Rail Freight Task Force - Final Report (7737 kb) - City of Mitcham

APPENDIX 6Track Modifications by Deviation Number taken from the Peregrine Report (SAR 1975):1) Mile End to Goodwood; Leadworks, switch mods; Road & Rail Overpasses replace level xings& close off minor streets.2) All level crossings to be eliminated from Leader, Victoria St to Millswood, Cross Roads, Hilda,Angas, Grange and Wattlebury Rd. build road overpasses 3 span x 330m long x 2 x 2 or 4lanes, close local streets; close Angas and Wattlebury except for pedestrians; cut rail 3 m x800 m rebuild station @ Unley Park. This makes railway in a dedicated corridor.3) Mitcham Station; Realign to one curve if required.4) Torrens Park Station & Springbank Road bridge; rebuild station raise or lower tracks underbridge for clearances and width.5) Eden Hills, 3.5km bypass deviation. Bypass Sleeps Hill tunnel with open cut on west side,keep grades @ 2.16%.6) Willowie Street - Shepherds Hill Tunnel, 1.8km in length, Daylight tunnel, build twin 2 lanebridges over on Shepherds Hill Road.7) Karinya Res/Roseberry Ave, length of 600m, Rebuild curves /shut /rebuild Coromandel Stationto west; delete Brighton Parade level crossing.8) Blackwood (18.1) from Fern to Carr Street, build tunnel. Bypass pedestrian overpass @17.7km, and Coromandel Parade Overpass; close Main Road level crossing with bored tunnelunder shopping centre and access to shops etc.9a) Prior to Glenalta Station, 550m length, cant adjustment to 150mm.9b) After Glenalta Station, 700m length, curve adjustments just north of Station from TP use 800L& 600R to finish at Pinera Station. Delete & rebuild Main Road bridge.10) Belair Station. Replaces 3 sharp curves, 2 road bridges remain, Upper Sturt & Sir Edwin Smithinto National Park. Rebuild station.11) Sheoak Road - National Park tunnel, 17km length, Single track works from here to MurrayBridge unless suburban upgraded also. (NP station closed) Bypass National Park tunnel withcutting using small straights between curves.12) National Park tunnel to Upper Sturt Road, 4.3km, rejoins at Long Gully Station. Bypass LongGully Tunnel. Provides for crossing loop 1800m length.13) Upper Sturt Tunnel to Mount Lofty Station 2km, Upper Sturt Tunnel replaced by upgrade 260mlong. Rebuild Mt Lofty Station, if required, lower track for Avenue Road bridge clearance &underpin/rebuild at 31.030.14) Mt Lofty – Cricklewood Road, 2.6km. Extend deviation 13 - 530R under Avenue Rd bridge &tangent 600R at 33.35km. Rebuild Heathfield Station.15) Aldgate Overpass – Bridgewater Stn 2.75km, Rebuild Mt Barker road overpass to improvealignment. New alignment tangents into existing Bridgewater Stn.Page 46