Victorian Minster for Transport Infrastructure, Jacinta Allan, announced that contractors would be sought to deliver major upgrades on three regional rail lines, part of the USD 1.25 billion Regional Rail Revival programme.
The authorities are seeking Expressions of Interest to design and build the bulk of the Gippsland Line, Shepparton Line, and Bendigo and Echuca Line.
The construction on the Gippsland-Shepparton-Bendigo package of works is targeted for completion in 2022.
The Gippsland Line project will include upgrading signalling, duplicating track, extending a crossing loop, adding platforms at four stations, a stabling facility, modernising train detection at level crossings and renewing the drainage structures underneath the rail to deliver huge benefits for passengers.
The stage two of the Shepparton Line project includes platform extensions and stabling to suit VLocity trains, level crossing upgrades and an extension of the Murchison East crossing loop, all of which will enable VLocity trains to travel to and from Shepparton for the first time. This project will be delivered in stages, with the VLocity trains enabled as part of works on stage two, while work to enable nine return services will be part of a future stage three, with a business case currently under development.
The contract also includes signalling upgrades from Bendigo to Epsom and Eaglehawk, to enable Bendigo Metro Stage 2 and give passengers in the City of Greater Bendigo a metro-style train service.
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