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Monday 5 October 2026

Inland Rail lays first track on its Bethungra Spiral bypass

Inland Rail has laid its first track on the new 39 km Illabo to Stockinbingal line. Here's the whole project, from first rails to the $45 billion reset.

Bel McRae Tuesday 6 October 2026, open calendar20 min read

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Inland Rail has started laying track on the only brand-new stretch of line between Melbourne and Parkes. The first rails of the 39 km Illabo to Stockinbingal section went down at the Stockinbingal end last week, Inland Rail said in a release on Thursday 1 October, and Infrastructure Magazine picked it up on Monday.

A single freight track curves through a rocky cutting on the Bethungra Spiral near Bethungra, NSW — Photo: Bidgee / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 AU)

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Bel McRae Tuesday 6 October 2026 at 6:26 am Adelaide, open calendar20 min read

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