Cross River Rail
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| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter Rail |
| System | Queensland Rail City network |
| Status | Under consideration |
| Locale | Brisbane |
| Termini |
Dutton Park Bowen Hills |
| Website | Cross River Rail |
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| Owner | Queensland Rail |
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| Line length | 10.2 km (6.3 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The current Cross River Railis a proposed underground rail line through central Brisbane. In April 2016, the Queensland Government announced it would establish a Cross River Rail Delivery Authority to deliver the new project. The project replaces the planned 2013 BaT Tunnel, which in turn had replaced the original 2010 Cross River Rail proposal. The project includes just under six kilometres of rail tunnel, four new underground inner city train stations and an upgrade to the existing Exhibition station.
The current 2016 proposed 10.2-kilometre (6.3 mi) rail link involves building a new 5.4-kilometre (3.4 mi) tunnel under the Brisbane River and the Brisbane central business district, creating five new inner city station precincts, and increasing the core capacity of the rail network. The alignment will run from Dutton Park, through Boggo Road adjacent to the Boggo Road busway station, Woolloongabba, Albert Street, Roma Street and Exhibition to Bowen Hills. No construction time table has been set but a business case is due be released in mid 2016. Part of the Brisbane Transit Centre is to be removed.
With an estimated cost of 5.4 billion it is expected to be the largest transport project ever built in Queensland. However, with the exception of a business case, no funding has been committed to the project, which will need the financial support of federal, state, local government and private interests to go ahead. Infrastructure Australia has deemed the project a national priority and warns a macroeconomic cost of $9 billion by 2031 if not built.
A report titled the 2008 Inner City Rail Capacity Study predicted that the demand for Brisbane peak train services would double by 2016. Between Salisbury and Dutton Park the existing line is used by freight trains traveling to the Port of Brisbane and a terminal at Acacia Ridge, and the expected rise in the number of passengers services may interrupt freight services unless a new line is built. The Merivale Bridge is the only inner-city rail crossing in Brisbane, and by 2016 it was expected to be over capacity, leading the Queensland Government to plan for this project.
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