Inland Rail carried out essential construction work on its Victorian sites during a 15-hour closure of the Albury Line last week, as the project moves towards completing the Beveridge to Parkes section by 2027.
Work has significantly ramped up at the Tallarook and Seymour sites under the Hume Freeway, where the railway line will be lowered by 1.5 metres with a maximum track slew of 2.8 metres to accommodate double-stacked freight trains. A total of ninety-five concrete piles have been poured to form the retaining structure.
John Holland, one of Inland Rail’s construction partners, carried out substructure piling works, installed retaining walls, and continued embankment widening at the sites.
At the Short Street and Hamilton Street sites in Broadford, the project team installed new drainage, excavated a new access track, demolished redundant retaining walls, and fitted new railway track monuments.
Abutment works were also carried out on the Broadford-Wandong Road site in Wandong, where a new elevated bridge with the clearance for double-stacked freight trains will be installed in the new year.
Inland Rail Beveridge to Albury Project Director Russell Hamilton said it is exciting to see the activity ramping up on the Hume Freeway sites at Tallarook and Seymour, and work powering ahead at Broadford and Wandong.
“Our access to the railway line is restricted to a small number of track possessions every year so we must make the most of them,” he said.
“We thank local communities for their understanding and cooperation as we continue to carry out this transformational work.”
Inland Rail has employed 1886 people since the Beveridge to Albury Tranche 2 project began in June 2024.
