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Queensland Rail (QR)

June 1, 2026 | Infrastructure

Alstom wins Queensland ETCS contract

ETCS Level 2 will be installed on first stage of new line to Australia’s Sunshine Coast.

April 23, 2025 | Main line

Design work begins on Queensland Faster Rail project

$US 3.69bn project will widen 20km section of Brisbane - Gold Coast line to four tracks.

May 23, 2023 | Signalling

Queensland Rail achieves ETCS milestone in Brisbane

ETCS is being installed for the first time in the Australian state of Queensland on the Cross River Rail project.

July 25, 2022 | Innovations

Hitachi Rail to equip Queensland rolling stock with ETCS

$A 107m contract for equipping the state’s NGR fleet with ATO over ETCS.

July 18, 2022 | Signalling

Queensland tests ETCS ahead of state-wide rollout

ETCS will be installed on Cross River Rail project.

June 22, 2022 | Main line

Queensland to spend $US 2.4bn on rail projects

Investment in main line upgrades, light rail and rolling stock.

November 21, 2019 | Infrastructure

$A 1.9bn Queensland infrastructure package approved

AUSTRALIA’s federal government and the state of Queensland have reached agreement on a $A 1.9bn ($US 1.29bn) infrastructure package for Queensland rail and road schemes including the Inland Rail project.

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