Repairs on track as hundreds work on devastated western rail line
Accommodation camps are being set up at key sites as more than 400 Queensland Rail employees and contractors push ahead with efforts to repair the Mount Isa Line railway track.
Queensland Rail chief executive officer Nick Easy said the repairs - spearheaded by a project taskforce - were on schedule, with good progress continuing to be made.
“On Monday (4 March) our crews deemed the Richmond to Hughenden section open for all rail traffic, following final repairs to 50 damaged sites spanning 100km,” Mr Easy said.
“We
are now working closely with our freight operators and their customers on
options to restore. . .
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