Rail Line Study
SAMROM
Rail Operations, Planning and Management
COWRA RAIL LINE NETWORK REVIVAL STUDY
STAGE 2 REPORT
Review of the freight traffic task available for transport by rail in the Cowra district, a strategy for rehabilitating the track and structures to a fit-forpurpose standard and an economic assessment of the benefits accruing to the community associated with the resumption of rail freight services.
Report prepared for the Shires of Blayney, Cowra, Harden, Young and Weddin by SAMROM and Associates
SAMROM Pty Ltd ABN 11 069 687 841 P.O. Box 279 Potts Point, NSW, 1335 December 2009
Cowra Rail Line Network Revival and Stabilisation Study
SAMROM
Dubbo
Dubbo
Broken Hill Parkes
Manildra
Orange
Bathurst
Lithgow Port Botany
BLAYNEY
75 km Carcoar Forbes Woodstock
COWRA
Noonbinna Wattamondara
GREENETHORPE
21 km
Koorawatha 103 km Maimuru Young
Stockinbingal
Harden
Port Kembla Port Kembla
DEMONDRILLE
Cootamundra
COWRA REGIONAL RAILWAY
Junee Melbourne
ARTC
Location of Proposed Cowra Regional Railway
Front cover: Belubula River bridge near Carcoar
SAMROM Rail Operations Planning and Management December 2009
page iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Location of Proposed Cowra Regional Railway ........................................................................ iii Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... ix
1. 2. 3.
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 STAGE 1 REPORT OUTCOME ........................................................................................ 3 INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW........................................................................................... 5 3.1 3.2
Rail Operations, Planning and Management
COWRA RAIL LINE NETWORK REVIVAL STUDY
STAGE 2 REPORT
Review of the freight traffic task available for transport by rail in the Cowra district, a strategy for rehabilitating the track and structures to a fit-forpurpose standard and an economic assessment of the benefits accruing to the community associated with the resumption of rail freight services.
Report prepared for the Shires of Blayney, Cowra, Harden, Young and Weddin by SAMROM and Associates
SAMROM Pty Ltd ABN 11 069 687 841 P.O. Box 279 Potts Point, NSW, 1335 December 2009
Cowra Rail Line Network Revival and Stabilisation Study
SAMROM
Dubbo
Dubbo
Broken Hill Parkes
Manildra
Orange
Bathurst
Lithgow Port Botany
BLAYNEY
75 km Carcoar Forbes Woodstock
COWRA
Noonbinna Wattamondara
GREENETHORPE
21 km
Koorawatha 103 km Maimuru Young
Stockinbingal
Harden
Port Kembla Port Kembla
DEMONDRILLE
Cootamundra
COWRA REGIONAL RAILWAY
Junee Melbourne
ARTC
Location of Proposed Cowra Regional Railway
Front cover: Belubula River bridge near Carcoar
SAMROM Rail Operations Planning and Management December 2009
page iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Location of Proposed Cowra Regional Railway ........................................................................ iii Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... ix
1. 2. 3.
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 STAGE 1 REPORT OUTCOME ........................................................................................ 3 INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW........................................................................................... 5 3.1 3.2