The New South Wales Government has provided an update on the ongoing maintenance and upgrade work on the state’s grain rail lines.

 

State Minister for Roads and Ports, Duncan Gay, said the Government remained committed to upgrading the state’s ageing grain rail infrastructure.

 

NSW Government funding in 2012-13 will result in the:

  • replacement of 55,000 timber sleepers with modern steel sleepers; including works on the Bogan Gate to Tottenham, The Rock to Boree Creek, Ungarie to Naradhan and Ungarie to Lake Cargelligo grain lines;
  • resurfacing of 265 kilometres of track;
  • upgrading of 22 level crossings (including crossings near Coonamble and Gular);
  • replacing or upgrading 16 rail bridges and culverts; including several on the Coonamble line and replacement of the 30 metre long bridge over Humbug Creek at Ungarie; and
  • laying of 20,000 tonnes of ballast.

 

“By the end of 2013, 57 kilometres of old track from Armatree to Coonamble will be replaced, allowing more efficient and reliable train operations along the entire 150 kilometre length of the Troy Junction to Coonamble grain line,” Mr Gay said.