Transport Minister Catherine King said governance and planning had to be right,as the opposition slammed the government’s progress on the project.
New long-distance trains were meant to be carrying passengers a year ago. Now,another set of modifications to the fleet of Spanish trains has been ordered.
The double-stacked trains will travel through some centres up to 20 times a day under plans for a 1700-kilometre freight line between Brisbane and Melbourne.
A Pacific National freight train collided with a truck on the Barrier Highway at Bindarrah,near the border between NSW and South Australia,with two rail workers killed in the incident.
Rail safety staff in three states have had their accreditations revoked after the regulator issued an urgent notice about fraudulent training of workers who help upgrade and repair the network.
Premier Jacinta Allan said the first stage of the orbital rail link was still expected to cost under $35 billion despite supply chain and worker shortages.
Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel will be running dress rehearsals by the middle of next year,with new footage showing what the journey will be like.
Steven Miles’ mission to Canberra was good for photo opportunities but meh for Queensland.
A “sensitive” report into how one train signaller calling in sick sparked chaos for Sydney’s rail network last July has revealed the extent of the crisis.
Sleeper trains are enjoying a resurgence in Europe,but the sleeper service between Sydney and Melbourne is set to be scrapped.
But Infrastructure Minister Catherine King made it clear any additional funding for the mega project hinges on the actual cost – an amount still in dispute.