Every populated continent is home to some form of high-speed rail network, except for Australia. The introduction of the bullet train in Japan in 1964 captured the world’s attention, and many ...

The ARA found that Australia is often been than others at adopting major rail technologies in its passenger and freight networks. Credit: Adam.J.W.C. (via Wikimedia Commons). Australia boasts some of ...

A total of seven Australia’s transporters of freight on rail and road have written an open letter to the country’s prime minister Tony Abbott to take a call on the Inland Rail project. Around A$300m ...

Discover what it takes to transport ever-growing numbers of passengers and crucial resources across Australia. With unprecedented access we go behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, locomotive ...

Aurizon Holdings Ltd. said it will buy One Rail Australia from Macquarie Group Ltd.’s asset management arm for 2.35 billion Australian dollars (US$1.76 billion). The acquisition will boost the rail ...

Robin Smit is the founding Research Director at the Transport Energy/Emission Research (TER) consultancy. Transport emissions have grown in line with the population and economy. Without intervention, ...

Far from the hustle and bustle of the daily commute, Australia's luxury rail journeys take a different, more romantic track. It is rail to be enjoyed rather than tolerated: savoured for the trip ...

A partial train derailment on a key section of rail continues to affect freight services across the country. Emergency services were called to a section of the East West railway line in South ...