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Airport Rail brawl coming to a head with mediator on track to deliver report

gobstopper
June 2, 2024
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A solution for the Melbourne Airport Rail standoff could be delivered within weeks despite the Victorian government and airport owners not meeting with mediators in the same room to hash out their differences over the $13 billion project.

Canberra’s first battery-powered light-rail vehicle has left the station

gobstopper
June 2, 2024
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The first of Canberra’s five new battery-electric light-rail vehicles (LRVs) will have clocked up more than 18,000 km before it takes its first passengers.

Suburban Rail Loop project announces ‘ground freezing’ to reduce Melbourne impact

Bardy Bigglesworth
June 2, 2024
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Construction is forging ahead at all six Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) stations in preparation for the start of tunnelling, with the announcement of a new ‘ground freezing’ technique.

Queenslanders to get half-price rail tickets to airport for six months under $10m deal

gobstopper
June 2, 2024
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Initiative joins 50c public transport trial as state government targets cost-of-living in move opposition calls short-term fix to long-term issue

Internal fight over Suburban Rail Loop threatens to derail controversial project

gobstopper
June 2, 2024
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Jacinta Allan is facing an internal fight over the government’s controversial $34bn Suburban Rail Loop, with increasing angst from senior ministers threatening the future of the project.