Fraser Coast Chronicle

The text message that sent Sydney's trains into chaos

COMMUTERS will be stuck with a train system crippled to services equal to what our city had outgrown many decades ago —...

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25th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

Commuters are dreading a repeat of the recent rail shutdown. Picture: Christian Gilles

QR releases near miss videos

A compile of the risks people took at train crossings in 2017.

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31st Jan. 2018 9:01 AM

Built in India, fixed in Queensland - for $100m

QUEENSLAND trains will continue to be built in India with non-compliant toilets, meaning they will have to be ripped apart...

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04th Feb. 2018 10:02 AM

TRAIN TROUBLES: $100M to fix faulty trains in M'boro

MARYBOROUGH MP Bruce Saunders is trying to see the silver lining to his government's $100 million mistake.

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05th Feb. 2018 5:02 AM

FIX UP: Maryborough's Downer EDI will fix the troubled New Generation Rollingstock trains when they arrive from India. It is expected to cost about $100 million to fix the 75 trains.

‘Absolute farce’: Sydney trains slammed

ANGRY commuters want answers after major delays across Sydney continued more than 12 hours after a single incident...

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06th April 2018 8:04 AM

Delays continued into the early hours of this morning. Picture: Christian Gilles

‘I felt his body thumping under the train’

THEY’RE the tragedies too awful to talk about, but over his 30-years as a train driver, this man couldn’t avoid facing the...

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24th April 2018 6:04 AM

In the course of Mick's 30 year career as a train driver, he lives with the memory of three deaths.

Idea better than high-speed rail

WE’RE a nation dazzled by high-speed rail between our major cities, but there’s an alternative that’s far cheaper — and it...

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17th May 2018 4:05 AM

Australia should forget highs speed rail in favour of medium speed rail.

High speed rail

A look at high speed rail around the world.

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17th May 2018 9:05 AM

Union loses last gasp bid to block train jobs

QUEENSLAND Rail will finally be able to employ drivers from the general public after the powerful rail union’s bid to block...

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04th June 2018 6:06 AM

A Fair Work Commission ruling means QR can hire drivers externally.

QR bosses huge salaries

Despite it's recent failings QR bosses take home some pig pay checks.