Join me aboard the Indian Pacific, Australia’s greatest train, for a 4-day, 4,352km journey from Sydney to Perth. We cross ...

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 ...

Travel from north to south Australia on this luxury train, where guests savor local cuisine, explore regions on off-train ...

Wabtec and ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on digital technology for Australian rail system interoperability. Wabtec, whose I-ETMS-based Positive ...

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 ...

A high speed rail network may be coming, and it will connect three major cities, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney– another reason to have a ” g’day down under” in Australia. Private company Consolidated ...

Progress Rail has signed an agreement to acquire Downer EDI’s freight rail business, Downer Freight Rail, an Australian railcar company. Headquartered in North Ryde and with 15 maintenance facilities ...

A three-firm consortium has signed a $2.4-billion contract to build 10 miles of twin tunnels on the planned 56-mile suburban rail loop around Melbourne, Australia. The first trains are scheduled to ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Aurizon Holdings Ltd is talking to Adani Enterprises about building a rail line for the Indian company's proposed $4 billion coal project in Australia, in a plan that could cut ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...