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February 11, 2025 | Australia/NZ

Adelaide hybrid commuter train programme complete

36 diesel trains have been converted to also run on batteries.

February 4, 2025 | Australia/NZ

Adelaide commuter network returns to public sector

Keolis Downer surrenders operating contract early following deal agreed in 2023.

November 21, 2024 | Freight

Aurizon and Pacific National cancel steel services

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

July 26, 2023 | Main line

Victoria signs new funding agreement for The Overland

$US 7.75m to support Melbourne - Adelaide passenger service over next three years.

May 8, 2023 | Australia/NZ

Bid to reopen Eyre Peninsula grain lines in South Australia

The 1067mm-gauge network closed in May 2019.

April 5, 2023 | Financial

South Australia and Keolis agree timetable for Adelaide network handover

Operation of the Adelaide Metro commuter network will transfer to the public sector in January 2025.

June 16, 2022 | Metros

South Australia to tear up Keolis Downer contract following election

The agreement was signed in 2020, but was opposed by the Labor Party which has since won the South Australian elections.

June 13, 2022 | Commuter Rail

South Australia’s troubled Gawler Line electrification project finally completed

The project is estimated to have cost $A 842m.

February 3, 2022 | Infrastructure

Adelaide metro network to close temporarily for Gawler line integration

The network will be closed over a weekend to allow the integration of the electrification and signalling.

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.

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