The Federal Labor Government announced last week it was shelving the monumental Inland Rail infrastructure project, sending ...

Australia is constructing one of its most expensive and controversial infrastructure projects ever, a dedicated inland freight railway designed to carry trains nearly 2 kilometers long stacked ...

Inland Rail was meant to take 200,000 trucks a year off our roads – but it’s now been cut in half. Why is rail freight ...

The pressure to move Inland Rail forward increased after the Australian railway network received little financial backing in this year’s Federal Budget, with most funds directed to road infrastructure ...

Genesee & Wyoming Australia (now One Rail Australia) Class number GWA009 leads 1281S, a Tailem Bend empty grain, through Hawthorn. Wikimedia Commons/Adelaide Trains and Trams. Wabtec and ARTC ...

The ARA found that Australia is often been than others at adopting major rail technologies in its passenger and freight networks. Credit: Adam.J.W.C. (via Wikimedia Commons). Australia boasts some of ...

Alison Ribbon reported that the strike was apparently unplanned and dubbed a "wildcat strike" by the railway union. Safety issues surrounding Pacific National have been in the headlines recently, with ...

KARRATHA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto’s first Pilbara-made iron ore rail car has rolled off the production line in Karratha, as part of a A$150 million partnership with Australian rail ...

Crossing the harsh terrain of the Australian outback, the Ghan, a luxury train, and its 3,000 kms of track need constant and skilled maintenance. Epic Train Journeys is available to stream on pbs.org ...

Loram Pty Ltd., the wholly owned Australian subsidiary of Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc., has executed a binding agreement to acquire all the assets of the rail grinding business of Aurizon Operations ...