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AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION LTD.
INVESTING TO
MAKE RAIL MORE
COMPETITIVE.

Project Objective Benefit Status
1 NORTH COAST CURVE
EASING $100M
Reduce the number of sharp
curves between Maitland and
the NSW/Qld border and reduce
9 level crossings in Taree to 1.
Reduced transit time, wear and tear of sharp curves on
rolling stock and reduced braking and accelerating will
also mean fuel savings for rolling stock.
To be completed mid 2013.
2 NORTHERN SYDNEY
FREIGHT CORRIDOR
UPGRADE $1.1B
Joint funded between the
Federal and NSW Governments
and delivered by the NSW
Government and ARTC.
Improve daily freight capacity between Sydney and
Newcastle by 50 per cent to support growth on rail
and complement ARTC’s $2.5 billion investment in the
Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane corridor.
Hexham Loop (delivered by
ARTC) completed June 2012.
Remainder of projects due
for completion by mid 2016.
3 PORT BOTANY RAIL
LINE PROJECT (TWO
STAGES) $172M
Improve capacity and efficiency
of the Metropolitan Freight
Network and the Port Botany
rail line to support increasing
volumes on rail.
Centralised network control from ARTC’s Network
Control Centre South, with capacity for 36 freight
trains per direction per day to/from Port Botany.
Greater connectivity of the Port to the national freight
network. Provide capacity at Enfield to stage and
re‐sequence trains away from the congested Port
Botany Rail Yard.
Stage 1 complete;
Stage 2 to be completed in
mid 2014.
4 ARTC TAKE UP
OF THE SYDNEY
METROPOLITAN
FREIGHT NETWORK
Integrate metropolitan freight
network with the Southern
Sydney Freight Line and ARTC’s
main Sydney-Melbourne rail line.
One continuous network control for rail operators
travelling from Melbourne and southern NSW to
Chullora and Port Botany. Serves existing Pacific
National Chullora terminal, Port Botany and the future
Intermodal Logistics Centre at Enfield.
Take up achieved August
2012. Network control to be
transferred from RailCorp
to ARTC over the next two
years as signalling works are
completed.
5 SOUTHERN SYDNEY
FREIGHT LINE $1B
Create dedicated freight
line separating freight from
passenger services.
Eliminate freight train peak period curfew from the
south of Sydney into Port Botany, to improve reliability
and create more capacity. Provide capacity for 24 trains
per direction per day across a range of freight markets.
Provide a direct connection for intermodal terminals
between Glenfield and Leightonfield, including the
proposed Moorebank intermodal terminal.
To be completed early 2013.
6 ALBURY-MELBOURNE-
GEELONG RE-RAILING
$110M
Allow increase in train axle
loads to 25t at 80km/h or 23t
at 100km/h.
Increase the volume of freight able to be transported
at higher speeds.
Completed 2012.
7 BALLAST
REHABILITATION
PROGRAM $134M
Improve the reliability of train
services between Melbourne and
Southern NSW.
Provide consistent and reliable train transit times.
Majority to be completed by
mid 2013.

BRISBANE
NETWORK
IMPROVEMENTS
WORKS UNDERWAY/RECENTLY COMPLETED
Moree
Narrabri
1
Coffs Harbour
Over the last five years the
Australian Rail Track Corporation
has invested more than $3 billion
into the Interstate freight network.
Much of this has been directed
towards the Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane corridor because of its
importance to Australia’s economy
and the businesses and producers
supporting that economy.
Parkes
Merrygoen
Maitland
2
Werris Creek
Taree
Newcastle
ARTC understands that businesses
depend on rail to get their
freight to a terminal within a
specific availability window.
That’s why our investment has
targeted projects that release more
track capacity and improve the
reliability of the journey between
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
3
Cootamundra
5
4
SYDNEY
Wollongong
6
Albury
Moss Vale
CANBERRA
Geelong
Seymour
MELBOURNE
7

AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION LTD.
ABN 75 081 455 754
Passenger Terminal Rd
off Sir Donald Bradman Drive
Mile End SA 5031
www.artc.com.au