Rail
Lessons for Australia on board the world’s fastest train
At 500 kilometres an hour, the Maglev could revolutionise rail travel. But it’s also causing plenty of controversy.
- by Lisa Visentin and Eryk Bagshaw
Latest
Victoria locked into Suburban Rail Loop’s $35 billion first stage by new contract
The signing of the final deal for twin tunnels between Glen Waverley and Box Hill effectively commits Victoria to the project, after the Coalition vowed to honour existing contracts.
- by Annika Smethurst
Tony Wright’s Column
Opinion
What paralysis of intellect? Australia on the rails
Sleeper carriages can be the most romantic aspect of travel, not to mention being booked out months in advance. So why are they to be banished on the Melbourne-Sydney route?
- by Tony Wright
Ten reasons Japan’s bullet trains still put others to shame
Japan’s iconic Shinkansen are celebrating 60 years of operation and they just keep getting better (and faster).
- by Danielle Demetriou
Why a Sydney-Newcastle high-speed train link would need some of the world’s longest rail tunnels
More than half of the proposed 140-kilometre link would need to comprise twin tunnels because of the challenging terrain north of Sydney.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The delicate dance of tunnelling a metro line within metres of Anzac Bridge
Two giant machines are carrying out the most challenging part of the Metro West rail project, carefully worming their way under Sydney Harbour.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Train chiefs move to avoid repeat of timetable changes that crippled Sydney network
The first major new train timetable since 2017 will be rolled out for the city’s rail network in just over a week.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Opinion
Jacinta Allan
One year on, Premier Jacinta Allan must forge a new path
However much Allan may wish to draw a line between her government and that of Daniel Andrews, on a host of unresolved problems and failures, Allan herself is the point of continuity between that era and the one she is trying to establish as her own.
- by The Age's View
Updated
Public transport
Transport minister rubbishes ‘dodgy’ Suburban Rail Loop costings
Danny Pearson says the SRL still “stacks up” after the state’s independent budget office found the project would cost Melburnians more than it benefits them.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Broede Carmody
Public transport advocates rail against road tunnel proposal
The Miles government has been urged to abandon the Centenary Motorway tunnel bypass in favour of a new high-frequency rail line to link the western suburbs with the airport.
- by Cameron Atfield
Latest Metro Tunnel blowout just part of mega-projects, says Allan
Premier Jacinta Allan says cost escalations on the Metro Tunnel are akin to those on other huge construction projects in Australia.
- by Clay Lucas and Rachel Eddie
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