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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…
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Second TBM Enters Service for Sydney Metro Project
The second of five tunnel boring machines (TBMs) has begun working. Tunnel boring machine Mum Shirl will now help the first TBM put to work,…
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Sydney Metro TBMs to Begin Work on the Project's Tunnels
Sydney Metro has announced that tunnelling works have begun in the city. The Sydney Metro TBMs have been designed specifically to deal with …