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January 2010
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Above:
The view forward from four-car Skitube EMU set 4/3 as it ascends the Bilston Tunnel on Saturday 11 July 2009.
Chris Walters
feature articles

Are we shifting?
In this issue’s Platform 2010 editorial Chris Walters, Darren Tulk and John Hoyle discuss the recent ‘pro rail’ comments of trucking magnate Lindsay Fox, and ask “are attitudes changing?”
Varsity Lakes/Public float for QRNational
In a QR news special, Michael James reports on the commissioning of Citytrain’s Robina to Varsity Lakes extension, while John Hoyle examines the recently-announced plans for the privatisation of QRNational.

Adelaide Infrastructure Update
As the South Australian capital races to catch up to the rest of the nation in terms of quality and quantity of urban public transport, John Hoyle takes a look at how Adelaide is adapting to the 21st Century.

Skitube—An Alpine Railway
Maikha Ly takes us on a tour of one of Australia’s newest, steepest, most fascinating, and perhaps ‘unsung’ railway—the Perhisher Blue Skitube railway in NSW’s Kosciuszko National Park.

To Kuranda and back
About as removed from Skitube as one can get, the Kuranda Scenic Railway is a tropical tourism success renowned around the world. Chris Walters, Shane O’Neil and James Chuang take us onboard for an in-depth travelling experience.

Glenhuntly—Tramway Square
In this issue’s Signalling and Infrastructure feature, reporter David Campbell examines the upgrade of one of Melbourne’s more esoteric railway elements—the railway/tramway crossing at Glenhuntly, in the city’s south-eastern suburbs.


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