Every populated continent is home to some form of high-speed rail network, except for Australia. The introduction of the bullet train in Japan in 1964 captured the world’s attention, and many ...

Aerial inspection of the rail network: Aurizon, Australia’s biggest rail company, uses two UAV of the German microdrones GmbH to survey its entire transport infrastructure. The company from the German ...

The pressure to move Inland Rail forward increased after the Australian railway network received little financial backing in this year’s Federal Budget, with most funds directed to road infrastructure ...

Australia has one of the fastest rates of population growth in the developed world. In Australia, the estimated residential population has soared by more than 380,000 in the past 12 months, according ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, has begun constructing the BEL, a battery-electric EMD® Joule prototype locomotive for Aurizon, Australia’s largest freight railroad. A rebuild of an existing, ...

AUSTRALIA: Edith Cowan University has launched dedicated rail-based units across its Civil, Mechanical and Electrical ...

Forget about being crammed on a suburban train, the real romance of rail is found through luxury long-distance inland trips or journeys back in time.

Progress Rail Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., said Tuesday, July 1, 2014 it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Pacific Rail Engineering's (PRE) track business ...

The key rail line delivering coal to Australia's Port of Newcastle was shut late on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall, and is expected to reopen within the next 48 hours, the rail line's operator said on ...

Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp., based in suburban Rosemont, is part of a consortium of successful bidders in the first stage of the privatization of Australia’s railway system. Tranz Rail ...

A herd of goats could become a surprising member of the maintenance team for an Australian rail company. Queensland Rail (QR) was looking for a speedier solution to eliminating weeds and grass that ...