QR and POTA launch interim hub in Sydney’s west

<p>QR and P&#38O Trans Australia have revealed plans to build a jointly-operated rail hub at Yennora in western Sydney, to begin operation over the next three months.</p> <p>POTA, a joint-venture of Kaplan Equity and DP World, will operate an intermodal terminal on behalf of both parties and will begin a rail shuttle service between the hub and Port Botany, a distance of about 30 km.</p> <p>The pair aims for 10 train services through the hub each day.</p> <p>POTA managing director Paul Digney said yesterday (Tuesday, March 25) that the all-rail service would be more reliable and would link with QR’s existing domestic container haulage.</p> <p>QR’s freight general manager Stephen Cantwell said the Yennora site was an interim step towards the creation of a much larger metropolitan hub at Moorebank, announced late last year.</p> <p>Stockland and Kaplan are presently working on the 83-ha Moorebank development, which could take up to five years to begin operation.</p> <p>&#8220We have always said that key pieces of infrastructure and complementary partnerships would be important component parts to QR’s success,&#8221 Mr Cantwell said.</p> <p>&#8220Following the recent launch of our Cairns to Perth service, this announcement provides further evidence of our determination to establish an alternative national rail option.&#8221</p> <br />