Rail Track Association Australia

19/08/2025

🚆 Join us for the Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA Technical Networking Event – 3 September 2025!
Gain insights into Turnouts and Special Trackwork with expert presentations from voestalpine Railway Systems Australia.
Presentations by Brendan Burke, on how voestalpine Railway Systems designs and creates turnouts, Brady Giannangelo, exploring smarter turnout maintenance through intelligent design and Andrew Bussey, offering real-world insights into installing and maintaining special trackwork.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: Rydges Sydney Central, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
🍸 Enjoy canapés and drinks—perfect for networking before and after the session
🎟️ Price: Free for RTAA members

If you have any questions about turnouts design, maintenance and installation, feel free to drop them in the comments below to be covered during technical meeting.

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https://www.rtaa.org.au/eventdetails/32769/rtaa-technical-networking-event-03-september-2025

02/05/2024

lanning is well underway and we look forward to welcoming our industry colleagues to the Rail Track Association Australia Field Day with Official Partner Sydney Trains on the 8 and 19 May, 9.00am - 3.00pm at 📍 Chullora.
With the Heavy Plant Zone and Tool Yard and Main Hall all full, the Field Day is a great place to see the latest equipment being demonstrated. Exhibitors come from the private and public sectors and cover all disciplines of rail.

What you can expect:
2000+ Attendees
60+ indoor and outdoor exhibitions
15+ onsite demonstrations
Wide variety of plant and equipment on display and in action
Regular engaging technical talks over the two days
Refreshments available to purchase

Transport
• There is no parking available onsite at 📍 Chullora.
• All attendees must arrive by shuttle bus or taxi.
• Shuttle buses are running regularly from 8:30am from 📍 Lidcombe Station to Chullora / return.
• Destination address for public taxi's is 📍 2 Worth Street, Chullora Rail Precinct

Attire
• Chullora is a working rail yard with some uneven ground areas. As a largely outdoor event, all weather is possible. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing.

Program
As always, the presentation program will showcase new research, latest innovations and is the perfect opportunity to share your insights with the industry. These take place across the two days and are approximately 25 minutes duration. You can view this on the app.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Rail Track Association Australia Field Day 2024 next week.

12/11/2023

AusRAILPLUS Exhibition visitor pass registration is open with showcasing the latest innovations and business opportunities.
Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA encourages you to take this opportunity to connect with the rail industry, knowledge and people by attending 2023 exhibition all under the one roof for an interactive exchange of ideas and solutions.

Register now for your free AusRAIL PLUS 2023 Exhibition Visitor Pass.

12/11/2023

AusRail Pre-event - Monday 13 Nov 2023:
Pre-conference workshops are happening today. Great opportunity to hear about the technology evolution on safety and national rail action plan by Yokogawa and NTC.
Looking forward to it.

We're excited to announce two new FREE pre-conference workshops as part of the AusRAIL PLUS program on Monday 13 November! Places are limited, so early

12/11/2023

AusRAILPLUS is happening this week. Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA proudly supports the AusRail 2023 by inviting you to join this great event to network and learn about the latest products and technologies in the rail industry.

AusRAIL PLUS 2023 is the national conference and exhibition of the Australasian Railway Association.

15/09/2023

Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA representatives, Jonathan Barnes the president and Dennis Lo the treasurer attended ARI Awards Dinner on Wednesday 13th of September at Crown Melbourne to host the 2023 Australasian Rail Industry Awards.
Congratulations to Kershan Pillai, Mott MacDonald for winning Emerging Rail Specialist Award, supported by Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA.

15/09/2023

Rail Track Association Australia - RTAA technical event on Wednesday, September 6th, was a success! Jonathan Barnes, the president of RTAA, opened the event, and Peter Wilkinson from SamWilko Advisory continued on discussing the importance of key attributes of resilient leadership in order to develop business skills and capability .

08/09/2023

RTAA is proudly hosting the 2023 Australasian Rail Industry (ARI) Awards.
Congratulations to all finalists on their outstanding display of diversity, excellence and innovation within rail industry.

Australasian Rail Industry Awards Gala Dinner:
- Wednesday 13 September | 6.30 - 11.30 pm
- Crown Towers, Melbourne

https://ara.net.au/events/upcoming/2023-australasian-rail-industry-awards-ceremony-125

21/08/2023

Such an amazing night celebrating RTAA's 50th and RTSA's 25th Anniversary with the Annual Dinner on Thursday 17th of August at Crown Sydney.

It was a great opportunity to meet and network with different rail societies, industries and colleagues from universities.

16/08/2023

WAITING FOR TONIGHT ...

RTAA and RTSA Annual Dinner is happening tonight, celebrating RTAA's 50th and RTSA's 25th Anniversary.

SUPER EXCITED!

11/08/2023

Only one week to go to RTSA and Annual Dinner.

Please join us for Annual Dinner to help celebrating with the RTAA's 50th and RTSA's 25th anniversaries.

Date and Time: Thursday 17th August at 6:30pm
Venue: Crown Sydney, Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney