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Australia’s peak railway body is cheering on the Victorian government’s big Budget allocation of $14.5 billion to key rail projects that it claims will “transform the state”.

Melbourne has long suffered from the lack of a heavy rail link to speed passengers and staff to Tullamarine airport. Now the Napthine government has unveiled ambitious plans to fix the infrastructure deficit in the run-up to the November election.

Australia’s peak railway body is pushing the federal government to tap into money held by superannuation funds to kickstart infrastructure projects it says are vital to the nation.

The anticipated growth of freight rail use over the next decade has led the Queensland government to look for a new operator to manage heavier and more frequent loads.

Australia’s peak rail body has insisted that the Victorian government reinvests the planned sale of the Port of Melbourne into other vital transport infrastructure across the state to boost economic activity.

Queensland’s extensive system of freight lines could soon be integrated with the existing national network if an investigation by the federal rail operator can prove it’s a viable move.

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Queensland’s Minister for Transport Scott Emerson has left little to the imagination on what he thinks about the state’s previous train procurement efforts after…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The Queensland government has tapped the Bombardier NGR Consortium as the selected tenderer to supply a new fleet of 75 six-car passenger trains in…

By Paul Hemsley New research commissioned by Australia’s peak rail body has found that the use of passenger, freight and light rail increased in dramatically between 2011 and 2012, after…

By Paul Hemsley Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an ambitious bid to get Labor’s trailing electoral fortunes back on track on the East Coast by pitching the big-picture infrastructure…