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Rail lines across Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast will close for up to five weeks over the holiday season to allow for track work. Inner Brisbane lines will close from Saturday, December 20, to Sunday, December 28, while extra […]
A future high speed rail project between Newcastle and Sydney will take in the new Western Sydney International Airport and Parramatta. Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King made the comment during a speech at the 2025 Aerotropolis Conference in Sydney recently.
Buffer riding teenagers in Sydney has become so rife that services are being delayed with nearly 300 reported cases this year. And metal ‘nose cones’ are to be fitted to Tangara trains to stop them, NSW Premier Chris Minns says.
A historic-themed food truck and track repairs by two Ipswich heritage rail groups are among the targets for new state grant funding. The government is giving $160,000 in community grant funding for eight non-profit groups as part of Qld Rail’s
Rail crossings in South Australia will be made safer after the state received another $654,000 in federal funding. The money has come from a federal $160 million four-year fund for railway crossing upgrades. Federal Transport Minister Catherine King says 11
Four new rail station designs are now open for public comment as part of a $5.75 billion Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project. The designs are for the Kuraby, Trinder Park, Woodridge and Kingston station precincts in south-east Queensland. Transport Minister
South Australia is targeting scrap metal thieves by giving police officers more powers and regulating the market. This week, the Scrap Metal Dealers Bill 2025 was introduced into state parliament to address growing theft of copper piping and metal parts from
Queensland Rail’s North Coast rail line across Far North, North and Central part of the state have reopened after track closures for repairs. Queensland Rail’s Head of Regional Scott Cornish says it is fantastic to see the upgrades completed during
Shorncliffe rail station’s air raid shelter is to be restored as it closes for more than six months as part of a major facelift. Queensland Rail says the Brisbane station’s carpark will partially close on October 16 so that site
Queensland has unveiled new designs for two level crossing removals as part of the $5.75 billion Logan-Gold Coast Faster Rail Project. The crossings (at Kuraby and Bethania) are among five to be removed in a 20km corridor stretching between Kuraby and
