Trucking must play role in rail safety week: ATA
ATA urges trucking operators to remind their drivers about importance of level crossing safety as Rail Safety Week begins
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Stop 'polluting and dangerous' trucks: Greens
Greens hit out at "polluting and dangerous" trucks, calling for more funding to complete a rail feasibility study
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Rail back on track after cyclones cut services
Trains in Queensland back on line after $3.5 million was spent repairing infrastructure damaged by cyclones
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Truckers say no to Greens rego proposal
Trucking operators have opposed a Greens proposal to significantly increase heavy vehicle costs, with one company labelling it "laughable"
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Heavier trucks not the answer; get freight on rail: ARA
Rail lobby leaps on findings that road deaths could be reduced if road freight is transferred to rail
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US Rail Group buys FreightLink for $334m
US Rail Group Genesee & Wyoming agrees to buy troubled Darwin-to-Adelaide rail assets of FreightLink for $334m
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Funds fast-tracked for Tas rail
Money to fix Tasmania's rail network to be brought forward under plan to finish upgrades faster
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Qld commits funds to fix low-level bridges
Bligh Government to spend $1million to upgrade low-level rail bridges after incidents involving road vehicles
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QR and UGL sign $125 million supply deal
UGL signs multi-million dollar contract to manufacture new locomotives for QR's expanding operations
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We need more to save rail freight, grain farmers say
WA Farmers Federation says more money is needed to keep grain on rail despite $29.2 million government contribution
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We'll continue fight to get trucks off road: Opposition
NSW Opposition to fight for restoration of rail fuel subsidy to reduce number of trucks on the road
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NSW gets more upgrades to high risk crossings
Another eight high risk level crossings will be upgraded in NSW in the next two weeks
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A million dollar incentive to stop at level crossings
Law firm says trucking companies run a financial risk by failing to stop at level crossings
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QR commits to trains over trucks
QR scraps any talk of changing rail freight services in favour of trucks
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NSW receives more boom gate upgrades
Work begins on three high-risk level crossing upgrades in NSW
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$5.6m Mitchell Hwy overpass improves truck safety
Construction of new rail overpass at Molong on Mitchell Highway improves safety for trucks
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Xstrata Coal takes on QR and Pacific National
Xstrata Coal to begin own haulage service in the Hunter Valley to compete with Pacific National and QR
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CRT Group's Dunn quits for FBT Transwest post
EXCLUSIVE: CRT Group hunts for new boss, with Cameron Dunn defecting to fellow bulk carrier FBT Transwest
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Oakajee rail and port project loses CEO
CEO who landed multi-billion dollar contract to develop the Oakajee rail and port project quits
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State-owned Tassie rail operator starts Dec 1
Tasmanian Government finally seals $32 million deal to reclaim rail freight network from Pacific National
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