Australia has one of the fastest rates of population growth in the developed world. In Australia, the estimated residential population has soared by more than 380,000 in the past 12 months, according ...

Australia’s railways have been left scouring for scraps after the latest Federal Budget overwhelmingly prioritises road infrastructure. A total of $8.6bn has been set aside for transport, of which ...

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 ...

A group of dedicated volunteers say they have built "Australia's biggest" miniature railway in regional Victoria and after a ...

The Alishan Forestry Railway and Australia’s Zig Zag Railway yesterday signed a sisterhood pact to facilitate the maintenance ...

Progress Rail Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., said Tuesday, July 1, 2014 it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Pacific Rail Engineering's (PRE) track business ...

CANBERRA/SYDNEY, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton must share prized iron ore haulage railways in Australia with competitors under a government ruling on Monday in the latest ...