One Nation (infrastructure) - Elements

Elements

Key elements of the One Nation program included:

  • the Melbourne-Adelaide railway line was converted to standard gauge in 1995.
  • the 1067mm gauge line to the Port of Brisbane was converted to dual 1435/1067 mm gauge and extended in parallel with the duplicated passenger line to Dutton Park in 1997.
  • a standard gauge link was built to the port at Fremantle, Western Australia.
  • new standard gauge sidings were provided at Adelaide Outer Harbor.
  • a separate freight line was built between Macarthur and Glenfield as the first stage of what is now known as the Southern Sydney Freight Line. Its planned extension to the Chullora - Enfield freight line near Sefton is being built by the Australian Rail Track Corporation with funds provided by the Australian Government under AusLink.
  • the Sydney-Brisbane railway line was upgraded with longer passing loops, the replacement of wooden trestles with concrete bridges, concrete resleepering, some minor deviations and bank stabilisation.
  • passing loops were extended between Wodonga and Melbourne.

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