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 ...

Forget about being crammed on a suburban train, the real romance of rail is found through luxury long-distance inland trips or journeys back in time.

In this special issue, we focus on some of Australia’s biggest rail projects currently in the pipeline, as well as looking towards the sector’s future in the years to come. We catch up with the latest ...

Progress Rail has signed an agreement to acquire Downer EDI’s freight rail business, Downer Freight Rail, an Australian railcar company. Headquartered in North Ryde and with 15 maintenance facilities ...

GWA will enter into a 20-year rail haulage contract with Glencore Coal (GC) to exclusively haul all coal produced at GC’s existing mines in the Hunter Valley to the Port of Newcastle. Initial volumes ...

In 2010, Philip Laird completed a project for the CRC for Rail Innovation on High Speed Rail. This project was supported by a modest grant. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The ...

Crossing the harsh terrain of the Australian outback, the Ghan, a luxury train, and its 3,000 kms of track need constant and skilled maintenance. Epic Train Journeys is available to stream on pbs.org ...

Everett Potter, author of "100 Train Journeys of a Lifetime" speaks about train travel with USA TODAY ahead of the publication of his book.

Last year, Buffett carved out a section of his annual letter to investors to talk about Berkshire Hathaway’s North American freight hauler Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The reason he liked rail, is ...