Inland Rail was meant to take 200,000 trucks a year off our roads – but it’s now been cut in half. Why is rail freight ...

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 ...

Australia’s rail sector has long benefited from the fortunes of its better recognised mining industry. Australia’s rail sector has long been intertwined with the fortunes of its better recognised ...

National railroad freight company Aurizon will slash 200 full time jobs in a dramatic cost-savings push. The cuts – first flagged in May – were confirmed on Monday morning by the company’s executive ...

Alison Ribbon reported that the strike was apparently unplanned and dubbed a "wildcat strike" by the railway union. Safety issues surrounding Pacific National have been in the headlines recently, with ...

A trip on the legendary Southern Aurora train was the travel step back in time I'd been waiting decades for. And it didn't disappoint. I made a number of trips to Central in those years, always waving ...

In a reversal of its past policy, Australia’s Liberal government (the Liberals are the country’s conservative party) is earmarking A$10.7 billion ($7.4 billion U.S.) to its National Rail Program in ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- BHP Billiton said the High Court of Australia has dismissed an appeal over access to rail access in Western Australia. The court ruled that access of a railway line by ...