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Back to SearchA GHD and Jacobs joint venture has been engaged by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to deliver a feasibility study and environmental impact assessment for the Narromine to Narrabri (N2N) section of Inland Rail, one of Australia’s largest rail infrastructure projects.
The 1700 kilometre project will link Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. N2N is the longest section of Inland Rail, comprising approximately 300 kilometres of new track through a “greenfield” environment.
The feasibility and environmental work will help to define a preferred alignment within the approved study area.
Richard Wankmuller, Inland Rail Chief Executive Officer, said, “This important feasibility design work will give us critical information in terms of engineering, environmental, traffic flows, socio-economic impacts and benefits and other areas of interest. It will lay the groundwork for the detailed design for this section and help identify how we can adjust to address community concerns.”
GHD has worked closely with ARTC since 2014 on several other sections of Inland Rail in Queensland and New South Wales.
Phil Duthie, GHD’s General Manager, Australia, said, “We are proud to continue our work with ARTC on this once-in-a-generation project, which will transform Australia’s freight network and create new economic opportunities for regional communities. Being selected for this project reflects the depth of engineering and environmental capabilities of both organisations and our track record of working together.”