Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) announced that 110 hours of major maintenance and renewal work will take place at the end of this month keeping the Hunter railway network safe for passenger and freight trains.
ARTC staff and contractors will deliver more than 100 projects during the ‘mega maintenance shutdown’ along hundreds of kilometers of the rail network which not only connects the Hunter Valley’s world famous coal operation from the ‘pit to the port’, but countless towns and regional cities.
The intricately planned maintenance work will see everything from full track formation reconstructions take place, replacement of rail turnouts, new rail being laid, level crossing improvements, ballast cleaning, rail corridor tidy up works and signalling maintenance completed.
“(…) ARTC will deliver more than USD 20 million worth of maintenance work, renewing and upgrading track, ballast, sleepers and structures like bridges, culverts and level crossings right through the Hunter Valley,” Jonathan Vandervoort Executive General Manager – Hunter Valley said.
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