TasRail

18/10/2026

Last night’s Tasmanian Transport Association Gala Dinner and Awards Night at Devonport’s Paranaple Centre was a great opportunity to recognise the people and initiatives making a difference across our industry.

Once again we were proud to sponsor the TasRail Diversity and Inclusion Award - presented to Strait Link’s Women on the Wharf Program.
The award recognises the importance of creating opportunities, building inclusive workplaces and encouraging greater diversity across the transport sector.

Congratulations to the Strait Link team on this well-deserved recognition! The award, presented by our CEO Steven Dietrich, was accepted on the night by Strait Link's CEO Geoff Gruebner and Chief People and Communications Officer Renee Monkman-Straub.
At TasRail, we’re proud to support initiatives that help build a stronger, more diverse and inclusive transport industry for the future.

30/09/2026

Tomorrow (1 October) is World Postcard Day – and we’ve discovered there’s a thriving community of Postcrossers right here in Northern Tasmania. Who knew?

The local Postcrossing group recently got together and, thanks to a handful of TasRail postcards, are now ready to help showcase Tasmania to the world.

Our cards have already been sent to places including India, Germany and the US, with plenty more Tasmanian railway stories about to hit mailboxes around the globe. There’s something pretty special about a postcard. A small piece of paper, a few words and a stamp can travel thousands of kilometres and create a connection between two people who may never meet.

This year’s World Postcard Day theme is Paper Bridges - a lovely reminder that a postcard can be so much more than a picture. It’s a little piece of where you are, sent to someone somewhere else.
We love knowing that our TasRail postcards are doing their bit to share a little of Tasmania (and our trains😉) with the world - and judging by the enthusiasm of our local Postcrossers, they’ll be travelling far and wide!
Happy World Postcard Day to all the postcard senders, collectors and Postcrossers out there.

29/09/2026

It’s always a pleasure to welcome Catherine King, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, and Anne Urquhart MP, Member for Braddon, to the Port of Burnie. Yesterday was a great opportunity to showcase the infrastructure behind Tasmania’s mineral export supply chain, including a tour of the inward feed system - or ‘Tippler’ - a key part of the Burnie Mineral Export Facility (BMEF).

In case you don’t know, the Tippler is a rail car tipping system that takes bulk minerals from rail wagons and feeds them into the conveyor system, where they are distributed throughout the BMEF ready for shiploading. It’s a critical link between rail and port - and one that has been operating for more than 50 years, supporting the movement of millions of tonnes of bulk material for TasRail customers and Tasmania’s minerals sector. The $82 million Shiploader Project, fully funded by the Australian Government, forms part of this broader investment in the rail-to-export supply chain.

With demand continuing to grow, for us, it’s about more than what happens at the port. We’re working with the mining industry on practical, cost-effective ‘pit-to-port’ solutions that maximise existing infrastructure and help get more product onto rail – with the added benefit of fewer heavy trucks on West Coast roads.
From mine, to rail, to port, we’re focused on making the whole supply chain work.

24/09/2026

Rail safety IS road safety.
In this week’s Driver’s Eye View TasRail Supervising Driver Andrew ‘Match’ Skinner gives his view on red lights … flashing or otherwise.

Tracksafe Road Safety Advisory Council Tasmania - RSAC

18/09/2026

Magnificent shot of locomotive 2054 near Red Hills, deep in the heart of the beautiful Meander Valley, in Tasmania's North. It is framed perfectly by Drys Bluff and Quamby Bluff in the background.
Railway Digest Rail Express Discover Tasmania Amazing Tasmania

📸 Stephen Kettle.

08/09/2026

It was too good not to share.
We’ve taken the colourful artwork out of our foyer, and it is now on show at Launceston Library until 18 September 2026.

Today’s children. Tomorrow’s drivers.

At TasRail we believe that rail safety starts with learning good habits early. That’s why we’re working to help Tasmanians of all ages understand how to stay safe around trains, railway tracks and level crossings.
Children may not be driving yet, but one day they will be. The choices and habits they learn today can help shape safer decisions behind the wheel tomorrow.
The exhibition on the second floor, currently features colourful creations by the children of Thrive Out of School Hours Care program, along with TasRail family and friends. Go pay it a visit. Talk to your kids about rail safety – encourage them to STOP. LOOK. LISTEN around rail.
There’s also plenty of opportunity for conversation AND colouring in the children’s section on the ground floor. And, you never know, your child’s colouring in just might make the gallery wall. 😉
Launceston Library opening hours can be found on the Libraries Tasmania website libraries.tas.gov.au/locations/launceston-library/

Tracksafe Road Safety Advisory Council Tasmania - RSAC

06/09/2026

Happy Father’s Day to the railway dads!

Today, we’re celebrating the dads who have spent a lifetime keeping the railways moving, and we reckon our very own Kevin Lawrence is a pretty good example.

After an incredible 51 years in the rail industry, Kev has officially swapped train whistles for retirement adventures.

Kev’s railway journey has taken him from NSW to the Pilbara and Tasmania, through changing organisations, technologies and roles. From delivering crew rosters by push bike early in his career, to developing complex train plans and crew rosters in today’s digital railway, some things have changed … and some things haven’t.

Like the Dad jokes.
The quick wit.
The stories.
And, of course, the office not-so-secret Santa.

Because Kev represents something bigger than just one remarkable railway career. He’s one of those ‘railway men’ who have spent decades building the knowledge, friendships, humour and traditions that make the railway what it is.

So today, we’re raising a cuppa to Kevin and all the railway dads, grandads and father figures who have clocked up the early starts, long days, night shifts, weekends and countless stories along the way.

Happy Father’s Day, Kev ... and to all the railway dads out there.

05/09/2026

Never a dull day (or night) on the railway.
We're very proud of our driver and his support team for bringing about this rescue. They went above and beyond to make this happen and we're so pleased that little Wren has ended up at Brightside Farm Sanctuary.
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Meet Wren one of our recent surrenders who has the most jaw dropping rescue story!
Wrens story is next level, she is one of the tiniest lambs we have ever met. She was lost and found herself in the middle of the train track. She was run over by two trains and their carriages. (The trains were unable to stop in time) the second train driver was a very kind man who stopped his train on his way back and picked up tiny Wren and popped her in the train with him.

He then took her to the emergency vets who contacted us to see if we might take her.
Wren escaped the ordeal with a slight little scratch to her nose!!!

Wren is being cared for by Louise who lives at Brightside. She is one insanely lucky lamb. How she is even alive is incredible. Emma.