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Australian Rail Track Corporation

Type: Company

Name: Australian Rail Track Corporation

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 5 Documents

Southern Sydney Freight Line stalls

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has stopped working on the Southern Sydney Freight Line whilst it sorts out several planning deficiencies and cost overruns, potentially delaying the completion of the line by two years.The ARTC has admitted ... [Transport & Logistics News - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Australian Rail Track Corporation, Environment

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

'Poor planning' sends freight rail project off track (ABC)

A union says hundreds of workers will lose their jobs because poor planning has led to a delay in the building of a freight train line in Sydney.The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is responsible for interstate rail lines, leasing the tracks ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Australian Rail Track Corporation, Sydney (Australia), Labor Unions

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Warren Truss

Bungled NSW freight line staggering: Truss

THE suspension of work on a dedicated Sydney freight line was a bungle on the most important rail project in Australia, the federal Nationals leader, Warren Truss, said.Mr Truss, the Opposition trade spokesman, said NSW ports are losing business to interstate ... [Farm Online, The Land - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Warren Truss, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Sydney (Australia)

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents

Ansaldo to Upgrade Hunter Valley Signalling

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has signed Ansaldo STS for the Hunter Valley signalling upgrade project.The project is expected to improve the reliability and efficiency of ARTC coal freight and passenger services between Maitland and Branxton ... [Railway-technology.com - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Ansaldo STS SpA, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Coal

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Rail corridor on track

Kerewong, New South Wales, AustraliaAustralian Rail Track Corporation CEO David Marchant.The modernisation of the Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor is picking up pace with the opening last week of the newly upgraded passing loop at Kerewong between ... [Forkliftaction - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Australian Rail Track Corporation, Sydney (Australia), Brisbane (Australia), Modernization, Melbourne

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents

Design Flaws Halt Sydney Freight Project

Work on the A$300m (US$272m) Southern Sydney Freight Line in Australia has been stopped until further notice due to flaws in the project's design.The project involves building a 36km freight line between Macarthur and Sefton to separate the goods line ... [Railway-technology.com - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Australian Rail Track Corporation, Australia

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Rail corridor on track

The modernisation of the Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor is picking up pace with the opening last week of the newly upgraded passing loop at Kerewong between Herons Creek and Wauchope in NSW.The AUD9.8 million project, funded by government, has ... [Logistics - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Australian Rail Track Corporation, Sydney (Australia), Brisbane (Australia), Modernization

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents

NSW receives more boom gate upgrades

Work has begun upgrading another three high-risk level crossings under the Rudd Governments Boom Gates for Rail Crossings Program.Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese says stop signs will be upgraded to lights and boom gates in the ... [Australasian Bus and Coach - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Anthony Albanese, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Infrastructure

First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)

Plans for coal trains to return to mid-west

Coal trains could be set to roll through the New South Wales mid-western region again.The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has signalled it wants to use the Kandos to Gulgong route for transporting cargo from a proposed mine in the Cobbora district ... [ABC Online - 10/22/2009]

Entities: Coal, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Environment

First Reported 08/19/2009 - Updated 08/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Feds don't want rail net

PLANS by the Bligh Government to offload the State's regional below-rail network to the Commonwealth's Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) have hit a dead-end.Premier Anna Bligh announced yesterday that the State would retain the network after the ... [Townsville Bulletin - 08/19/2009]

Entities: Anna Bligh, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Mineral

Quotes

"The upgrade of the Kerewong passing loop is another important milestone in the north-south strategy to increase capacity and cut transit times from Melbourne to Sydney by 20% (up to 2 hours 50 minutes) and by almost 20% (3 hours 50 minutes) between Sydney and Brisbane,” says Australian Rail Track Corporation CEO David Marchant."

Rail corridor on track [Logistics - 11/10/2009]

The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, sought yesterday to distance the federal government from the delay. "This is an important project and the Government is keen to see it delivered as soon as possible. The operational issues relating to its delivery are a matter more appropriately handled by the Australian Rail Track Corporation" he said.A RailCorp spokesman said RailCorp had met all of its obligations in assisting ARTC manage the construction of the line

Bungled NSW freight line staggering: Truss [Farm Online, The Land - 11/03/2009]

The Australian Rail Track Corporation has confirmed that the $309 million Southern Sydney Freight Line will be "re-evaluated with a view to determine the most cost-effective way forward"

Snags hit $309m rail plan [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/02/2009]

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