Work is underway on a project that has been the talk of Australia since the nineteenth century. Inland Rail is a 1700-kilometre project to provide a freight corridor between Brisbane in the north and Melbourne in the south. The added capacity will transform freight handling Down Under, but the project has been dogged with controversy and opposition.
Inland Rail will provide a consistent standard gauge connection from Melbourne to Brisbane as well as a dual gauge connection in Queensland to allow seamless connectivity with Queensland’s narrow-gauge network. The project backers say shifting more goods from road onto rail is the right move for Australia.
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