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Tony Duboudin
January 12, 2021
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Australia/NZ
Pandemic highlights the importance of railways
Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the Australasian Railway Association, talks to Tony Duboudin.
December 31, 2020
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Financial
Troubled Murray Basin project secures extra funds
AUSTRALIA’s federal government has committed an extra $A 200.2m ($US 152.2m) to Victoria’s troubled Murray Basin project, taking the total federal government investment to more than $A 440m.
December 29, 2020
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Financial
Australian government chips in extra $A 5.5bn for Inland Rail
THE Australian federal government will invest a further $A 5.5bn ($US 4.18bn) in the Inland Rail project through an equity injection in the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), which is building the 1700km freight line from Melbourne to Brisbane.
December 14, 2020
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Australia/NZ
Melbourne Metro Tunnel cost rises by $A 2.7bn
THE cost of Melbourne’s 9km Metro Tunnel project has increased by $A 2.7bn ($US 2.04bn) following an agreement reached by the state of Victoria and the contractor following a near year-long stand-off. The total cost of the project, which will add five new stations in the central business district and create a new cross-city line from Sunbury to Cranbourne/Pakenham, is now nearly $A 14bn.
December 6, 2020
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Main line
Victorian government discounts fares to win back passengers
THE Victorian state government will introduce a 30% discount on off-peak train journeys from January 31 2021 in an effort to entice passengers back to rail and support social distancing.
December 5, 2020
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Financial
Queensland confirms $A 600m commitment to local train manufacturing
THE Queensland state government has kept a pre-election promise to support local train manufacturing by allocating $A 600m ($US 446.2m) in the state budget towards its Rolling Stock Expansion project - a $A 1bn, 10-year commitment to manufacturing rolling stock in the regional centre of Maryborough.
November 27, 2020
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Infrastructure
Melbourne airport rail route confirmed
THE Australian federal government and state government of Victoria have finalised the route for the planned Melbourne airport rail link, effectively rejecting a proposal from a private consortium to construct a $A 5bn ($US 3.69bn) 6km dedicated tunnel between the city and West Footscray.
November 18, 2020
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Commuter Rail
Victoria allocates $A 2.2bn to kick-start Melbourne suburban loop
THE Victorian state government will allocate $A 2.2bn ($US 1.6bn) in the state budget for early preparatory work on the ambitious 90km, $A 50bn Melbourne suburban rail loop.
October 29, 2020
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Commuter Rail
CEO of Australia’s V/Line sacked over corruption claims
THE board of Victoria’s regional rail network V/Line has sacked its CEO after he appeared before an anti-corruption hearing in Melbourne accused of receiving illicit payments from the contractors employed to clean the operator’s trains.
October 19, 2020
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Australia/NZ
Inland Rail: nation building project or white elephant?
The first stage of Australia’s Inland Rail project to accelerate freight trains between Melbourne and Brisbane opened on September 16. Regional Editor Tony Duboudin reports on this ambitious but controversial project.
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