funded by the Australian Government, the $150 million Maroona to Portland Re-sleepering Project will strengthen the 173km stretch of railway in Victoria.
Grace Tame has faced calls to be stripped of her Australian of the Year award after she chanted “globalise the intifada” which the NSW Premier has said incited violence against Jewish Australians.
According to investigative journalist Ross Coulthart, the United States is in possession of a craft so large, it can’t be moved from where it was found.
Mara didn’t sleep that night. She sat at her kitchen table with the laptop open, the tunnel’s live feed running in one window and a spreadsheet in another.
For decades residents across Cranbourne, Clyde, Clyde North and the wider south east have been calling for rail infrastructure that keeps pace with growth.
I can say these train are NOT fit for purpose as with the older classic fleet the people are not travelling in the same area of the source of the noise.
Policymakers should consider prioritising investments that promote environmentally responsible growth and long-term efficiency over costly road expansions.
If the plan by Minister Gabriel Williams proceeds it will cut off freight access and effectively shutdown rail freight access into and out of Melbourne from the West.
Through research all afternoon I was unable to find a rail freight project sponsored by Freight Victoria that had been delivered to the benefit of Victorian’s.
The SRL contracts also rely heavily on a “pain-share, gain-share” model in which the state government and builders split the overruns and savings on the project equally.
Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison said the state government did not have enough trains for extra services on the Sydney-Canberra route, blaming its Coalition predecessor for delays to the new fleets.
How does one get there with little stress? You catch the train of course but that only goes as far as Avalon Railway Station and then you have the shocking transfer from the train to the bus.
He argued trackless trams were cheaper, quicker to roll out, and offered a more flexible solution to moving large crowds of people through built-up areas.
Family-owned Austrans Container Services was placed into liquidation last July, but documents filed with the corporate regulator reveal Gregory O’Shea is being investigated.
Though today’s agreement stops short of stipulating a completion date – the project had originally been earmarked for a 2029 completion but has been delayed by at least four years.
I had dinner on board as the service was fairly crowded in the evening toward Geelong and Waurn Ponds on Tuesday night and most the bulk of people were in 3 reservation cars.
A metro trains melbourne service between Boxhill and Camberwell caught fire this week due tio a e-bike battery errupting in flame onboard the carriage.
Phosphate was supposed to be the outback’s next big economic opportunity, but one mining company says the cost of rail freight has brought its project to the end of the line.
The funding would not go towards constructing a rail line but will instead be spent on securing the land and planning required to construct a new line.
This is firmly on the shoulders of Ben Carroll who as minister approved the failed procurement process and the choice of supplier despite the department not in favour of the winning bid.
The Big Build was rocked by the allegations, detailed by whistleblowers, which included construction firms being billed for shifts that workers did not fill or never completed.
The draft 30-year strategy has been prepared by our team of economists, land use planners, sector experts and social researchers. It uses the latest available data and new modelling.
Details of the incident are still patchy but it is believed the train involved in the incident could be the SCT 7922V service between Horsham and Melbourne.
The federal government will allocate $2 billion in funding to create a new rail hub at Sunshine, with new platforms and tracks which would play a key role in the proposed Melbourne Airport rail link.
In response to these findings, the station’s operator, Civic Nexus, has implemented ongoing air quality monitoring and is collaborating with various stakeholders
I when to ride the 07:40 Swan Hill loco haul for the day when due to rolling stock shortage not train fault as stated on V/line app it was 3×1 Car VLocity!
The New Safe Confinement (NSC or New Shelter) is a structure put in place in 2016 to confine the remains of the number 4 reactor unit at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant,
Today’s historic photo of the day: VLine shunting loco Y174 runs a Ballarat-bound Redan pilot near the Cuthberts Road level crossing between Redan and Linton […]
Most of us know little or nothing of the massive fires that reigned down on the Walmer area in 1969, the fire taking with it large portions of the Maldon – Shelbourne Line.
As part of the deal, it must introduce tap-and-go payments — but already it has fallen behind schedule, with one of the key members of the consortium, Convergint, pulling out due to problems.
Helen Hastwell fondly remembers the days she worked as a “Statue? Girl” connecting calls in regional South Australia to bring people closer together. “We’d put […]
The freight rail network was sold off by the Richard Court government in 2000 under a 49-year lease, and is currently being operated by Arc Infrastructure.
