Topic: Australia

No coals from Newcastle as 20 trains are blocked by protestors

Australia is often held up as an example of just what can be achieved with bulk transport by rail freight. However, as COP26 finally moved to an agreement on ‘phasing down’ fossil fuels, moving forty-thousand...Read more

15-11-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Inland Rail to transform Australian rail freight and economy

Work is underway on a project that has been the talk of Australia since the nineteenth century. Inland Rail is a 1700-kilometre project to provide a freight corridor between Brisbane in the north and Melbourne...Read more

07-09-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Aurizon multimodal train in Queensland. Photo credit: Luke Cossins

Aurizon exits intermodal freight businesses

Australian’s largest rail freight company Aurizon has announced to sell its intermodal freight business in Queensland, as well as cease its interstate intermodal freight operations. Binding agreements for the sale have been made with Linfox...Read more

17-08-2017|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen