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It's doable for the NSW government: we should have a Cessnock rail service

An invaluable Hunter passenger train service is ready and waiting.

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Viterra, Aurizon push for Eyre Peninsula rail freight's return with government financial support

Viterra, Aurizon push for Eyre Peninsula rail freight's return with government financial support

One of Australia's largest rail freight operators has teamed up with grain handler Viterra to urge the federal government to bring rail freight back to the Eyre Peninsula for next year's harvest.

Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Severe flooding is threatening fresh food supplies for people living in Australia's north, with rising floodwaters cutting key road and rail links over the weekend.

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Multi-wagon derailment blocks Aurizon's Adelaide-Darwin rail line, with freight being rerouted

A single-track section of the Adelaide to Darwin rail line has been out of action for over 24 hours after a single carriage of a freight train derailed.

Billion-dollar rail deal to take trucks off the road

A major transport company has signed an 11-year deal to put more shipments on Australian railways, cutting trucks and carbon emissions.

Aurizon, TGE ink $1.8b 'game changing' partnership

Team Global Express and Aurizon have signed an 11-year contract, one that Aurizon says is its biggest non-coal deal ever.

Coal train derails in Australia's Queensland state, no injuries

A coal train in Australia's Queensland state derailed after it hit a freight train late on Sunday night, haulage operator Aurizon Holdings said on Monday.

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Teen boy, 15, dies after he's electrocuted by power lines and flung 30 feet into river

Teen boy, 15, dies after he's electrocuted by power lines and flung 30 feet into river

The teenager was climbing on a line close to a train bridge in the city of Gladstone in the Australian state of Queensland when the power pole exploded and sent him flying into the creek below

Teenage boy dies after electric shock in Gladstone, central Queensland

Teenage boy dies after electric shock in Gladstone, central Queensland

A central Queensland boy died at Gladstone after he came into contact with live electrical wires and fell.

Rail giant Aurizon to increase fees to transport non-coal commodities in central Queensland

Rail giant Aurizon to increase fees to transport non-coal commodities in central Queensland

Millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on a stretch of central Queensland rail line which could soon be too expensive to use.

ATSB finds Queensland Rail missed flood warnings for 40 minutes before freight train derailed by rising water

ATSB finds Queensland Rail missed flood warnings for 40 minutes before freight train derailed by rising water

The driver of a train that derailed in floodwaters outside Gympie during the February floods should have had almost an hour-and-a-half to stop, but he was never told.

Coking coal production set to increase in Queensland despite clean energy plan

Coking coal production set to increase in Queensland despite clean energy plan

Queensland's 10-year energy plan aims to move away from coal-fired power reliance by 2035, but huge amounts of coal will still be produced and exported, and applications for new and extended mines show no signs of slowing.

Oz Minerals rejects BHP takeover bid, while ASX climbs after lacklustre session

Oz Minerals rejects BHP takeover bid, while ASX climbs after lacklustre session

Copper and nickel miner Oz Minerals rebuffs an $8.3 billion takeover bid from BHP, while the Australian share market gains on the first trading day of the week.

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