The ARA found that Australia is often been than others at adopting major rail technologies in its passenger and freight networks. Credit: Adam.J.W.C. (via Wikimedia Commons). Australia boasts some of ...

KARRATHA, Australia, December 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto’s first Pilbara-made iron ore rail car has rolled off the production line in Karratha, as part of a A$150 million partnership with ...

Wabtec and ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on digital technology for Australian rail system interoperability. Wabtec, whose I-ETMS-based Positive ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, has begun constructing the BEL, a battery-electric EMD® Joule prototype locomotive for Aurizon, Australia’s largest freight railroad. A rebuild of an existing, ...

Heavy industry like mining uses rail to transport material over vast distances in Australia. Credit: Shutterstock The Australian Government has confirmed A$1bn ($660m) for upgrading national railways’ ...

Australian industries like mining, manufacturing and agriculture rely on a robust rail network with high reliability and efficiency. Rail freight is estimated to contribute around $6 billion to the ...

In a public appeal for safety, following a spate of similar accidents, an Australian sugar company has released a dashcam video of one of its cane trains colliding with a slow-moving farm vehicle ...

Late Sunday night, the unions covering rail workers offered to abandon all substantive industrial action in their ongoing wage dispute, if the New South Wales (NSW) Labor government agreed to drop its ...