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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.

June 26, 2025 | Australia/NZ

UGL presents Australian Evo locomotive

The fuel-efficient diesel locomotive will be used to haul intermodal trains across Australia.

November 21, 2024 | Freight

Aurizon and Pacific National cancel steel services

Unpaid debts force termination of freight services to Australian steel producer.

January 24, 2024 | Financial

Rail businesses included in BlackRock purchase of Global Investment Partners

Freight and passenger operators in Australia and Europe will have a new owner.

November 15, 2022 | Infrastructure

Australia’s East-West corridor disrupted again

Heavy flooding has washed away the railway in New South Wales.

January 26, 2022 | Infrastructure

Australia’s main east-west corridor cut by flood damage

Services are not expected to resume before the end of the month.

December 23, 2021 | Freight

Pacific National to serve major new Australian freight terminal

The government’s backing for the Inland Rail project has created confidence in the private sector.

December 16, 2021 | Freight

Interstate rail freight booms despite challenges

Disruption to global shipping and container supply brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has created a remarkable turnaround in inter-state rail freight volumes in Australia, especially on the east-west transcontinental corridor, reports Mark Carter.

October 4, 2021 | Locomotives

Pacific National awards UGL $A 297m locomotive contract

UGL will design, manufacture and supply the C44 Evolution locomotives.

November 7, 2019 | News

Pacific National opens inland hub at Parkes

AUSTRALIAN freight operator Pacific National (PN) has opened the $A 35m ($US 24.1m) first stage of its intermodal hub at Parkes in New South Wales (NSW), strategically located where the main east west transcontinental rail corridor will eventually intersect with the under-construction north-south Inland Rail project.

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