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November 12, 2020 | Infrastructure

ARTC awards $A 693.8m Inland Rail contract as bidders identified for next stage

THE Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has awarded the Trans4m Rail joint venture of John Holland and SEE Civil a $A 693.8m ($US 504.3m) contract to upgrade infrastructure on the 171km Narrabri - North Star section, or N2NS Phase 1, of the Inland Rail project.

November 7, 2020 | Infrastructure

IRJ In-Brief - Projects: Bogestra extension opens; Adelaide’s Tonsley Line extension to open in December; bidders come forward for Chennai Line 4.

Germany: The 2.6km €59.3m extension of the Bogestra network between Bochum-Langendreer Markt and Papenholz, Witten, opened on November 1.

October 29, 2020 | 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 29, 2020 | Metros

First tunnelling section for Auckland City Rail Link completed

CONNECTUS, the joint venture (JV) between McConnell Dowell and Downer, has completed the first section of tunnelling for Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) project.

October 27, 2020 | Metros

Link Alliance awarded two Auckland City Rail Link packages

THE Link Alliance, led by Vinci Construction Grands Projects, has been awarded two contracts for Packages 5 and 7 for the Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) project.

October 26, 2020 | Metros

Transforming public transport in Australia’s largest city

Sydney Metro is embarking on one of the world’s most ambitious transit expansion programmes. Kevin Smith speaks with CEO Jon Lamonte about how the projects are progressing and how the authority is striving to stay on time and on budget.

October 23, 2020 | Infrastructure

Victoria unveils $A 243m plan to rescue Murray Basin freight project

THE government of Victoria, Australia, has released a new business plan to rescue the troubled Murray Basin project, which stalled last year after its entire $A 440m ($US 314.64m) budget was spent before completion.

October 23, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Western Australia awards contract for Perth commuter line

THE State of Western Australia has awarded a contract to construct the $A 700m ($US 497.58m) 21km Morley - Ellenbrook commuter line in Perth to a joint venture of Laing O’Rourke, Australia, and Arup, Britain.

October 20, 2020 | Metros

Sydney Metro awards $A 370m station construction contract

SYDNEY Metro has awarded AW Edwards a $A 370m ($US 260.3m) contract to build Crows Nest station, which will be the first stop for metro services leaving Chatswood towards Sydney city centre when the line is extended in 2024.

October 19, 2020 | 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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