Rail
Extra express services for key routes under Cross River Rail overhaul
Brisbane’s new underground Roma Street and Albert Street stations will be at the centre of a rail revolution from mid-2025.
- by Tony Moore
Latest
Blueprint revealed: Passengers must change lines for Cross River Rail
The south-east Queensland rail network will be rerouted from 2025, with Roma Street becoming the only station to service all rail lines.
- by Tony Moore
‘Stunning hypocrisy’: No business case for Suburban Rail Loop
The $35-million first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop has started, but the government is yet to submit a business case to the nation’s chief infrastructure advisory body.Â
- by Patrick Hatch
Perrottet takes tips from Japan, but high-speed rail just a ‘dream’ for now
The best route for fast rail in NSW is Newcastle to Badgerys Creek via Parramatta, an expert told the premier, but Japanese-style bullet trains are some way off.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Opinion
Rail loop rethink is first major test for new planning minister
The design problems and high cost of the Suburban Rail Loop will make it the greatest public transport infrastructure failure in Australia unless substantially altered.
- by Michael Buxton
London rail boss backs Andrews’ vision for Suburban Rail Loop
Mark Wild says the pandemic has temporarily disrupted the business case for mass transit projects, but governments will rue the day they abandon them.
- by Chip Le Grand
Opinion
Opinion
Here’s why we must build the Suburban Rail Loop now
By 2050, we’ll be a city of nine million people – the size of London today. Unless we pursue this major project to recalibrate how we grow in the decades ahead, it’ll be a never-ending cycle of catch-up.
- by Frankie Carroll
‘Let’s make a decision’: Port of Melbourne says call on new freight terminal is urgent
The Port of Melbourne warns that logistics firms will start to build infrastructure haphazardly around the city without certainty on the new terminal location.
- by Patrick Hatch
Editorial
Trains
No time like the present for a rethink of the Suburban Rail Loop
As The Age revealed in August last year, the Suburban Rail Loop was born in secrecy, outside normal planning channels and without an independent cost-benefit analysis.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Public transport
Suburban Rail Loop’s latest woes another reason to hit pause
Concerns about poor connections between the flagship project and existing Metro stations is simply the latest in a litany of problems.
- by Marion Terrill
Warning on further Metro Tunnel cost blowouts in next ‘risky phase’
Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel rail project could suffer further cost blowouts and delays, and has almost used up its contingency funds, according to the auditor-general.Â
- by Patrick Hatch