Rail, Roads, Infrastructure
High speed rail in Australia The Australian Government is planning for a future high speed rail network to connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities across the east coast…
Hunter Street Station on Sydney Metro’s Eastern Tunnelling Package. Ghella ANZ now reached the deepest point of excavation to date! The cavern’s profile is becoming increasingly impressive and we can…
WEBUILD JV SIGNS AU$1.7 BLN (€1 BLN) CONTRACT ON MASSIVE RAIL PROJECT IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA SUBURBAN RAIL LOOP TO EXPAND CITY’S SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY NETWORK JV partners, led by Webuild, will…
Hunter motorists are seeing the first glimpse of progress on the Hexham Straight Widening project with the first girder lifted into place over Ironbark Creek recently. Piling work for the…
ShoringCo, successfully completed the piling of 22 bored piles with permanent casing at Central Station, (600mm and 900mm diameters). This complex project was executed over two 48-hour shutdown periods, ensuring…
August recap. Its not all underground stations on Cross River Rail. Re-building eight stations north and south of the underground line. More info So here’s some progress shots
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Daphne and Beatrice are nearing the end of their journey! After breaking through at North Strathfield Station site, they now have less than two kilometres of…
There really is PLENTY happening on Melbourne’s North East Link project. CPB Contractors team, as part of SPARK, continue to progress the project’s Lower Plenty Road site with box excavation…
The double TBM breakthrough marks a milestone achievement for the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package and the Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke. TBM Betty and Dorothy have completed…
1st of 3 this week near Bromus on the Esperance Line of Arc network , thanks to contractors and the Esperance track team for support , no2 at Higginsville tomorrow.…
Martinus OHW team. Great work again this weekend by Martinus’s amazing team ! More info
The Stockinbingal to Parkes section of Inland Rail is now six months ahead of schedule, thanks to Martinus’ strategic foresight as the head contractor and our close partnership with Inland…
The T3 Bankstown Line will be closed between Sydenham to Bankstown from Saturday 24 August to Sunday 25 August 2024 for a planned rail possession. Sydney Metro work will take…
Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Upcoming Rail Possession – Wiley Park Station, Saturday 24 August – Sunday 25 August 2024
A successful trip to the Hunter Valley for the ARTC shutdown over the weekend. 3 days worth of semi tricky scope completed in under 2/3 of the time allocated, across…
Take a look inside Arden Station’s stunning architecture The architecture design team’s ‘loose-fit’ interior design exposes the civil engineering, making the brightly coloured design fixtures really pop. The fittings are…
Matic are absolutely thrilled to have played a key role in one of Sydney’s most complex infrastructure projects! They have successfully completed the installation of two bridge girders that will…
Busy time on the Hawkesbury River Bridge for the Sydney Trains Bridge Team. Major works have been happening to refurbish one of the longest railway bridges in Australia which currently…
Final commissioning of More Trains More Services works at Waterfall, in a special nine day possession. Over the last four years, there has been extensive remodelling of track, OHW and…
Construction of the Albert Street main station entrance (Lot 1) remains ongoing below and above the ground surface. Over the last fortnight, the jump form system which is constructing the…
If you have any extra ordinary business deliveries or requirements our construction team needs to be aware of, we ask you reply to this weekly update with this information. We…
ARTC, Safe Notice 2-5566 ARTC & Sydney Trains LPA limit protection arrangements WE02 Config 10B
ARTC, Interstate Disruptive Possessions Plan (FY24/25), Version 2
ARTC, Interstate Disruptive Possessions Plan (FY23/24), Revision 7, 23/04/2024
Latest Possession Calendars Sydney Trains Mid Week Possession Calendar 2023-2024, Version 6.0
Latest Possession Calendars Sydney Trains Possession Calendar 2023-2024, Version 6.0
Cross River Rail is a 10.2km rail line from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills, which includes 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels under the Brisbane River and Brisbane CBD. The project…
Works Progressing at Arc Infrastructures Intermodal site in Kenwick adjacent to the Arc infrastructure Flashbutt depot and Plant Depot Source
ARC Southwest track maintenance team undertook and completed the renewal of Coalfields Highway level crossing, the primary heavy haul artery to Collie. With a mammoth scope comprising a 40-meter crossing…
UGL Regional Linx, Possessions List, Major, 25 September 2023
Latest ARTC Possession Calendars ARTC, Interstate Possessions Calendar, November 2023 ARTC-Interstate-Possession-Calendar-November-2023-Update
