Talk:Inland Rail

Melbourne to Brisbane

The current inland rail project is from Melbourne to Brisbane. As far as I know there are no plans to extend the rail any further at this time. I propose this page be reworked to focus on the current project, with reference to any cancelled plans noted in a 'history section and any hypothetical future expansion plans noted in a subsection. Porjo (talk) 06:16, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Updating the Inland Railway page

We at the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development have noticed that this page is not up-to-date and contains some factual inaccuracies, dead links and some project information gaps. There have been recent announcements and actions moving the Inland Railway project along, including the formation of the Inland Rail Implementation Group and an Australian Government committment of $300 million as first stage investment in the project.

Recent resources with information and updates about the project

Below are some resources with more information and updates about the Inland Rail project:

• Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (24 April 2014). "Inland Rail". Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Retrieved 28 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Truss, Warren (7 March 2014). "Inland Rail Implementation Group getting things moving" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Australian Rail Track Corporation, Inland Rail Alignment Study, Australian Rail Track Corporation {{citation}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Truss, Warren (28 November 2013). "Inland Rail Starts Here and Now" (Press release). Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
• Truss, Warren; Briggs, Jamie (13 May 2014). "Investing in Freight Rail for the 21st Century" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 June 2014.

Citations to provide more detailed parameters for references and to fix dead links in External links section

More than half of the external links on the Inland Railway page are currently deadlinks, below are the citations to fix the dead links, including archiveurls. The resources above provide more up-to-date information and could supplement these links.

• Anderson, John (5 April 2001). Australian Australian Inland Rail Expressway (AIRE) Conference (Speech). Dinner Adddress. Dubbo. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008.
• Howard, John (23 June 1998). "Inland Railway one step closer" (Press release). Archived from the original on 31 August 2000.
• Ove Arup & Partners; TMG International (February 2001), Audit of the Inland Railway Proposal - Parkes to Brisbane Report (PDF), Australian Rail Track Corporation, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2005 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 20 August 2006 suggested (help)
• "Support growing for inland railway plan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. AAP. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
• The Australian Inland Rail Expressway, AIRE, April 2006, archived from the original on 17 June 2006
• Ove Arup & Partners; TMG International (February 2001), Audit of the Inland Railway Proposal - Parkes to Brisbane Report (PDF), Australian Rail Track Corporation, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008

Dept.Infrastructure (talk) 23:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Isn't this sentence a bit nonsensical?

First, I won't edit myself, I left Wikipedia long ago. Second, my proposal to you is to re-read the 2nd sentence under 'Overview'. It says there:

Isolated sections of the line would be built with dual gauge sleepers to facilitate a change of gauge or conversion to dual gauge at a later date.

We all know that Australia is committed to standard gauge, so why not delete the 'change of gauge or' part, such that the definite statement would be

Isolated sections of the line would be built with dual gauge sleepers to facilitate a conversion to dual gauge at a later date.

Otherwise you're saying that they keep the backdoor open for a change of gauge of the line (or sections of it - to narrow or broad gauge?!), which isn't very likely, after all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.56.151.39 (talk) 07:49, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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More detailed mapping?

...this would be good. Boscaswell talk 21:31, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Extension - Acacia Ridge to the Brisbane Port?

... To get that close but not go to the port of Brisbane seems a shame

Changing the title of the Article

Hi there, I am looking to change the title of the Article as well the content and would like to know more on how this can be achieved. I work for ARTC Inland Rail and have been authorised to update this page.

We need to change the title from Inland Railway to Inland Rail.

I am currently working on the body text with a colleague of mine and will be updating the content shortly.

If you need to reach me please email me at mgreenwood@artc.com.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by ARTC Inland Rail (talk • contribs) 00:18, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

I see no reason why this article shouldn't be moved; looks like "Inland Rail" is a common enough name in usage. Hence, I've moved it for you. Sceptre (talk) 00:55, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Sourcing

The bulk of this was sourced to companies connected with the project, press releases, reports submitted by companies. A much less charitable version was sourced to the Australian government. It was very negative and that's the best I can say for it. Article must be rebuilt by adding content cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking." --Deep fried okra (schalte ein) 09:36, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Victor Schmidt: I gutted the thing and removed the negative, poorly sourced content. If you feel I was overly zealous, please feel free to add back.09:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Notability additions

I'm no expert on this subject, however I have identified some sources which we could use to build up this article. I would add info on how 1200 km of track is to be upgraded, and only 500 km is new track. I read somewhere that it is not one project, but 13 in one, however it's from the ARTC website, so it's not a secondary source. [[1]] [[2]] [[3]] [[4]] Fork99 (talk) 01:54, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Looks like reliable, independent sources. Well done. --Deep fried okra (schalte ein) 02:10, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

this is notable and doesnt need a notability tag

hi all, i have just removed the notability tag as this subject is notable ie. here are some recent ABC articles covering it:

• "Scott Morrison outlines details of Government's JobMaker plan, including fast-tracking infrastructure projects"
• "Inland rail: Here's what you need to know about the $10 billion project"
• "Tension on the track"
• "Inland railway to go across Queensland floodplain despite warning 'lives could be at risk'". Coolabahapple (talk) 08:58, 15 June 2020 (UTC)