Toowoomba's flood-damaged rail network is well on the way to reopen later this month, almost three months ahead of the expected completion date. Queensland Rail CEO Paul Scurrah says it has been an...
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From the Courier Mail, 5-6 February 2011:
'Category 5 Cyclone 'Yasi', packing in wind speeds of 280/290km/h at the core, is recorded as the strongest to have hit Australia in recent times. 'Yasi'...
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QR National Ltd has confirmed the impact of the Queensland floods will see the company's net profit target for this financial year fall by up to 21%. According to The Australian, 'the rail operator...
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Queensland's Blackwater coal rail system, which supplies the big Gladstone coal port, may not be back at full capacity until the end of March. Flood washaways to the spur line to Xstrata's big...
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From Bruno Martin in Queensland, 31 December:
'The weather bureau predicted a wet Christmas – and Queensland now faces the worst flooding crisis in its 150-year history. Twelve regional towns have...
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Vandals caused at least A$50,000 damage to nine Hotham Valley Tourist Railway (HVTR) carriages, some more than 100 years old, at Dwellingup Railway Station overnight on 19 November. Previously, in...
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The New Zealand (South Island) earthquake on 3 September created a hectic weekend for KiwiRail staff at Christchurch but by two and a half days later, most rail services in the region had been...
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The Australian city of Melbourne was thrown into chaos on 27 July when an overhead wire broke in the morning peak, causing a total rail traction failure which paralysed services on all lines for more...
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Sections of the Melbourne-Albury line, recently upgraded at a cost of A$500 million, have been declared unsafe because 'hundreds of large, mud-filled potholes' have formed beneath the newly installed...
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The New South Wales Supreme Court has fined the Australian Track Corporation (ARTC) A$200,000 for safety breaches which caused the death of two maintenance workers in July 2007. The Independent...
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