Questioned about the status of funding decisions for the two Victorian mega-projects, federal treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government considered them as separate.
3AW Mornings was sent communication from the popular tourism site, which asks people to instead “reflect on the values of inclusivity” rather than mark the national holiday on January 26.
Group executive coal and bulk Patrick O’Donnell said Pacific National has a track record of delivering what matters for its customers, with rail providing the most efficient mode of transport to move grain.
It was very crowded people coming from work and from Australian Open etc. All train movement were halted Wendouree ,Wyndham Vale etc was impacted and coach transfers and Ararat Service was delayed.
The Local State Member for Warrnambool defended what has been a disastrous change to the rolling stock on the line stating their would not be a loss of seats, that turned out to be a blatant fib.
I can’t imagine the hassle and stress endured of the people all lining up wanting buy food and drinks from those vending machines and juggling their luggages.
I was sampling the new working time table and after nice comfortable ride on 17:06 which was tabled as loco haul on VN19 I hoped off and met up with the 3 car Velocity.
On the Warrnambool line, these trains have been only three-carriages long due to the station platforms not being long enough for six-carriage services.
All across Australia we are seeing the outcome of poor transport policy with road being the preferred mode of transport and the pollution and the major on-costs associated with it.
Was roused from a deep sleep by a phone conversation next from one the two guys that the one seat next to his work mate closer to aisle of the carriage.
Major industrial action which threatened to shut down Sydney’s rail network over the weekend has been called off after the state government and rail union successfully negotiated an impasse.
The Department also confirmed that Melbourne’s newest suburban rolling stock, the Xtrapolis 2.0 – which are currently under construction – will also be unable to use the new tunnel.
TC is delighted to have entered into an agreement with highly respected and experienced rail freight operator SSR for the provision of interstate, regional and port shuttle haulage services
The shutting down of 3G services across Australia will leave many without viable cellular coverage and carriers are aware. Gone are signal connections on long […]
Yarraville residents are demanding speed and red light cameras be installed at a pedestrian crossing where they claim speeding truck drivers are putting lives at risk.
From Friday 1 November, communities in the south-west will have access to more modern, reliable and accessible VLocity trains running on the Warrnambool Line for […]
Residents of a southeast Melbourne suburb are up in arms after being told of significant disruption for a major government project just days before works begin.
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.
Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Danny Pearson, announced a cost blowout of $837 million today, with the project now expected to cost $15 billion, $4 billion more than the original cost.
A roll-out of more weekend services will mean overall capacity won’t be reduced when the region’s VLocity trains operate with half as many seats, Warrnambool-based […]
A rare occasion behind R 707 and T413 and using the same train to ride on the Maldon Branch Line toward Maldon from Castlemaine and pulled by J Class Oil Burning Locomotive to Maldon
Melbourne has been named Australia’s most congested city with Victorians spending an estimated 92 hours a year stuck in traffic according to data released by Novated Lease.
For reasons unknown the government and V/Line have refused to return services for the travelling public despite requests from the Ballarat and Geelong regional councils.
More than 75000 residents live in the Sunraysia and in communities along the Mildura rail line and they have not had a passenger train service since it was axed under the Kennett government
In continuing to take the network back to the 1950’s a new time for the Bairnsdale Line starting September 15th 2024 will remove the final locomotive hauled services from the line.
Katie Hall MP the ALP Member for Footscray recently placed a press release on her page but also shared it on social media namely Facebook and Instagram.
Line closed at 14th June for upgrades to 25th of August on the Warrnambool line and I decided to ride it to observe for myself the riding quality of the train.
Princess Park even hosted the 1945 Grand Final to a packed crowd. Sadly the last AFL game to be played this ground was against Melbourne in I think 2005.
Prological’s Peter Jones explains in this MHD op-ed the benefits of rail freight and how adopting aspects of the European model can help us decrease our reliance […]
This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Banda Sea on Sept. 20, 2026. Image credit: NASA/Anil Menon
In this episode of “Reality Check,” Ross Coulthart sits down with Canadian documentary filmmaker Darcy Weir, whose films “Dark Alliance” and “Dark Alliance: The Next Generation” examine the secret space…
In this episode of “Reality Check,” Ross Coulthart sits down with Canadian documentary filmmaker Darcy Weir, whose films “Dark Alliance” and “Dark Alliance: The Next Generation” examine the secret space…
