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August 1, 2019 | Australia/NZ

First breakthrough for Melbourne Metro Tunnel

THREE 118-tonne, 15m-long roadheader tunnelling machines have broken through at Melbourne’s State Library station, marking the first major milestone for the Australian state of Victoria’s metro project.

July 29, 2019 | Metros

RATP Dev and John Holland partner for Sydney metro operation bids

RATP Dev, France, and John Holland, Australia, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to partner on upcoming bids to operate and maintain the new Sydney Metro West and Greater West automated lines.

July 23, 2019 | Metros

Sydney City and Southwest Metro line tunnelling 50% complete

TUNNELLING for Sydney’s City and Southwest Metro line is now 50% complete after tunnel boring machine (TBM) “Mabel” broke through at the new Crows Nest station on July 15.

July 3, 2019 | Fleet

Sydney Trains extends fleet maintenance contract with UGL

SYDNEY Trains has awarded UGL a five-year extension to its contract to deliver maintenance and logistics services for a portion of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger fleet.

July 1, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Adelaide to competitively tender rail and tram operations

THE state government of South Australia has announced that it will launch tenders for operation of Adelaide Metro tram and commuter rail services, with the aim of providing better and more customer-focused services.

June 28, 2019 | News

Adelaide orders additional A-City EMUs

BOMBARDIER has received a contract variation from the state government of South Australia for additional 12 A-City EMUs, which will increase fleet capacity on Adelaide’s suburban network.

June 27, 2019 | Technology

Sydney Trains commissions new incident management system

SYDNEY Trains has fully launched Frequentis’ Incident and Crisis Management (ICM) solution on its network to improve the way it manages and resolves incidents.

June 26, 2019 | Infrastructure

Vossloh subsidiary Austrak awarded Rio Tinto sleeper contract

VOSSLOH Tie Technologies subsidiary Austrak has been awarded a contract to supply concrete sleepers for Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri mining project in Western Australia.

June 18, 2019 | Metros

NSW government confirms $A 6.4bn commitment to Sydney Metro West

THE New South Wales state government has confirmed $A 6.4bn ($US 4.3bn) of funding over the next four years for the Sydney Metro West project as part of its 2019-20 budget, delivering on the government’s recent election promise to accelerate the line’s construction.

June 14, 2019 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes rollout of driverless heavy-haul freight system

RIO Tinto has completed the rollout of the $A 940m ($US 648.5m) AutoHaul driverless heavy-haul freight project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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