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METRONET Railcar Depot Tender Announced
Metronet has made public a tender for the construction of an assembly and maintenance depot for railcars in Bellevue, Western Australia.
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New Infrared Technology to Reduce Dwell Times in Sydney
Downer installs Dwell Track system at Wynyard Station in Sydney to optimise passenger flow and safety on platforms.
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Unipart Joint Venture Wins Five-Year Contract Extension
UGL Unipart Rail Services Pty Ltd, a joint venture between UGL, and Unipart have secured a five-year contract extension with Sydney Trains.
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Sydney Metro City & Southwest Design Contract Awarded
An Arcadis-Mott MacDonald joint venture has been awarded a design contract for a section of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest line.
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Last of 30 B-Series Trains for Transperth Delivered
Bombardier-EDI Downer JV deliver last of the B-series electric multiple units for Transperth. The contract began in 2004.
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Critical Communications for Australian Railways
Anton Abrahams, Chairman of the Critical Communications World (CCW), discusses critical communications for Australia's railways.
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Industry Insider Week 22 – 10 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 22: Alstom delivers the first MP16 metro train and begins production of locomotives in Kazakhstan.
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Sydney Metro North West Enters Commercial Service
The Sydney Metro enters commercial service: on Sunday 26 May, the new Alstom Metropolis trainsets began operating on the 36km line.
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Industry Insider Week 14 – 8 Must-Read Rail News Stories
Global railway news summary: our Industry Insider week 14, with rail news from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.
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Bombardier to Upgrade New Generation Rollingstock | Railway-News
Queensland: Bombardier wins contract to upgrade and modify New Generation Rollingstock trains. The NGR trains will have better accessibility…
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10 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider Week 13
In the Industry Insider Week 13: Deutsche Bahn considers sale options for DB Arriva and Stadler wins its biggest vehicle order to date.
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CRRC and Aurizon Sign Contract for 264 Narrow Gauge Coal Hopper Cars
CRRC and Australian company Aurizon have signed a contract for 264 narrow-gauge hopper cars. The first batch has already been dispatched.
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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 10
In this week's Railway-News Industry Insider: Alstom wins signalling upgrade contract in Boston, and Switzerland to reduce price of using ra…
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Penultimate Transperth B-series Train Travels from Queensland to Perth
Penultimate Transperth B-series train embarks on 4,000km journey from Queensland to Western Australia, ready to enter service in Perth.
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Australian and UK Railway Associations Deepen Collaboration
The Australasian Railway Association has a memorandum of understanding with the Railway Industry Association (UK) to develop better working …
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10 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 9
Our Railway-News Industry Insider for 25 Feb–1 Mar 2019 featuring all the important news of the week in the rail sector from rolling stock t…
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CRRC and Downer to Supply Additional Double-Decker Trains to Sydney
CRRC and Downer have received a further order for 17 double-decker Waratah trains for Sydney. The contract also includes maintenance service…
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9 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 8
The Railway-News Industry Insider for week 8: all the latest rail news, from the Trump Administration's plans to defund CHSR to new locomoti…
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First Ever Track Possession in Milestone for Inland Rail Project
The Australian rail freight infrastructure project Inland Rail has had a major milestone, taking track possession for the first time on 19 F…
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11 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 5
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 28 January–1 February 2019.
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New Head of Australia and South East Asia for Bombardier
Bombardier appoints Wendy McMillan its new Head of Australia & South East Asia. She is also to become Managing Director Bombardier Transport…
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Parramatta Light Rail Contract Goes to Transdev Consortium
A Transdev consortium has won the Parramatta Light Rail contract in Australia. The consortium will supply, operate and maintain the light ra…
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10 Must-Read Rail News Stories for Week 49
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 49: all the important railway news from the week 3–7 December 2018, covering rolling stock, infrastru…
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Inland Rail: The Future of Freight in Australia
The Inland Rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane is currently under construction. In this article Richard Wankmuller, Chief Executive Off…