Latest ARTC Possession Calendars ARTC, HUNTER VALLEY, 2023, ANNUAL POSSESSION PROGRAMME, Version 5
The Lilydale Line will be the first rail line to become boom gate free, next year. Removing the last 3 sets of boom gates on the Lilydale Line at Dublin…
The station canopy at Exhibition station was lifted into place recently. Check out these before and after pics of the exciting milestone Source
56 hours later… Checkout this timelapse of the team lifting and installing two pedestrian walkways for the future Noranda Station. Using a 750 tonne crane, teams worked around the clock…
A New Road over rail bridge is now in use at Burrucoppin on the East / West Line of the Arc network Source
Network closures calendar Month – Years Line Start Location End Location Service Disruption Last passenger service Track Clear Track Hand Back First passenger service 2023 Dec-23 L2L3 Circular Quay Jun.…
SRG Global have recently completed the installation, stressing and grouting of multistrand #posttensioning to METRONET‘s Whiteman Park Viaduct for client Laing O’Rourke. The two 10-span bridges utilised BBR Network‘s BBR…
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Albany Ring Road, new Road over Rail bridge new spans being installed today over the Arc narrow gauge network in the South of Western Australia. Source
Latest Possession Calendars Sydney Trains Possession Calendar 2023-2024, Version 4.1
Nice assortment of timber underneath old pipes. This one near Gibson on the Esperance line of the Arc network , a terrific job again by contractors and Goldfields Team 3…
Arrival on-site and prep works for replacement tomorrow at Burrucoppin on East / West line of the Arc network with the assistance from Martinus Rail with Trackworks Source
Burrucoppin on the East / West Line so far , replacement in 7.5 hrs , Martinus Rail team now preparing for welds and destress. Terrific effort by all. Source
Arc infrastructures Major Projects team doing a top up Ballast drop at 1 of there concrete resleepered sites north of Norseman on the Esperance Line of the Arc network Source
Fantastic work by Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure rail team recently, completing a track reconditioning project at Antiene for ARTC during the November Hunter Valley major closedown. The works were carried out…
It’s lift-off for the T3 Bankstown Line, with the brand-new lifts at Dulwich Hill Station now open to passengers! This means that all stations from Sydenham to Bankstown have now…
Queensland Rail will be undertaking track maintenance works along the track between Blackall Terrace and Brookes Street, Nambour. Date and time: Works will be occurring between 11pm Friday 24 and…
Queensland Rail will be undertaking track maintenance works in the following location: Between Wilga Street, Wacol to Gailes station. Date and time: Works will be occurring between 9pm Sunday December…
Recently TENEX were engaged by ARTC to provide 2x undercutting teams for a weekend shut. Here’s a snap of one of the teams in action. (Source)
Last weekend Goldspring supplied two undercutting and retimbering teams to ARTC in the southern area. With the strong focus on people and plant interaction during pre work briefs the weekend…
Network closures calendar ID Line Service Disruption Start Location End Location Planned / Single Project Last PAX Service Track Clear Track Hand Back First PAX Service 2203 L1 Weekend Lewisham…
Latest Possession Calendars Track possession applications are subject to minimum application periods and various other factors before approval is given to conduct the works. The Interstate Possessions Team will only…
Latest Possession Calendars Description: Major Closedown and Weekend Possession Programme Effective Date: 6th March 2023 Version: Version 7.0
Latest Possession Calendars 220725-221106 future-trackwork-calendar
Network closures calendar ID Line Service Disruption Start Location End Location Planned / Single Project Last PAX Service Track Clear Track Hand Back First PAX Service 2203 L1 Weekend Lewisham…
Getting freight back on track over the Blue Mountains, Published, 21 Mar 2022 The NSW Government is working to repair and reopen the Blue Mountains rail line, a critical freight…
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Description: Major Closedown and Weekend Possession Programme Effective Date: Mon 14 Feb 2022 Version: Version 5.0 Source: Link
Check out these photos of resurfacing machines in action on the #CRN Due to their size, they had to be recently unloaded via a crane onto the rails at the…
Lithgow, Netwok Local Appendices (NLA 218), source: https://railsafe.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/46409/218-Lithgow-v7.0.pdf DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS MAIN WEST (BLUE MOUNTAINS) LINE (Version 4.64, November 2021), Source: https://railsafe.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/46159/Main-West-Blue-Mountains-Line-Emu-Plains-to-Lithgow.PDF (2020, April) CNLA 209 Lithgow-BowenfelsWallerawang (Including BowenfelsInterface),…