Australian Railway Projects 2020

Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport

The Australian and NSW governments are partnering to deliver Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport (formerly the Western Sydney North South Rail Link) for its opening in 2026. The Australian Government has announced it will contribute up to $5.25 billion to this city shaping project, inclusive of business case planning and the Elizabeth Drive Overpass, an essential piece of road infrastructure to enable metro rail access to the airport site. The total project cost will be around $11 billion.

Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport will have two stations on the airport site, with a station at the airport’s integrated international and domestic terminal as well as the on-airport business park. These two stations will provide efficient access for aviation passengers and to service jobs and businesses that will call the airport home in the future.

This rail investment will create jobs in Western Sydney and bring new opportunities closer to home. The metro will support 14,000 jobs during construction and is critical to rebuilding the economy. This includes over 250 new apprenticeships, as well as tradespeople, tunnellers, and truck drivers.

This new metro link will be the spine of future development in Western Sydney around the new airport and Western Sydney Aerotropolis. The metro is crucial to realising the 200,000 local jobs objective of the Western Sydney City Deal.

Through the Western Sydney City Deal, the NSW Government has also committed to deliver rapid bus services from Penrith, Liverpool and Campbelltown to the airport before it opens in 2026, and to the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

The Australian Government contribution includes:

• $60 million towards project planning, including $50 million towards the Western Sydney North South Rail Link and Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport joint business case process.
• $5.19 billion towards the delivery of Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport. This is inclusive of the $61 million to construct the Elizabeth Drive Overpass, an essential piece of road infrastructure to enable metro rail access to the airport site.

For more information see the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport page.

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Australian Railway Projects 2020

Murray Basin Freight Rail Project

This project will upgrade rail lines in north-west Victoria.

The project will better connect primary producers in north-west Victoria with the ports of Portland, Geelong and Melbourne to promote competition and provide an incentive for investment in grain rail infrastructure facilities.

The estimated cost of the project is $440.0 million. The Australian Government is contributing $240.2 million and the Victorian Government is contributing $199.8 million towards this project.

The Victorian Government has conducted a review of the project business case. The Australian and Victorian Governments are considering the next steps for the project in 2020.

Construction commenced in February 2015 and is expected to be completed by late 2023.

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Australian Railway Projects 2020

METRONET

METRONET is an integrated transport and land use framework that will support growth of the Perth metropolitan region over the next 50 to 100 years.

The Australian Government is contributing $2.33 billion from the National Rail Program to a number of projects in METRONET Stage One, including approximately 70km of new heavy passenger rail and 14 new rail stations and including:

• completing the Forrestfield-Airport Link ($490 million contributed)
• extending the Joondalup Line to Yanchep ($350 million contributed)
• extending the Thornlie Line to Cockburn Central ($350 million contributed)
• planning and building the new Morley-Ellenbrook Line ($624.8 million contributed)
• extending the Armadale Line to Byford ($240.5 million contributed)
• relocating Midland Station and extending the Midland Line to Bellevue ($82.5 million contributed)
• removing level crossings on the Armadale, Midland and Fremantle lines ($54.9 million contributed)
• relocating the freight facility from Bellevue to Kenwick ($15.6 million contributed)
• planning and delivery of the High Capacity Signalling project ($102.3 million contributed)
• planning for alternative transport options to better connect communities (Lakelands Station Business Case – $2 million contributed. Business Case Development – $21.5 million contributed)

Some of these projects are already under construction in Western Australia.

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Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail

Inland Rail will provide a high-capacity freight link between Melbourne and Brisbane through regional Australia to better connect our cities, farms, and mines via ports to domestic and international markets.

Spanning 1,700km, Inland Rail is the largest freight rail project in Australia. It is broken up into 13 individual projects across 38 local government areas: one project in Victoria, seven in New South Wales, and five in Queensland. Inland Rail will upgrade 1,100km of existing rail line and build 600km of new track to connect missing links between Melbourne and Brisbane.

The track will enable the use of double-stacked, 1,800m long trains with a 21-tonne axle load at a maximum speed of 115km/h, allowing for the transit of greater freight volumes. Each train could carry the equivalent freight volume of 110 B-double trucks. It will take 262,000 tonnes of steel and 513,000 cubic metres of concrete to build and includes construction of a 6.38km tunnel through the steep terrain of the Toowoomba Range; the largest diameter diesel freight tunnel in the southern hemisphere.

Around 16,000 workers will play their part in building Inland Rail and another 700 workers will be needed once operational. More than 90% of construction jobs will based in regional communities. Inland Rail will provide a consistent standard gauge connection from Melbourne to Brisbane as well as a dual gauge connection in Queensland to allow seamless connectivity with Queensland’s narrow-gauge network.

Almost 70% of freight carried on Inland Rail will be for domestic use – that includes household goods and food. The Australian Government has committed funding for Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to build Inland Rail, in partnership with the private sector. Once operational, Inland Rail will become part of ARTC’s freight rail network and complete the missing link in Australia’s supply chain. Trains are now rolling on the new North West Connection at Parkes in New South Wales. This links Inland Rail to Brisbane, Melbourne and the East-West line to Perth—reducing the distance between Brisbane and Perth and Brisbane and Adelaide by 500km and ultimately connecting all of Australia.

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