Railway Digest Magazine February 2024 Back Issue

Echuca Line Recent Works
Two years ago, David Campbell reported on the then current works along the Echuca Line corridor (see Railway Digest, February 2022, pages 41 – 45). Subsequent developments have seen much of what he wrote then become outdated, so in this month's RD David gives a rundown on recent works, recent train alterations and other matters to bring the story up to date.

Sydney Station Stories – Blacktown
In the latest instalment of his Sydney Station Stories series, Chris Walters looks at Black-town, a case study in 'organically grown track layout' that has gone through many signifi-cant changes since its opening in 1860 – including a total ground-up rebuild in 1995 – and remains an important junction and busy commuter station.

The Cross River Rail construction brings major Brisbane track closures
It is not surprising that Brisbane’s Cross River Rail (CRR) project, one of the biggest rail in-frastructure projects seen in Queensland, should require track closures to facilitate con-struction work, which impacts on both passenger and freight services around the Queens-land capital. One such closure occurred from Thursday 4 January to Thursday 18 January 2024 and affected all trains that would normally travel between Bowen Hills and Wooloowin and between Park Road to Yeerongpilly. Anthony Evans reports.