Rail Transport

• Melbourne train contractor accused of underpaying guards

  By the National Reporting Team's Josie Taylor and Sam Clark

  Posted February 16, 2017 06:01:17 | Updated February 16, 2017 15:45:11

  Security guards that patrol Melbourne's train stations and depots claim they are being underpaid for risky and dangerous work.

  Topics: work, industrial-relations, rail-transport, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

• Ellenbrook rail line could halve city commute times: WA Labor

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted February 09, 2017 21:00:33 | Updated February 09, 2017 21:39:38

  A new line to Ellenbrook could reduce city commuting times for residents in Perth's north-eastern corridor by up to 30 minutes, WA Labor says while spruiking its Metronet rail system.

  Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, wa

• Call for legislative change as court ruling on Indigenous Land Use Agreements creates turmoil

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted February 09, 2017 15:55:34 | Updated February 09, 2017 15:57:48

  State and Federal ministers are asked to consider changing legislations after Federal Court ruling on Indigenous Land Agreements questions mining, gas, ports, infrastructure and national park legality.

  Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, coal, rural, rail-transport, sea-transport, national-parks, native-title, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, mining-industry, perth-6000

• Mark Furner to replace Stirling Hinchliffe in Queensland Cabinet

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted February 09, 2017 06:13:00 | Updated February 09, 2017 09:30:40

  Member for Ferny Grove Mark Furner will be elevated to State Cabinet to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former transport minister Stirling Hinchliffe.

  Topics: state-parliament, rail-transport, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, qld

• 'Overly restrictive' work rules to change in QR overhaul: Trad

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted February 07, 2017 14:57:42 | Updated February 07, 2017 15:00:25

  Workplace rules and overtime for staff will be amended as part of the overhaul of Queensland Rail to improve train services for passengers, Acting Transport Minister Jackie Trad says.

  Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, alp, unions, brisbane-4000, robina-4226

• V/Line train at Stratford image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 07, 2017 12:53:13

  Topics: rail-transport, stratford-3862

• Gippsland rail funding possible to fix 'slow, unreliable' service says Federal Minister

  ABC Gippsland

  By Kellie Lazzaro

  Posted February 07, 2017 12:53:13 | Updated February 07, 2017 13:10:10

  The Federal Transport Minister has promised to help improve the state's "slowest and most unreliable" transport services to Gippsland.

  Topics: rail-transport, transport, federal-government, local-government, bairnsdale-3875, sale-3850, traralgon-3844, morwell-3840

• Trainee drivers 'sitting about' as rail crisis unfolded: union

  By Kristian Silva and Nick Wiggins

  Posted February 07, 2017 07:16:30 | Updated February 07, 2017 10:15:51

  A shortage of driving instructors meant Queensland Rail staff who were supposed to be learning how to operate trains were left "sitting about" during the state's rail crisis, the drivers' union claims.

  Topics: government-and-politics, unions, rail-transport, state-parliament, parliament, qld, brisbane-4000

• Five things we learned on the WA campaign trail today (photos)

  By Andrew O'Connor and Andrea Mayes

  Posted February 06, 2017 19:41:16 | Updated February 06, 2017 20:48:50

  Labor says it will not use state debt to fund its $2.5 billion Metronet plan, while Deputy Premier Liza Harvey takes to the streets of Perth to sell the Big Issue.

  Topics: elections, rail-transport, wa

• Metronet cost will not increase debt: Labor

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted February 06, 2017 17:56:42 | Updated February 06, 2017 19:00:17

  Labor's flagship $2.5 billion Metronet rail plan will be funded through a range of funding sources and will not impact net debt, Opposition Leader Mark McGowan says.

  Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, yanchep-6035, wa

• Transport Minister quits in response to rail inquiry

  By Chris O'Brien and Leonie Mellor

  Posted February 06, 2017 15:14:53 | Updated February 06, 2017 16:33:24

  Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe resigns in response to a damning commission of inquiry into Queensland Rail that finds complacency and "unwieldy" management led to a driver shortage and timetable failures.

  Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000

• Labor pledges $400m for WA-made rail cars

  By David Weber

  Posted February 05, 2017 18:20:50 | Updated February 05, 2017 21:56:22

  WA Labor promises to spend $410 million on building railcars for the proposed expansion of Metronet if elected, using local manufacturers.

