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Metro Tunnel ground improvement works

During 2019 ground improvement works were completed along the Metro Tunnel corridor at Lloyd Street in Kensington and beside Moonee Ponds Creek, injecting grout into the soil to ensure that cross passages CP02, CP03 and CP04 could be safely excavated without surface movement or groundwater ingress.

Stored Comeng trains at North Shore

In August 2021 the first Comeng trains were withdrawn from service and placed into storage at the North Shore sidings in Geelong, with a total of four 6-car sets transferred. After being thoroughly trashed by vandals, and one carriage damaged by fire, between January and May 2022 the trains were individually returned to Newport, Bendigo and McIntyre to be scrapped.

707 Operations - Grainlander to Sea Lake, November 2022

13 November 2022

On the weekend of 11-13 November 2022 707 Operations ran their 'The Grainlander' train to Sea Lake with N451 leading S306 on the train.

Comeng scrapping transfer, 10 November 2022

10 November 2022

On Thursday 10 November 2022 SSR locomotives T386 and P18 hauled retired Comeng sets 428M-1064T-483M and 498M-1099T-497M from Newport Workshops to the McConnell Dowell sidings at McIntyre for scrapping.

Steamrail Victoria - Geelong 'Rail and Sail' November 2022

6 November 2022

On 6 November 2022 Steamrail ran a 'Rail and Sail' trip from Melbourne to Geelong and return behind R711.

Qube - Moorebank to Melbourne freight

9 November 2022

In November 2022 Qube Logistics commenced operating a intermodal service from Moorebank in Sydney to North Dynon in Melbourne.

SRHC - Cruise Express 'Grand Rail and Sail' November 2022

6 November 2022

On Sunday 6 November 2022 the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran a special train from Melbourne to Albury transporting passengers on the Cruise Express 'Grand Rail and Sail ' tour of Victoria and NSW. S303 and T357 lead the train, made up of Parlor Car, 1BS, 4AS, 3AS, 11BS, 1CS and ex-V/Line power van 10PZ.

Comeng scrapping transfer, 1 November 2022

1 November 2022

On Tuesday 1 November 2022 SSR locomotives P14 and T363 hauled retired Comeng sets 330M-1025T-350M and 459M-1080T-460M from Tottenham Yard to Bendigo North for scrapping.

Steamrail - Warrnambool Westcoaster, 2022

29 October 2022

On Saturday 29th October 2022 steam locomotives A2 986 and R761 ran the 'Warrnambool Westcoaster' trip from Melbourne to Warrnambool and return. The train ran with the R class at the rear of the train as far as Camperdown, serving as a bank engine on the steep climb upgrade in the Geelong Tunnel. The remainder of the trip double headed to Warrnambool, as well back to Melbourne.

ABC Tours

26 October 2022

ABC Tours is a charter bus and coach operator based in Melbourne's western suburbs.

SCT and Aurizon trip trains in Melbourne

20 December 2017

Between 2010 and 2017 SCT Logistics and Aurizon places loading on each others trains out of Melbourne, with trip trains moving Aurizon intermodal loading to SCT Laverton to head to Perth, and SCT loading to North Dynon to travel on Aurizon services bound for Brisbane.

Frankston & Peninsula Airport Shuttle

Frankston & Peninsula Airport Shuttle operated a bus service from St Kilda, Bayside and the Mornington Peninsula to Melbourne Airport, until it was acquired by SykBus and rebranded as their 'Peninsula Express' service.

Ballarat Airport Shuttle

5 June 2022

Ballarat Airport Shuttle operates a bus service between Ballarat and Melbourne Airport.

Bendigo Airport Service

13 October 2022

Bendigo Airport Service operates a bus service between Bendigo and Melbourne Airport.

Martin's Albury

12 October 2022

Martin's Albury operate school and charter buses in Albury, as well as public transport services in the city.

Kanes Buses

12 October 2022

Kanes Buses is a school and charter bus operator based in Henty, New South Wales.

Junee Railway Workshops

12 October 2022

The former Junee Locomotive Depot at Junee on the Main South railway on New South Wales is now the home of the privately operated Junee Railway Workshops.

Dysons Bus Services, Wodonga

12 October 2022

Dysons Bus Services operates school and charter services from their depot in Wodonga, as well as a number of route services in Albury-Wodonga on behalf of Public Transport Victoria.

ACT public transport response to the Coronavirus pandemic

11 October 2022

Following the response of Australian Capital Territory public transport operators to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Canberra Metro infrastructure

11 October 2022

Infrastructure from around the Canberra Metro light rail system.

Canberra Metro

11 October 2022

The Canberra Metro light rail system runs from Alinga Street in Civic north along to Northbourne Avenue and Flemington Road to Gungahlin Place, with a depot at Mitchell.

Bus bits and pieces in Canberra

11 October 2022

All kinds of bus stops, interchanges and other bus infrastructure in Canberra.

ACTION Canberra

11 October 2022

ACTION is a bus operator owned by the ACT Government which operates public bus services across Canberra.

V/Line in Canberra

11 October 2022

Yes, V/Line does run into the Australian Capital Territory - just with buses, not trains.

Qcity Transit

11 October 2022

Qcity Transit is a bus operator which provides services from Queanbeyan to nearby Canberra and Bungendore. It is a subsidiary of CDC NSW.

Berrima Buslines

10 October 2022

Berrima Buslines operates town services in Bowral, Mittagong and Moss Vale; bus services to surrounding towns; charter; and school bus services.

Rail Motor Society - Griffith tour 2022

10 October 2022

On the weekend of 6-10 October 2022 the Rail Motor Society, Paterson ran a trip to Griffith in the Riverina for Cruise Express.

Marulan Coaches

9 October 2022

Marulan Coaches operates school and charter services from Marulan in New South Wales.

Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway

7 October 2022

The Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway is based at the Crookwell railway station, terminus of the short Goulburn to Crookwell branch line.

Pacific National ore trains

11 October 2022

Pacific National operates trains transporting containerised ore from mines across NSW to export terminals.

Shoal Bus

6 October 2022

Shoal Bus operates school and route bus services in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales.

NSW TrainLink South Coast

6 October 2022

NSW TrainLink operates intercity services using Explorer diesel railcars between Bomaderry and Kiama, where they connect with electric trains to Sydney.

Dion's Bus Service

5 October 2022

Dion's Bus Service operate four routes in the northern and central suburbs of Wollongong.

Pantograph Collision Detection System

5 October 2022

The 'Pantograph Collision Detection System' (PCDS) was developed by Australian Rail Technology and monitors the interface between the overhead centenary and the pantograph, provides real time warnings for unusual contacts or strikes.

Pacific National port shuttle trains

5 October 2022

Pacific National in conjunction with Rail Shuttle Services operates a port shuttle service between Port Botany and St Marys in Sydney's west.

LINX port shuttle trains

5 October 2022

LINX operates a port shuttle service from their intermodal terminal in Enfield to Port Botany.

Crawfords Freightlines

5 October 2022

Crawfords Freightlines is based in Sandgate, New South Wales and operates intermodal servics from Werris Creek and Sandgate to Port Botany.

Fletcher International Exports

5 October 2022

Fletcher International Exports (FIE) Logistics division moves over 18,000 Twenty foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) per annum on trains operated by Southern Shorthaul Railroad betwen Dubbo and Port Botany in Sydney, using three C44aci UGL 4500 horsepower locomotives and 62 x 60 foot wagons with a combined length of 1.28km.