rail freight and passenger stories
The Sydney to Canberra rail corridor will get $100 million of work done under the 2026-27 Federal Budget that is being released today (Tuesday, May 12). Funding will be shared between the Commonwealth ($50m) and the NSW and ACT governments […]
An inland freight rail line 1700km-long from Melbourne to Brisbane has been shelved as Canberra pivots to a ‘Plan B’ for the project. The Labor Federal Government says the price tag for the inland project has ballooned, from the Coalition
Commuters across South-East Qld will face more disrupted rail services next week with a weekend timetable to apply from Tuesday, May 5. Queensland Rail says the disruption is due to protected industrial action by unions as a maintenance backlog takes
Track works across the Brisbane and Gold Coast rail network will continue until the end of April, Queensland Rail says. And it says work times have been extended due to strike action over the Easter weekend. Large queues formed at
Far North Queensland drivers are being asked to slow down and obey signals at rail crossings after recent collisions with a historic train in Cairns.Qld Rail’s reminder follows the recent release of footage of the crashes, nine days apart, involving
High speed rail has been given a federal funding boost of $230 million and two-year deadline for the start of work on a Sydney-Newcastle line. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told ABC Radio this morning (February 24) that the money will
50 cent fares have saved Queenslanders $423 million in 12 months and sparked a 21% increase in public transport use, the state government says. The cheap fares scheme was started by the previous Labor state government but the current LNP
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.
