U.S., Florida: Brightline replacing rusting downtown Melbourne train bridge with twin steel bridges

By Rick Neale, Florida Today; August 21, 2020 Like an enormous piston belching blue smoke, a pile driver is noisily pounding…

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Australia: Victoria state government provides $A 9m to continue Overland services

By David Burroughs, International Railway Journal; July 3, 2020 THE Australian state government of Victoria has announced it will provide…

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Australia: 2 Dead After Sydney to Melbourne Train Derails in Australia

By Isabella Kwai, The New York Times; February 20, 2020 A train from Sydney to Melbourne derailed on Thursday, killing…

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Australia: Metro condemns passenger who slid naked through Melbourne train

By Staff, 9News; July 10, 2019 A passenger has been filmed sliding naked down the centre of a Melbourne train.…

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Designer sunglasses, rolled up jeans and a fresh haircut: Picture of undercover ticket inspector sent to catch fare evaders divides passengers in Australia

By Adam Mccleery, Daily Mail Australia; April 15, 2019 A photo of a well-dressed undercover Victorian transport ticket officer has…

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Australia: Overland Adelaide-Melbourne passenger train’s days numbered after South Australian government pulls funding to Great Southern Railways

By Peri Strathearn, The Murray Valley Standard; November 29, 2018 From January, the train may not come through Murray Bridge…

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Australia: Overland train service between Melbourne and Adelaide in doubt

From ABC News; August 25, 2018 The future of the passenger train service between Melbourne and Adelaide is up in…

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Australia – ‘It can be really humiliating’: Train station staff speak out about abuse, assaults

By Timna Jacks, Transport Reporter, Brisbane Times; November 22, 2017 Most days, Jane* sees her colleagues get either spat on,…

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