Project overview*
EIS status |
EIS active |
Description |
47 kilometre single-track dual-gauge freight railway |
Proponent |
Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited |
Location/s |
Helidon to Calvert through the Little Liverpool Range. Map
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Local government/s |
- Ipswich City Council
- Lockyer Valley Regional Council
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Investment |
$1 billion |
Key features |
- 47 kilometre single-track dual-gauge freight rail line to accommodate double stack freight trains up to 1800 metres long
- an 850 metre tunnel through the Little Liverpool Range
- construction of rail infrastructure, culverts, bridges, viaducts and crossing loops
- connection to the existing West Moreton Railway Line
- ancillary works including road and public utility crossings and realignments
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Expected completion |
2024
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Jobs |
- 1800 (construction)
- TBA (operational)
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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
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