Sydney Metro City line finally opens
After weeks of delays, the new City section of Sydney Metro opened to much fanfare on Monday morning, marking the first time a new underground train line has…
Australia’s future of freight
Transport emissions in Australia are rising, complicating the nation’s ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There is added awareness of the potential for shifting…
Turnit expands to Australia with booking platform for NSW Trainlink
Estonia-based travel tech company Turnit will implement its Turnit Ride platform for Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW), in partnership with Spiketech. The new customer reservation system for…
Alstom hits big in Australia with 700-million-euro contract
Alstom will be supplying 100 Flexity low-floor Next Generation Trams (NGTs) to the state of Victoria’s Department of Transport valued at some 700 million euros. The trams will…
Australia earmarks 1 billion dollars for Sydney rail upgrades
The Australian federal government will present its budget on Tuesday, which will include 1 billion Australian dollars (690 million euros) for improvements on the downtown section of the…
Australian ‘Infinity Train’ uses gravity to recharge batteries
A train on batteries that regenerate automatically sounds futuristic, but is exactly what Australian mining company Fortescue and UK-based Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) are currently developing. The gravitational…
Vossloh wins largest Australian contract and one of its biggest to date
Over the coming five years, Vossloh will be supplying some 1,3 million concrete sleepers for the so-called Inland Rail project in Australia. The agreement with the Australian Track…
‘UK-Australia trade deal big opportunity for rail’
Rail industry sources have reacted positively to the abolition of export tariffs between the UK and Australia. The word from Westminster is that there is opportunity for a…
Alstom strengthens in Western Australia
Alstom will deliver 41 electric trains and two diesel trains to Perth, Western Australia. The contract includes an option for an additional 30 electric multiple units. 50 per…
Dutch company will supply recycled plastic sleepers to New Zealand
Dutch technology company Lankhorst Engineered Products has won a tender to supply the recycled plastic sleepers for KiwiRail, New Zealandic railway holding. It is the first order obtained…
Alstom will supply 41 X’Trapolis trains to Perth, Australia
Western Australian government agency Metronet has ordered 41 C-series electric trains from Alstom. They will be operated on the commuter routes in Perth and its environs. The final…
Melbourne tram network becomes more solar-powered
Travelling by tram in Melbourne has become more sustainable. The French-based company Neoen supported by the Government of Victoria has launched the Numurkah Solar Farm. It is the…
Recycled plastic sleepers installed in Australia
190 sleepers made from recycled plastic were installed for testing at Richmond railway station in Melbourne. It is the first time that the innovative sleepers have been used…
Vossloh gets major sleeper deal in Australia
German supplier of track components Vossloh Group has won a major deal in Australia. The company will deliver around 280,000 concrete sleepers for Rio Tinto, one of the…
Bombardier finalises delivery of 78 electric trains to Perth, Australia
Bombardier Transportation has completed the delivery of 78 three-car electric trains for Transperth network in Western Australia. The manufacturer has been also providing fleet maintenance in the last…