This ‘Steel Mississippi’ will reduce the time required to move freight from Melbourne to Brisbane from 36 hours to less than 24, dramatically lifting rail’s share of freight and providing signiﬁcant environmental and social beneﬁts. The inland rail project will be completed by around 2025 and will be managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation in partnership with the private sector The Nationals will ensure that any existing regional hub lines, which feed into the main inland rail line are appropriately upgraded and, where necessary, new lines are constructed
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