Inland Rail - Border to Gowrie

Project overview*

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Have your say

Inland Rail Pty Ltd, as agent for the Australian Rail Track Corporation, has prepared a revised draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Inland Rail Border to Gowrie project.

The revised draft EIS was prepared at the request of the Coordinator-General to address matters raised in submissions on the draft EIS.

The Coordinator-General has released the revised draft EIS for public and government agency comment.

You are invited to make a submission on whether the revised draft EIS adequately addresses the matters raised in submissions on the draft EIS.

The Coordinator-General will consider your submission as part of his assessment of the project’s environmental impacts.

Submissions close on Monday, 4 August 2025.

Read and make a submission on the revised draft EIS.

Frequently asked questions

The Coordinator-General has prepared responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the EIS process for the Inland Rail – Border to Gowrie project.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date	Activity
18 June 2025	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 July 2026
12 May 2025 – 4 August 2025	Revised draft EIS public consultation. Revised draft EIS documents.
1 March 2024	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 July 2025.
20 December 2022	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 March 2024.
24 January 2022	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 February 2023.
23 December 2021	Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General.
14 May 2021	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 February 2022.
23 January 2021 to 4 May 2021	Draft EIS public consultation. Draft EIS, including appendices.
15 July 2020	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 27 May 2021.
15 May 2020	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 16 July 2020.
16 November 2018	Terms of reference for EIS ( 315 KB) released
7 May 2018 - 18 June 2018	Draft terms of reference for EIS public consultation ( 300 KB)
9 April 2018	Australian Minister for the Environment and Energy decided that the project is a 'controlled action' A project that has the potential to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance is called a 'controlled action' and requires approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).
16 March 2018	Gazettal ( 251 KB) of 'coordinated project' declaration.
2 March 2018	Complete final initial advice statement ( 19 MB), submitted The above has also been split  into smaller documents for easier downloading: Final initial advice statement part 1 of 5 ( 4.4 MB), submitted Final initial advice statement part 2 of 5 ( 4.9 MB), submitted Final initial advice statement part 3 of 5 ( 4.9 MB), submitted Final initial advice statement part 4 of 5 ( 4.6 MB), submitted Final initial advice statement part 5 of 5 ( 1 MB), submitted
16 February 2018	Application, including initial advice statement submitted.
16 February 2018	Project referred to Australian Minister for the Environment and Energy.

Further information

Read more about the EIS process.