Inland Rail Gowrie-Kagaru PPP project in Queensland

project awarded

The project involves the design, construction, financing and maintenance of a 128 km freight railway connecting Gowrie to Kagaru, in Queensland, north-east Australia. The railway includes approximately 130km of new dual gauge rail track, 11 passing loops and three rail tunnels near Toowoomba Range (approximately 6.4km), Little Liverpool Range (approximately 1.1km) and parts of the Scenic Rim (approximately 1km). It will cater to 1,800m trains.The private partner will also deliver a number of viaducts and bridges totalling around 12km, approximately 10 million cubic metres of cut to fill in earthworks and several road over rail grade separations and level crossings, as well as new roads and realignment of local roads.The project also includes performance of maintenance services over a maintenance phase of 15 to 30 years.The railway will form part of Inland Rail, a programme of infrastructure works which will deliver a new 1,710km freight railway between Tottenham in Victoria and Acacia Ridge in Queensland, linking two of the biggest cities in the country, Melbourne and Brisbane, and crossing three states.