{"id":138429,"date":"2024-10-10T07:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=117629"},"modified":"2024-10-10T07:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:34:07","slug":"extensive-works-completed-over-four-day-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=138429","title":{"rendered":"Extensive works completed over four-day shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241009-News-Header-Image-Arc-completes-extensive-works-over-four-day-shutdown.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\"><figcaption>Image\/Arc Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcinfra.com\/\">Arc Infrastructure<\/a> has successfully completed a range of critical upgrade works on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand\/state-based-news\/western-australia\/\">Western Australia<\/a>\u2019s freight rail network, timed within an 86-hour shutdown last week. <\/strong><span id=\"more-117629\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arc\u2019s Major Projects, Mobile Maintenance, Third Party Projects, Planning and Contract Services, Regional Teams from Metro, Central, Goldfields and the Rail Recovery Team utilised the four-day shutdown to complete works on several rail lines within the Arc network, in one of the most extensive simultaneous works programs the business has ever undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of critical upgrades were completed between 1 \u2013 4 October, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three dual-gauge turnout replacements at Moondyne, Avon Valley \u2013 Avon-Midland line.<\/li>\n<li>Installation of the first High Level Platform, Merredin \u2013 Eastern Goldfields Railway (EGR).<\/li>\n<li>Three culvert replacements, from Bungulla to Hines Hill\u00a0 \u2013 EGR.<\/li>\n<li>Support for the demolition of the old Walgoolan Road bridge, Carrabin \u2013 EGR.<\/li>\n<li>Beaton Road Level Crossing upgrades, Southern Cross \u2013 EGR.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the Midland Station Redevelopment project, including removal and replacement of two end of life turnouts and commissioning of new signalling infrastructure &#8211; Midland.<\/li>\n<li>Various other track upgrades, including a turnout replacement at Carrabin, Jaurdi Crossing Loop upgrade and multiple rerailing sites across three regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Midland alone the team required 550 metres of track and 2000 tonnes of ballast to complete the required works.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three culverts on the EGR, one required the placement of 36 culvert boxes using two 90 tonne cranes to create nine openings. A culvert is structure that channels water past an obstacle. A culvert box is precast concrete structure that is shaped like a rectangle or a square.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrades were carefully coordinated to minimise disruption to customers while maximising the volume of work that could be completed during the planned shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer Murray Cook acknowledged the significant effort that went into planning and delivering the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe careful planning and coordination required to complete such a volume of work safely in a short timeframe and to such a high standard is a credit to our people and all the contractors supporting these works,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To support these works Arc utilised additional resources, including equipment hire and labour from more than 10 separate contractor and supply companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe successful completion of the planned works is a credit to those involved, especially considering the challenging weather conditions faced during the shut, including high winds, rain and lightning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud that we have been able to safely execute these upgrade works, which enable the continued safe and efficient operation of the State\u2019s freight rail network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaintenance activities and upgrades mean the network we manage continues to reliably connect local businesses, communities and industries with eastern states and overseas markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/extensive-works-completed-over-four-day-shutdown\/\">Extensive works completed over four-day shutdown<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241009-News-Header-Image-Arc-completes-extensive-works-over-four-day-shutdown.png\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Image\/Arc Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arc Infrastructure has successfully completed a range of critical upgrade works on the Western Australia\u2019s freight rail network, timed within \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/extensive-works-completed-over-four-day-shutdown\/\">Extensive works completed over four-day shutdown<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10519,10520,166,163,906],"tags":[10376,4553],"class_list":["post-138429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maintenance-and-repairs","category-operations-maintenance","category-operations-and-maintenance","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-state","tag-rail-express","tag-western-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138464,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138429\/revisions\/138464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}