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Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has positively assessed the business cases for Melbourne Metro and the ongoing upgrade of the Murray Basin rail network.
Evaluations
The Melbourne to Adelaide freight rail corridor cannot carry double-stacked containers. This increases costs for operators and impacts on freight rail between Melbourne and Adelaide, and also to Perth.
Evaluations
Various upgrades to the Melbourne–Geelong rail line to enhance capacity, including electrification of the line and duplication of the existing single track pair.
Speech
Infrastructure Australia Acting CEO Anna Chau addressed the 2019 ARA Light Rail conference in Melbourne on the role of light rail in an integrated transport network. Her remarks focused on the need to improve long-term planning and project selection, and the role light rail can potentially play in accommodating increasing levels of demand.
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Infrastructure Australia has concluded its independent evaluation of the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s (ARTC) current business case for the North East Rail Line upgrade and has determined it will not include the project on the Infrastructure Priority List at this stage.
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A proposal to deliver additional train services connecting Melbourne's growing outer west to the CBD has been approved by Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor.
Evaluations
Existing intermodal terminal capacity in Melbourne is unable to service Inland Rail trains (1800m long, double-stacked).
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New data from Infrastructure Australia shows that subjecting the operation of Australia’s government-operated bus and rail services to competitive tender processes could save Australian taxpayers up to $15.5 billion by 2040, money which could be reinvested into new transport services.
Evaluations
The project seeks to address the capacity constraints of rail services in Melbourne through the creation of a new line, and five new stations, through twin 9km rail tunnels running from South Kensington to South Yarra under the CBD.