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Do old track standards still measure up in today’s railways?
Jessica Dickers Asset Management, Features, Rail, Safety and Training, Signals, Technology 0by Ravi Ravitharan, Director, Institute of Railway Technology, Monash University There is a desire amongst many railway transport operators...
Embracing new rail technologies
Jessica Dickers Civil Construction, Features, Policy, Rail, Signals, Technology, Transport 0In launching the National Innovation and Science Agenda in 2015, Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said, “We cannot future-proof ourselves...
Report identifies safe system infrastructure
Infrastructure Journalist News, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Transport 0Austroads has released a report about safe system treatments, identifing real world experience in the practical application of solutions...
Hear from industry leaders at CORE2018
Infrastructure Journalist Asset Management, Civil Construction, NSW, Planning, Projects, Rail, Safety and Training, Signals, Technology 0by Katharina Gerstmann, Conference Organising Chair, CORE2018 Join us at the 11th RTSA Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE) and...
Intelligent transport systems pilot program
chris News, Projects, QLD, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Technology, Transport 0The intelligent transport systems cooperative research centre iMOVE CRC, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Department of Main Roads...
Contract awarded for Oaklands Crossing
Jessica Dickers Civil Construction, News, Projects, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Transport 0The major contract for the $174.3 million Oaklands Park level crossing project in South Australia has been awarded. Federal...
ITS funding for the Bruce Highway
Jessica Dickers News, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Technology, Telecommunications, Transport 0The Australian Government will provide $56 million in funding for a Intelligent Transport System (ITS) along the length of...
Tender called to deliver Barneson Boulevard in Darwin
Jessica Dickers Asset Management, Civil Construction, News, NT, Open tenders, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Transport 0The Northern Territory Government has released the tender for the construction of the $39.5 million Barneson Boulevard in Darwin’s...
Level crossing upgrades continue on Warrnambool Line
Infrastructure Journalist Asset Management, News, Projects, Rail, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals, Transport, VIC 0Fourteen level crossings have now been upgraded on the Warrnambool Line in Victoria as part of the Victorian Government’s...
Traffic signals work underway
Infrastructure Journalist News, Projects, QLD, Roads, Safety and Training, Signals 0Work has started on the installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Gympie Road and Iindah Road intersection...
Smarter railways for our growing cities
Infrastructure Journalist Features, Rail, Signals, Transport 0by Frank Heibel, Railway Consultancy Director New York, London, Tokyo – countless cities in all parts of the world...
Tender: upgrade of navigation aids
Infrastructure Journalist Civil Construction, Open tenders, Ports, Signals, VIC 0Parks Victoria is seeking tenders for construction and installation works associated with a high priority aids to navigation upgrade...
Record investment for Warrnambool train line
Lauren Cella Investment, News, Rail, Safety and Training, Signals, VIC 0The Victorian Government has made its biggest investment ever to the Warrnambool line, with $10 million going towards upgrades...
Safety improvements for Yeppoon intersection
Infrastructure Journalist Civil Construction, News, QLD, Roads, Signals 0A project to upgrade a dangerous intersection between the Scenic Highway and Matthew Flinders Drive in Yeppoon in Central...
A world-first trial has begun in Victoria that uses technology to alert traffic lights when trams are approaching, giving...
Shortlist selected for Metro Tunnel signalling contract
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Company news, News, Rail, Signals, VIC 0The Victorian Government has announced two consortia have been shortlisted to deliver up to $1 billion worth of signalling...
The Victorian Government has released the first ever long-term strategy for public transport in regional Victoria, which includes track...
An Australian rail signalling expert has been appointed to lead the investigation into signalling problems that have delayed Queensland’s...
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Construction has commenced on the final section of Tasmania’s Midland Highway 10 Year Action Plan.
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The Victorian Government has launched a new initiative to help women enter the rail industry, with training, apprenticeships, and jobs included in the scheme.
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The Victorian Government will introduce a single authority to oversee the regulation of safety and compliance for commercial passenger transport.
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Construction has commenced on the $206 million Spring Farm Parkway Stage 1, with the project set to connect communities across Macarthur in New South Wales.
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