The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has appointed Australian owned contractor Martinus as the preferred contractor for the delivery of the rail corridor programme for Inland Rail sections in New South Wales and Southern Queensland.

The contract on the rail corridor programme includes 574.5 km of which 464.7 km of greenfield track and 109.8 km of exiting rail. The line, representing project’s largest greenfield sections, will link Narromine and Moree in New South Wales and North Star (New South Wales) to Gowrie in Queensland. The track construction is expected to be completed in 2024.