Newsletter #435 (View other news stories)
Rail corridor on track
Kerewong, New South Wales, Australia
Thursday, 5 Nov 2009
 Australian Rail Track Corporation CEO David Marchant. |
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The modernisation of the Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor is picking up pace with the opening last week of the newly upgraded passing loop at Kerewong between Herons Creek and Wauchope in NSW.
The AUD9.8 million project, funded by government, has increased the length of the existing passing loop and installed two new turnouts – infrastructure able to cater for much longer trains.
"The upgrade of the Kerewong passing loop is another important milestone in the north-south strategy to increase capacity and cut transit times from Melbourne to Sydney by 20% (up to 2 hours 50 minutes) and by almost 20% (3 hours 50 minutes) between Sydney and Brisbane," says Australian Rail Track Corporation CEO David Marchant.
"The work currently under way on this vital rail corridor is part of the biggest rail project to be initiated since the track was originally laid more than a century ago."
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