Australasia rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Australia and New Zealand, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Sydney tenders western airport metro works
AUSTRALIA: Prequalification has started for a second package of civil engineering works on the planned metro line to serve the future Western Sydney International Airport and the proposed Western Parkland City.
Rainbow Serpent of the Dreamtime inspires track machine decoration
AUSTRALIA: Indigenous artworks have been applied to a New Track Construction machine being used by John Holland in the Pilbara region.
Contactless payment introduced in Adelaide
AUSTRALIA: Conduent Transportation has deployed a contactless open payment system for the Adelaide tram network, enabling passengers to use Visa, MasterCard and NFC-enabled smart devices to pay their fares.
State budget backs Melbourne ring line
AUSTRALIA: Prequalification will start by the end of 2020 for work on Melbourne’s orbital Suburban Rail Loop, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews announced on November 16.
Sydney travel app adds social distancing information
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has worked with Amazon Web Services, digital services company Tigerspike and transport software developer AppJourney to add physical distancing and passenger occupancy notifications for Sydney Trains and metro services to the Opal Travel app.
Narrabri – North Star upgrading contract signed
AUSTRALIA: An A$650m contract for the next phase of the Inland Rail corridor has been signed by Australian Rail Track Corp and the Trans4m Rail joint venture.
Competence management technology company looks to Asia-Pacific market
Morley – Ellenbrook line construction contract awarded
A$370m Sydney Metro station contract awarded
Adelaide tram software contract
Auckland awards P2P electrification contract
John Holland to build Stage 3 of Gold Coast light rail
Bowen Rail prepares to haul Carmichael coal
Keolis Downer to run Adelaide suburban network
Inland Rail first phase completed
Victoria orders standard gauge VLocity DMUs
East Swanson rail terminal agreed
Freight: Unlocking access to Australia’s largest port
Shadow operator appointed to support Sydney metro expansion
Tamworth Intermodal Rail Line funding announced
Sydney Metro West tunnelling shortlist
Siemens awarded Sydney traffic management system contract
Sydney Trains selects SafeZone for security and emergency management
Gold Coast light rail extension study funded
