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Inland Rail - Illabo To Stockinbingal

Tender ID: 576553

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John Holland Pty Ltd

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Closed

Publish Date:

15 January 2025

Closing Date:

31 January 2026

Tender Description

About Inland Rail

Inland Rail is a fast freight backbone stretching more than 1,600km that will transform how we move goods around Australia by providing transit times of less than 24 hours between Melbourne and Brisbane.

It will better link businesses, manufacturers and producers to national and global markets and generate new opportunities for existing and emerging industries.

Comprising 12 individual projects, Inland Rail is the largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia and will enable safer, less congested highways, fewer carbon emissions, cheaper freight costs and new economic opportunities for our regions.

Inland Rail is a shot in the arm for Australia's economy, generating $18b in economic benefits and more than 21,500 direct and indirect jobs.

Inland Rail Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ARTC, is building Inland Rail on behalf of the Australian Government.

Illabo to Stockinbingal

The Inland Rail - Illabo to Stockinbingal (I2S) Project is a 39-kilometre greenfield section where a new track will be constructed in a newly established rail corridor, just east of Illabo, tracking north to Stockinbingal, NSW.

This new section of rail corridor will provide a direct route from Illabo to Stockinbingal through to the existing Forbes line. The line will bypass Cootamundra and the steep and windy Bethungra Range with the Bethungra Spiral.

Bypassing the Bethungra Spiral will improve reliability and reduce travel distance by approximately 23 kilometres.

Burley Griffin Way will undergo a major realignment and a new road over rail bridge will be built. This will enable the closure of one of the existing rail level crossings in Stockinbingal, improving safety. In addition, Ironbong Road will undergo a minor realignment around the proposed level crossing to improve safety.

The project connects with the Albury to Illabo (A2I) and Stockinbingal to Parkes (S2P) enhancement projects.

The Works include:

39 kilometres of new single track standard gauge railway
Construction of 11 bridges, 8 being across waterways, 2 rail over road and 1 road over rail
Construction of 1 crossing loop and associated maintenance siding
Construction of 6 public level crossings and 9 private level crossings
Construction of 11 stock underpasses
Construction and upgrade of 88 new and existing cross drainage culverts
Construction of 27 longitudinal drainage culverts below level crossings
Upgrading approximately 3km of track and formation within the existing rail corridor

For more information on the Illabo to Stockinbingal Project visit www.inlandrail.com.au/i2s

About John Holland

We're in the business of transforming lives. With over 50 years of successful partnerships and support from shareholders, John Holland Rail and Transport has become a leading end-to-end partner operating across major states and territories in Australia and New Zealand.

Our end-to-end capabilities are matched by the end-to-end thinking we bring to rail and transport solutions. We connect and manage the whole project environment in close collaboration with customers, communities, authorities and stakeholders.

Our long-term focus on developing industry-leading people and equipping them with the best plant, technology and systems means we can deliver the whole solution at any stage in the asset lifecycle, with heightened levels of certainty, value and compliance.

With in-house expertise and trades working seamlessly across the entire design, deliver, operate, and optimise process, John Holland is uniquely positioned to connect the whole journey together. This creates better outcomes for the customer, operator and passenger experience, for years to come.

The depth and breadth of our experience and offering means we go further in serving the needs of our customers and community, to make a real difference to people's lives.

Delivery timeframes

Contract award - Q4 2024
Early works commencement Q1 2025
Mobilisation to site - Q2 2025
Major construction - Q2 2025
Completion of construction - Q2 2027

Engaging local and Indigenous suppliers

John Holland is committed to creating sustainable economic development and employment opportunities for local and Indigenous businesses and individuals by maximising their opportunities to participate in the project.

John Holland will provide full, fair and reasonable opportunity for capable and competitive local and Indigenous businesses and social enterprises to compete for work or participate in supply chains associated with Inland Rail.

Work Package	Closing Date
Labour Hire and Recruitment Services	31 Jan 2026
Pre-employment Medical Assessment Services	31 Dec 2025
Rail Sleeper Transportation	31 Jan 2026
Guardrail Supply and Install	31 Dec 2025

Express interest for any opportunities that may arise for this project.

Location

New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney

Inland Rail - Illabo To Stockinbingal

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