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Australia/NZ

August 25, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Port of Melbourne Port - Dandenong rail connection approved

AUSTRALIA’s federal government and the state government of Victoria have announced plans for a $A 28m ($US 20.1m) direct freight line between the Port of Melbourne and Dandenong South.

August 25, 2020 | Technology

Arc Infrastructure develops washaway prediction tool

WESTERN Australian freight operator Arc Infrastructure, in partnership with Perth-based IT consultancy Interfuze, has developed a software tool that will allow it to predict track washaways caused by flooding.

August 20, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Funding approved for Gold Coast light rail extension business case

THE government of the Australian state of Queensland and Gold Coast city council will equally co-fund a $A 7m ($US 5m) business case for a 13km extension to the Gold Coast Light Rail line (G:link).

August 16, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Sydney port rail capacity upgrade gets green light

THE New South Wales state government has given the go ahead for the Port Botany track doubling and Cabramatta Loop projects in Sydney, which will vastly improve rail access to Australia’s second largest container port.

August 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Projects: Warsaw West station upgrade awarded; German - Poland crossing approved; Site for New Zealand hub announced

Poland: PKP has awarded Ferrovial’s Polish subsidiary Budimex a €433m contract to redevelop the Warsaw West station which handles around 60,000 passengers a day, with this number expected to double by 2030.

August 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Upgrade of Auckland network begins with development of third main line

DOWNER NZ has begun constructing a third track along Auckland’s mainline between Wiri and Quay Park, the first component of the wider $NZ 1bn ($US 660.9m) Auckland Metro Rail programme funded under the New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP).

August 6, 2020 | Metros

Work begins on Sydney Metro Northern Connection

WORK has begun on a connection between the Sydney Metro North West Line and the City and Southwest project at Chatswood.

August 1, 2020 | Metros

Track laying begins on Forrestfield - Perth Airport rail link

TRACK laying on the $A 1.86bn ($US 1.3bn), 8.5km Forrestfield - Airport rail link in Perth has begun, with 1km already constructed near Redcliffe station since tunnelling was completed in April.

July 27, 2020 | News

Covid-19 offers ‘best opportunity for decades’ to reshape public transport - study

THE Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to shape more sustainable, resilient and human-centric urban mobility systems with many cities and transit authorities primed and ready to embrace the challenge, a new study presented by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and consultancy Arthur D Little has found.

July 26, 2020 | News

UITP delays Global Public Transport Summit to December 2021

THE International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has confirmed that it will postpone the next edition of the Global Public Transport summit, scheduled for June 6-9 2021, until December 14-17 2021.

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