Below the Hume Fwy at both sites, the railway line will be lowered to accommodate the passage of double-stacked freight trains.
Utilising a 15-hour closure of the Albury line on Monday, November 24, Inland Rail was able to carry out essential construction on its Victorian sites as the project moved towards completing the Beveridge to Parkes section by 2027.
Inland Rail construction partner John Holland carried out substructure piling works, installed retaining walls, and continued embankment widening at the sites.
At the Short St and Hamilton St sites in Broadford, the Inland Rail project team installed new drainage, excavated a new access track, demolished redundant retaining walls and fitted new railway track monuments.
Abutment works were also carried out on the Broadford-Wandong Rd site in Wandong, where a new elevated bridge accommodating the clearance of double-stacked freight trains will be installed in the new year.
“It’s exciting to see the activity ramping up on the Hume Fwy sites at Tallarook and Seymour and work powering ahead at Broadford and Wandong,” Inland Rail Beveridge to Albury project director Russell Hamilton said.
“Our access to the railway line is restricted to a small number of track possessions every year, so we must make the most of them.
“We thank local communities for their understanding and co-operation as we continue to carry out this transformation work.”
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