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Rail ‘unity ticket’ gathers steam in Nambour

Key figures have thrown their backing behind a bipartisan push to deliver much-needed rail upgrades to the former heart of...

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22nd Feb. 2021 1:02 PM

Commuters pack a Roma St service to Brisbane.

Political foes to ‘join forces’ in Nambour rail push

Partisanship has been set aside as political foes attempt to turn friends in a bid to deliver long-awaited rail upgrades to...

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19th Feb. 2021 11:02 AM

Federal LNP MP Ted O'Brien, bottom left, and Labor MP for Nicklin Robert Skelton, have held discussions over Stage 2 of the Beerburrum to Nambour rail project.

REVEALED: The $10b rail plan ‘bypassing’ Nambour

A fast rail tipped to cost almost $10 billion is one of two options, both appearing to bypass Nambour, preferred for...

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16th Nov. 2020 11:11 AM

Don’t dupe on rail: Business head calls for upgrades

Nambour business head Tim Smith says it would be a blow to the town’s economic resurgence if rail duplication doesn’t...

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10th Nov. 2020 9:11 AM

No start line in sight for Coast rail duplication

Money has been committed but there remains no start date for when works will begin on the $780 million North Coast Rail...

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12th March 2019 4:03 PM

FUNDING: Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and Minister for Transport and Main Roads Mark Bailey in Nambour to announce a $160 million State Government commitment to rail duplication between Nambour and Beerburrum last June.

The real difference between Labor and LNP's Coast rail plans

Why Labor says LNP's rail duplication plan is a threat to Coast's historic townships.

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23rd Nov. 2017 6:11 AM

RAIL PLEDGE: Labor has struggled to negate the impact of the LNP's commitment to rail duplication.

LNP delivers on first stage of rail duplication

LNP leader Tim Nicholls says this key infrastructure project will start in the first term of an LNP government.

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02nd Nov. 2017 5:11 AM

RAIL PROMISE: Tim Nicholls has committed an LNP Government to a start on a $600m Sunshine Coast rail upgrade.

North Coast to benefit from a new age of rail

New passenger train services will be headed to the North Coast

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14th Aug. 2017 3:08 PM

The ageing XPT trains will be replaced with the State Government calling for tenders today.

Why it's all talk and no action on smart rail link

AS OUR pollies pass the buck the chances of a fast, efficient and regular rail link from the Coast to our capital city is...

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17th May 2017 5:05 AM

Federal Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester (second right) talks priorities at Landsborough Rail Station with LNP members Andrew Wallace, Ted O'Brien and Andrew Powell.