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December 2019 marks one year since construction began on Inland Rail, the most significant freight rail infrastructure project in Australia’s history.

Inland Rail has taken a major step forward with the Australian and Queensland governments signing a ground-breaking Bilateral Agreement.

The II Program will enable local communities, industry and government to identify projects that could increase and maximise the long-term benefit of Inland Rail – improving access to the national freight network and providing for m

The conference brought together stakeholders from as far as Perth to explore a once in a generation infrastructure project commonly described as a “corridor of commerce”.

Today, Minister Michael McCormack and Minister Mark Coulton officially opened the North West Connection, the first completed section of greenfield track along the Parkes to Narromine alignment.

In the 2019 Budget the Australian Government committed $44 million for strategic business cases and cost benefit studies that seek to improve the connectivity of c

Since the first sod was turned on 13 December 2018, construction of the 98km Parkes to Narromine section has seen more than 66 local businesses in the area s

The work builds on the pilot study delivered by CSIRO earlier this year, to map supply chain movements in and around Parkes to Narromine and model the potential cost savings available with Inland Rail.

An additional $64 million was committed in Budget 2019-20 to improve connections to Inland Rail and to look at opportunities for intermodal terminals in Melbourne and Brisbane.

On Thursday 21 March 2019, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Michael McCormack