Western Sydney Freight Line

Western Sydney Freight Line
Western Sydney Freight Line
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Map of Stage 1

The Western Sydney Freight Line (WSFL) is a proposed freight railway line between the Main Western railway line at St Marys and the Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) at Villawood, via a new intermodal terminal near Eastern Creek. The NSW Government committed to establishing a corridor for the future WSFL as part of its Freight & Ports Strategy in 2013.^[1] Corridor preservation for the WSFL is also considered a priority under the State Infrastructure Strategy. Constraints analysis and consultation took place between 2015 and 2017, with the line in operation "before 2030".^[2] The project is expected to cost in the order of $1 billion.^[3]

Corridor

While a precise alignment for stage 2 of the WSFL has yet to be selected, maps released by

Yennora and joins the SSFL at Villawood.^[1]

Background

Over the course of the late 20th century, factories and other industrial land uses vacated much of the inner city, relocating to sites in Western Sydney. This created a significant freight task in moving cargo between

Port Botany

from outside of Sydney, particularly during the morning and evening peak.

The State's long-term objective is to separate freight and passenger trains on their own dedicated tracks within the

Main Northern railway – the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor program – began in 2011. A third element, the Maldon–Dombarton rail link, would allow freight trains to bypass the Illawarra line between Sydney and Port Kembla

.

Western Sydney Freight Line corridor identification and draft strategic environmental assessment documents were prepared in 2018.[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Transport for New South Wales (5 December 2013). New South Wales Freight and Ports Strategy. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.
^ Transport for New South Wales (2015). "Western Sydney Freight Line and Intermodal Terminal – Some commonly asked questions" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ Cameron, Greg (19 August 2015). "How the NSW Government could save $7 billion on the building of new railways". Transport & Logistics News. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ Western Sydney Freight Line corridor identification Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW March 2018
^ Draft Strategic Environmental Assessment Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW February 2018

[strategy-1] Transport for New South Wales (5 December 2013). New South Wales Freight and Ports Strategy. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.

[2] Transport for New South Wales (2015). "Western Sydney Freight Line and Intermodal Terminal – Some commonly asked questions" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[3] Cameron, Greg (19 August 2015). "How the NSW Government could save $7 billion on the building of new railways". Transport & Logistics News. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[4] Western Sydney Freight Line corridor identification Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW March 2018

[5] Draft Strategic Environmental Assessment Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW February 2018

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