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The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick

The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick

The current bus route takes twice as long as the train does. Will the government find a solution before it closes the T3 line for the Metro conversion?

  • by Anthony Segaert

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New train lines to Melton and Wyndham axed from rail plans

New train lines to Melton and Wyndham axed from rail plans

An election promise to build two new rail lines in Melbourne’s outer west has been axed, with the Victorian government instead considering whether to electrify existing lines.

  • by Patrick Hatch
Time running out for northside bottleneck: Council

Time running out for northside bottleneck: Council

Brisbane City Council has warned a major northside level crossing upgrade is in jeopardy as the clock ticks down on a federal audit of funded infrastructure projects.

  • by Cameron Atfield
Will the Metro Tunnel really shift Melbourne to a ‘turn-up-and-go’ timetable?

Will the Metro Tunnel really shift Melbourne to a ‘turn-up-and-go’ timetable?

Experts say the Andrews government is yet to convince them that high-frequency trains will run in the suburbs outside peak hour and on weekends.

  • by Broede Carmody and Patrick Hatch
Setting a date: Minister gets UK high-speed rail lesson in what not to do

Setting a date: Minister gets UK high-speed rail lesson in what not to do

High-speed rail will happen by the time the minister responsible is 80, Labor’s Catherine King has vowed.

  • by Latika Bourke
Infrastructure blowouts, builder insolvencies dint budget

Infrastructure blowouts, builder insolvencies dint budget

The 2023-24 Victorian budget will still spend big on infrastructure, with $565 million budget blowouts and timelines delayed by 21 per cent.

  • by Rachel Eddie
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Canapes, stretches and fine SA wines: How Inland Rail leadership planned to get down

Canapes, stretches and fine SA wines: How Inland Rail leadership planned to get down

Months before possible job losses in the hundreds, the government-owned organisation responsible for the failing Inland Rail project was planning a luxury leaders retreat to the Barossa Valley.

  • by Zach Hope
Hundreds of Qld jobs could go in multibillion-dollar Inland Rail mess

Hundreds of Qld jobs could go in multibillion-dollar Inland Rail mess

Hundreds of workers, most of them in Brisbane, could soon be made redundant because of Queensland project delays and executive-level blunders.

  • by Zach Hope
Melbourne Airport Rail workers redeployed as project officially paused

Melbourne Airport Rail workers redeployed as project officially paused

Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation about the future of the long-awaited rail line, confirming a temporary halt on the $13 billion project.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Freight hubs reviewed as industry urges authorities to ‘make a plan and stick with it’

Freight hubs reviewed as industry urges authorities to ‘make a plan and stick with it’

Interstate freight terminals in Melbourne would get thousands of trucks off the road, but no new money has been budgeted for them as the industry calls on the Commonwealth for progress.

  • by Rachel Eddie
Teenage victim identified after fatal tram accident in Sydney’s CBD

Teenage victim identified after fatal tram accident in Sydney’s CBD

Kyra Dulguime, 16, died after becoming trapped under a Sydney light rail carriage.

  • by Sarah Keoghan and Olivia Ireland