Archive for category: Rail Freight
Rail ‘sets record straight’ following trucking industry claims
The Australasian Railway Association has said it ‘wants to set the record straight regarding claims in recent advertisements by the South Australian Road Transport Association about proposed changes to heavy vehicle registration costs’. The SARTA advertisements claims an increase in truck registration will result in 50% more trucks on the road than are really necessary;...Rail freight network improvements continue in Adelaide
The rebuilding of the Interstate Rail Freight Network is continuing with the 2012–13 Budget committing $232.1 million in new funding to upgrade the section through the heart of Adelaide. This project will ‘speed up the movement of freight trains through the City, improve the reliability of its passenger services, ease traffic congestion around the CBD,...Oklahoma awarded $6.75 million Tiger III grant
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the signing of an agreement for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to receive $6.75 million from the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) III program to rehabilitate 49 miles of state-owned rail line between Elk City and Sayre, Okla., in the Anadarko Basin. There are few viable options...Class 071 boosts freight
The last couple of years have seen a revival of freight services in Ireland with regular container services between Ballina and Waterford and Dublin ports and timber trains from Ballina / Westport to Waterford picking up pace. Zinc ore trains also run three times daily between Drogheda and Dublin Port. To improve the reliability of...Genesee & Wyoming to lease rail line in Alabama
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has said that its newly formed subsidiary, the Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad, Inc. (CCR), has signed an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) to lease and operate a 26-mile segment of NS track that runs from Girard, Alabama, to Mahrt, Alabama. The CCR will interchange with NS in Columbus, Georgia,...QR National plans new Hunter Valley train facility
QR National recently signalled its long-term commitment to the Hunter Valley by announcing plans for a modern train support facility at Hexham near the Port of Newcastle. At an estimated capital cost of up to $100 million, the proposed facility would support the company’s growing New South Wales coal haulage business and alleviate capacity pressures...
GB Railfreight tests Northfleet freight link
GB Railfreight has operated the first test locomotive on a new freight line…
Freightliner orders wagons from VTG
Freightliner Limited has made a ‘significant investment’ in new…
QR National evaluates independent rail line for Pilbara
QR National is evaluating an independent, multi-party railway to connect iron ore mines in the East Pilbara to Port Hedland. QR National is evaluating the development of standard-gauge railway to be designed as a staged development to be progressively expanded to meet shipping allocations of customers at Port Hedland Port. Operation of the initial stages...
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