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Tony Duboudin

July 1, 2026 | Infrastructure

Perth - Bunbury train service resumes

The service should have resumed in 2025, but work took longer than expected.

May 15, 2026 | Australia/NZ

Additional $US 2.7bn for Melbourne commuter project

Federal government to contribute further funding to 90km orbital line.

May 14, 2026 | Australia/NZ

$US 73m for Sydney - Canberra upgrade

Federal and state funding approved for five-year improvement programme.

March 4, 2026 | Australia/NZ

Work starts on Melbourne airport rail link

The $US 2.89bn redevelopment of Sunshine station as a transport hub should be complete by 2030.

March 2, 2026 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne shortlists bidders for commuter operating contract

Three consortia are in the running to operate and maintain the Australian city’s commuter network from 2027.

February 3, 2026 | Australia/NZ

Sydney’s Parramatta light rail extension to be phased

10km Stage 2 will now be built in two sections.

December 31, 2025 | Financial

Sydney light rail line reports disappointing first year

Ridership on the 12km Parramatta light rail line, which opened in December 2024, only half of that predicted.

December 29, 2025 | Freight

Reducing traction emissions

Australia’s rail freight operators are looking to embrace new technology in order to cut emissions. The results so far have been mixed, as Tony Duboudin explains.

November 6, 2025 | Australia/NZ

Sydney awards ETCS contract to Siemens

ETCS Level 2 will be deployed on the city’s busy T1 North Shore Line.

October 23, 2025 | Fleet

Transport for New South Wales criticised over new train procurement

The combined cost of the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) and the Regional Rail Fleet (RRF) has risen to nearly $A 7bn.

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