Tag: Metro Trains
First ‘Made in India’ metro trains arrive in Sydney
The first train for Sydney's $8.3 billion Metro Northwest metro line has arrived from India and will be tested over the coming months as the start of services loom in 2019. The laying...
Melbourne City loop gets connected with Mobile reception
Melbourne - The wait for phone reception in the city loop is finally over. After days of testing the technology has finally been turned. Melbourne commuters could finally have full mobile phone coverage in...
TRAIN STRIKE OFF as Metro and union reach agreement
Metro Trains has reached an in-principal deal with the union representing its workers, cancelling strike action planned to coincide with AFL Grand Final week.
Labor promises 30 new trains for Victoria
The Victorian opposition leader, Daniel Andrews, has promised his government would buy 30 new trains for the metropolitan network and 20 new VLocity V/Line carriages as part of an $800-900 million transport...
$89 fine for VIC Non-commuters for parking at Railway car parks
The Victorian Coalition Government has gazetted new regulations effective from 1 January 2015 to crack down on non-commuters using railway station car parks, Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder announced today. The regulations...
V/Line and Metro trains collide in Altona, several injured
UPDATE: GEELONG commuters travelling to tonight’s AFL blockbuster between rivals the Cats and Hawks have been warned to allow an extra hour, with disruptions caused by a collision between two passenger trains...
Sydney train derails near North Melbourne station
TRAIN passengers heading from Melbourne to Sydney have had their journey interrupted after two carriages derailed. ABOUT 180 commuters were transferred to buses after the CountryLink train left the tracks between North Melbourne...
Metro train driver suspended after being caught on drugs
Melbourne: A Metro train driver was high on ice when he drove through a stop signal earlier this month, prompting an automatic drug and alcohol test in which a cocktail of drugs...