Australia

Follow Australia’s rail market: Major freight rail operations, urban rail projects in Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane, light rail initiatives, rolling stock orders, and infrastructure upgrades.

March 19, 2025 9:27 am
Wabtec's 7MWh FLXdrive, a 100% battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive deployed at...
January 17, 2025 1:01 pm
Australian rail standardizes battery charging, boosting greener transport. New...
November 2, 2024 11:11 am
The upgrade will include track duplication, rail straightening, park and...
October 23, 2024 9:18 pm
Sydney's Epping-Chatswood rail line, part of a larger expansion, successfully...
February 13, 2024 1:33 pm
A$1B Beerburrum to Nambour (B2N) upgrade: 40km track duplication, ETCS...
November 16, 2023 12:01 pm
A$11B 23km driverless Western Sydney Airport Metro: 6 stations, St...
November 4, 2023 9:27 pm
A$246.7M METRONET Midland Station: 1.7km track, 12-stand bus interchange, 800+...
March 6, 2022 8:37 am
Queensland's $1.8B rail upgrade between Brisbane and the Gold Coast....
August 29, 2021 6:43 pm
Victoria's $1.34B next‑generation tram project: 100 G‑Class trams from Alstom,...
Sydney's Bankstown Line railway upgrade is complete! The modernized...
March 12, 2021 6:23 pm
A$500M+ Canberra light rail stage 2: 10.7km city-Woden extension with...
Brisbane's A$944 million Metro project, boosting public transport, is nearing...