  Topics: rail-transport, elections, perth-6000

• Confession season heats up with Aurizon, Iluka booking huge costs

  By business reporter Thuy Ong

  Posted January 31, 2017 11:05:36

  Australia's largest rail freight operator Aurizon says it will take a $321 million hit to its accounts when it reports its half-yearly earnings, while Iluka takes a non-cash impairment of $141 million.

  Topics: company-news, rail-transport, mining-industry, stockmarket, australia

• Monorail over Broadbeach on the Gold Coast image

  image
  ABC News

  Posted January 30, 2017 17:02:29

  Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, history, broadbeach-4218

• Broadbeach monorail closes after almost three decades

  ABC Gold Coast

  By Nicole Dyer and Damien Larkins

  Posted January 30, 2017 17:02:29

  After almost 30 years in operation the Gold Coast's iconic Broadbeach monorail runs its last circuit.

  Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, history, broadbeach-4218

• New 24-hour airport included in SA freight overhaul proposal

  By Daniel Keane

  Posted January 29, 2017 11:32:20 | Updated January 29, 2017 13:33:03

  SA's Opposition wants to overhaul Adelaide's freight network by creating a new road and rail bypass of the city and building a 24-hour airport at Monarto.

  Topics: air-transport, rail-transport, road-transport, industry, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, liberals, sa, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254

• Miners hoping Trump's troubled $1.3 trillion infrastructure spend still on table

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted January 24, 2017 16:14:42 | Updated January 25, 2017 07:29:57

  Post-TPP, Australian miners and service providers hope US President Donald Trump will get through another pledge — his massive infrastructure spend.

  Topics: mining-rural, road-transport, rail-transport, international-aid-and-trade, trade, mining-industry, perth-6000, united-states

• Nationals pledge new rail link through key regional seat

  By Gian De Poloni

  Posted January 18, 2017 17:49:30 | Updated January 18, 2017 18:19:56

  The WA Nationals want to use funds from their proposed state mining tax to resurrect a long-touted plan to connect Perth's passenger rail network to the regional city of Bunbury.

  Topics: government-and-politics, rail-transport, bunbury-6230, mandurah-6210, wa

• Tasmanian rail operator, safety investigator at odds over derailment

  By Damian McIntyre and Carla Howarth

  Posted January 10, 2017 16:35:51 | Updated January 10, 2017 16:54:10

  A transport safety authority's report into a freight train derailment in Tasmania is questioned by the rail operator's CEO, who admits he has not read the report "completely".

  Topics: rail, rail-transport, nala-7120

• Christmas Day train cuts due to QR expecting drivers to work overtime: Minister

  Posted January 05, 2017 18:25:53 | Updated January 05, 2017 19:43:03

  Bad planning by Queensland Rail rostering managers who expected too many crews to work on rostered days off is to blame for the Christmas Day cancellation of 235 train services, Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says.

  Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000

• 'We need change at QR': Hinchliffe suggests more heads will roll

  By Leonie Mellor

  Posted January 04, 2017 21:09:56

  Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe gives his strongest indication yet that more heads will roll at Queensland Rail over the driver shortage, saying he believes further change in management is needed.

  Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000

• SA Government 'wasted' $150,000 on consultants during pay negotiations: Opposition

  Posted January 03, 2017 09:37:23 | Updated January 03, 2017 10:32:48

  The Opposition questions the skill level of the South Australian Transport Department after Freedom of Information documents reveal the Government paid consultants to deal with train driver enterprise agreement negotiations.

  Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, road-transport, rail-transport, transport, adelaide-5000, sa

• Farmer cutting freight cost loading direct to rail

  ABC Rural

  Kristy Reading, Sally Bryant

  Posted January 03, 2017 07:52:16

  A farmer in NSW's north west breaks new ground loading grain direct from farm to rail truck for transport to port.

  Topics: rail-transport, grain, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, moree-2400

• 2017 to be the 'year of construction' in NSW

  By Michelle Brown

  Posted January 02, 2017 14:49:12

  Sydney commuters are warned to expect delays all year, with two motorways, two light rail projects and several other major infrastructure builds changing routes around the CBD and in Parramatta.

  Topics: rail-transport, road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, building-and-construction, sydney-2000

• QR chief operating officer Kevin Wright quits

  By Gail Burke

  Posted December 29, 2016 13:27:58 | Updated December 30, 2016 00:58:09

  Queensland Rail's chief operating officer Kevin Wright resigns in the face of continuing network problems as a result of a driver shortage in the state's south-east.

  Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000

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