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Six-week wait for Blue Mountains trains as 40,000 tonnes of gabion rock required to rebuild
July 12, 2022
By Peter Holmes
Seventy to 100 people are working around the clock at the landslip next to the rail line at Mount Victoria, with minister for regional transport and roads Sam Farraway saying the tracks will not fully reopen for weeks.
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"I joined the crews from TfNSW [Transport for NSW] and Sydney Trains on the ground today to see firsthand the damage caused by last week’s torrential rain - and I must say, it’s extraordinary and it’s heartbreaking," Farraway said.
"The line will be down for approximately six weeks – weather permitting."
He said it was "a challenging site to work on".
"We are working closely with the freight industry to resume critical freight services in two weeks by opening up one track, followed by the return of passenger services a few weeks later," Farraway said.
He said the site needed 40,000 tonnes of gabion rock to build up the embankment and slip, and that it was being sourced from five quarries across the region.
"We've [also] got 30 to 40 thousand tonnes of spoil that will need to be removed off site at the end."
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