Northern Rail Freight Bypass

Project summary

The concept focuses on developing:

• Rail and highway bypass from Murray Bridge to Two Wells running south of Truro
• Melbourne to Adelaide, Perth and Darwin freight diverted from Adelaide Hills and metro area
• Provision for freight hubs in Murraylands and Two Wells districts
• Potential to run high quality public transport services from the Hills into Adelaide using former freight corridor and freed up road capacity

Anticipated Key Benefits:

• Free up capacity and extend the economic life of existing freeway
• Improved safety on existing freeway
• Reduced freight operation costs
• Substantial mitigation of level crossing delays
• Reduced congestion on metropolitan arterial roads
• Reduced fire danger in Hills districts
• Shifting of logistics hubs out of inner areas of Adelaide, freeing up land for urban infill

Project Scope

RDA (Adelaide Hills Fleurieu & KI) is seeking proposals from a small group of targeted organisations to undertake a scoping study into the Realignment of the Adelaide Hills Rail corridor via a review and update of the GHD final report on Adelaide Rail Freight Movements Study for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government published in June 2010.

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