Martinus Rail has been awarded a $403.5 million contract to design and construct enhancement works on the Inland Rail project.
Connecting Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, Inland Rail is Australia’s largest freight rail infrastructure project and will aim to better connect businesses, manufacturers, and producers to national and global markets, and create new opportunities for Australian industries and regional communities.
The enhancement works, between Stockinbingal to Parkes and Albury to Illabo sections of the project, will enable double-stacked freight trains to run between Albury and Parkes and will include bridge upgrades and track lowering works.
Station precincts in Albury, Wagga Wagga and Forbes will also be enhanced and an additional crossing loop will be constructed at Daroobalgie.
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Melvyn Maylin, Inland Rail Director of Program Delivery for Albury to Parkes, said that $2.7 billion in contracts has already been awarded to over 400 suppliers and businesses as part of work on the project.
“Although we are still working on securing our final environmental approvals, we are very much looking forward to starting work on Stockinbingal to Parkes and bringing Inland Rail to life in these very important sections,” Maylin said.
Martinus Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Baden, congratulated his team on winning the project.
“As an Australian owned and operated business, we want to thank Inland Rail for entrusting us to undertake these works with the support from the local community. We look forward to celebrating many project milestones together over the next few years,” Baden said.
The new enhancements will enable double stacked trains to travel from Beveridge to Narromine by 2027.