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Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system. It is to a large extent state -based, as each state largely has its own operations, with the interstate network being developed ever since Australia's federation in 1901.
In 1995, Queensland Rail detailed a $1.289 billion (equivalent to $2.52 billion in 2022) proposal for an inland railway corridor connecting Brisbane and Melbourne. [8] New dual gauge track would follow the existing 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge Main Line to Toowoomba, the Western railway line to Wyreema and the Millmerran railway line to its terminus at Millmerran, with new track ...
The Regional Rail Revival is a joint initiative between the Australian federal government and the Victorian state government to upgrade all regional railway lines in Victoria. The project has an estimated total cost of A$4 billion. [1] A$2.3 billion of the project's total cost is being funded by the Australian Government. [2]
ARTC continues to expand the network through major infrastructure projects including Inland Rail, which is a new 1,700 km freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, NSW and Queensland that will complete Australia’s national freight network and better connect producers to markets.
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: the plan has been reworked with there no longer being separation between Regional Rail Link and metropolitan electrified services. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (December 2023) Western Rail Plan A schematic diagram of the western rail plan. The blue dotted lines represents the ...
The project was managed by the Regional Rail Link Authority, on behalf of the Victorian Government. [3] At the time, it was the largest transport infrastructure project being undertaken in Australia. [4] Construction commenced in July 2009 and was fully completed in June 2015.
In 1998, the NSW government released a position paper on various road and public transport projects to be delivered before 2010. The rail projects envisaged were: the Airport line, already under construction at the time and completed in 2000; an extension of the Eastern Suburbs line to Bondi Beach, to be completed by 2002
Project Iron Boomerang is a proposal, originated in 2006, to build a multi-user rail corridor spanning northern Australia and to facilitate placement of five steel-making plants at each end, owned and operated by steel mill companies. A key element of its projected feasibility was the elimination of inefficient, unproductive and environmentally ...