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—PORT BOTANY
RAIL LINE PROJECT
(STAGE 3)
Customers accessing Port Botany in
Sydney can look forward to improved
access and connectivity with a $75
million boost to the line well underway.
Stage 3 of the Port Botany Rail Line
Project, funded by the Australian
Government, will see the track
upgraded to modern standards
by June 2018. More than half of
the scope of works is now complete
including:
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1.3km of track reconditioning
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6.1km of concrete re-sleepering
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5km of new rail
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10km of new drainage
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2 new retaining structures.
The first phase of the Stage 3 project
is to upgrade the track of the Port
Botany Rail Line to improve access
and connectivity between Port
Botany and the future Moorebank
Intermodal Terminal.
The second phase is to design options
to provide capacity enhancements
for the Southern Sydney Freight Line
and Metropolitan Freight Network.
—ADVANCED TRAIN
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (ATMS)
ATMS will revolutionise the way we control trains
with the introduction of digital communications
to replace traditional physical infrastructure.
The system uses wireless, broadband
communications, a centralised and on-board
computer control system and GPS-based
train tracking and control devices to manage
train operations.
This innovative approach will see the end of
the traditional train management system which
uses fixed trackside infrastructure including
signals and circuits.
Progress this year has included varying
ARTC’s rail safety accreditation with the Office
of the National Rail Safety Regulator and in-lab
and track-based testing to bed down system
performance.
Implementation of Stage 1 will see the system
rolled out between Port Augusta and Whyalla
and current planning estimates live operations
commencing towards the end of 2018.
ATMS will vastly improve operations through
increased capacity, operational flexibility,
improved safety and system reliability.
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