YEAR IN
REVIEW
2012
Port Botany Rail Yard Upgrade
The upgrade and reconfiguration of the
rail yard at Port Botany was completed
as part of an ambitious project which
will transform the movement of freight
across the Sydney Basin and take up
to 300,000 trucks a year off the city’s
road network.
300
,
000
TRUCKS POTENTIALLY REMOVED FROM THE
SYDNEY NETWORK
3 .
APRIL
. 2012
12 .
MAY
. 2012
A daily record of coal
throughput was set on
12 May. Comprising
166 million tonnes per
annum (mtpa) export
and around 3mtpa
domestic.
170
MTPA
DAILY COAL
THROUGHPUT
RECORD:
ARTC launched a new job
recruitment campaign as
part of the growth strategy
for the Hunter Valley
Network. The campaign
will lead to the employment
of 35 engineer and project
manager positions, all based
in the lower Hunter.
35
NEW
HUNTER
VALLEY
JOBS
18 .
APRIL
. 2012
3 - 6 .
MARCH
. 2012
ARTC sustained extensive
flooding in southwest New
South Wales and northeast
Victoria.
Staff worked hard to restore
the track and services in 18
locations between Narribri
and Moree and 24 locations
between Moree and North Star.
30 .
JUNE
. 2012
1
M
Australian
concrete
sleepers laid
PARKES TO
BROKEN HILL
UPGRADE
COMPLETED
Another stage
of the Southern
Sydney Freight
Line completed
Operations
commenced on
a section of the
Southern Sydney
Freight Line between
Enfield West and
Leightonfield Yard.
A lease and licence
was agreed between
ARTC and RailCorp
to commence
operations.
24 .
JUNE
. 2012
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