News & Status
This page is a fan-maintained log, not an official channel. There is no live submission form here, just a record of what's confirmed and what's still unknown, kept up to date as we learn more.
Open day, and a search for capital
The most detailed independent account we've found comes from a Sydney rail enthusiast who visited the Chullora site on 10 February 2004. At that point, control software for the system had reportedly not yet been written, and Bishop Austrans was said to be seeking a major investor to fund the next stage of development.
Official site goes offline
The project's official austrans.com website is no longer reachable. The ITRANS reference page that anchors most of this archive states plainly that the invention is not currently being worked on.
Arthur Ernest Bishop dies
Arthur Ernest Bishop, the engineer whose steering-technology career funded and inspired the Austrans concept, dies in 2006. We have found no public record of Austrans development continuing after this point.
Status unknown
We don't know the current physical condition of the Chullora test track or the P1 prototype vehicle, whether any Bishop-affiliated entity retains the patents, or whether anyone has revisited the concept since. If you've seen photos, newsletters, or records we haven't found, we'd genuinely like to know about them, even though this site has no built-in way to reach us yet.