During the year we also welcomed the
Australian Government’s Nation Building
investment of $50 million into the first
stage implementation of an Advanced
Train Management System on our East
West network. The investment will see the
technology tested and implemented on the
Interstate network between Port Augusta
and Whyalla in South Australia and prepare
a section of track for the Advanced Train
Management System between Tarcoola and
West Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
A key improvement for customers of our
Sydney Metropolitan Freight Network
is nearing completion with progress
made towards the commissioning of the
Stage 2 Port Botany upgrade. The Enfield
Staging Facility will provide capacity to
hold and re-sequence trains away from
the congested Port Botany area and
make for a smoother transit between the
Port and intermodal freight terminals in
west and south west Sydney (including
the proposed Moorebank Intermodal
Terminal) and regional NSW. This will
be complemented by the Cooks River
resignalling project which will activate
centralised control of train movements
on the approach to Port Botany from
ARTC’s Network Control Centre South
and boost capacity to cater for increases
in rail volumes to and from the Port.
A Federally funded project on the
Adelaide urban network at Goodwood
Junction also removed a bottleneck by
separating the freight and urban tracks,
to allow both the freight and passenger
networks to operate seamlessly.
Port Botany, NSW
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