In this special issue, we focus on some of Australia’s biggest rail projects currently in the pipeline, as well as looking towards the sector’s future in the years to come. We catch up with the latest ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said it had suspended all its iron ore rail operations in Western Australia on Monday after a train ran away at high speed for nearly 100 kilometres before ...

And a glimmer of high-speed hope. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Natasha Frost, a ...

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has confirmed it will upgrade technology on its National Train Communications System (NTCS) with the rollout of 4G capability for all services by June 2024 ...

Australia's Hunter Valley coal rail lines have been shut due to flooding in the state of New South Wales, the Australian Rail Track Corp said on Monday, halting deliveries into the port of Newcastle, ...

Mining corporation Rio Tinto says that an autonomous rail system called AutoHaul that it’s been developing in the remote Pilbara region of Australia for several years is now entirely operational — an ...

update Telstra today announced it had signed an AU$85 million deal with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to develop a new communications system for the group's national rail network. ARTC ...

MELBOURNE, July 6 (Reuters) - The key rail line delivering coal to Australia's Port of Newcastle was shut late on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall, and is expected to reopen within the next 48 hours, the ...

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 ...