Bargain tickets and barebones carriages: the ins and outs of travelling Australia by train

In Western Australia, fares have been slashed by 50% this year, while children in NSW travel for just $1. But don’t expect a luxurious journey – or a quick one ...

NSW train network to return to normal after ban placed on industrial action

Fair Work Australia has stepped in and put a stop to any additional industrial action on the NSW train network tomorrow ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian federal Labor government threatens to shut down NSW rail dispute

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns this morning threatened to ask the federal Labor government to shut down industrial action by rail workers, if the Fair Work Commission (FWC) does not do so ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australia: Fair Work Commission shuts down industrial action by rail workers

On Wednesday, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) ordered that all industrial action in the New South Wales (NSW) rail workers’ dispute with the state Labor government be suspended until July 1. Rail, Tram ...
Railway Technology

Why is New South Wales scrapping its high-speed rail plans?

Australia has a long and complicated history with high-speed rail. Over the last 50 years, an ever-growing number of potential projects have found their way to the desks of both local and national ...
The Conversation

Australia’s freight used to go by train, not truck. Here’s how we can bring back rail – and cut emissions

Philip Laird owns shares in some transport companies and has received funding from two rail-related CRCs as well as the ARC. He is affiliated, inter alia, with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and ...