Philip Laird owns shares in some transport companies and has received funding from the two rail-related CRCs as well as the ARC. He is affiliated, inter alia, with Action for Public Transport (NSW), ...

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Government will integrate the South West Rail Link with the Sydney Trains network to provide direct journeys to the city and double the services during peak hours.

Engineering group Downer EDI has won an A$1.7bn ($1.2bn) Sydney Growth Trains contract from Transport for New South Wales (NSW) in Australia. The contract includes an order of 24 double deck trains, ...

Rail workers in New South Wales (NSW) have begun a renewed campaign of industrial action in an ongoing dispute over wages and conditions as well as safety concerns over the introduction of a new fleet ...

For most Americans, trains are less a part of their daily lives than they are a part of the nation's history. When most people think of trains, they likely recall seeing steam engine locomotives in ...

The two unions covering rail workers in New South Wales have welcomed the federal Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to grant a pay rise for rail staff over 2022–2023. The decision takes their wage ...

The industry has used its muscle to prevent federal, state and local governments from penalizing companies that park freight trains across roads for hours or days. Freight trains are blocking roads ...

Battery electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled ...

New South Wales (NSW) rail workers carried out a partial 24-hour strike on Wednesday, as part of ongoing industrial action over bargaining for a new enterprise agreement (EA). Train crews placed a ban ...