Inland Rail - Helidon to Calvert

Project overview*

EIS status	EIS active
Description	47 kilometre single-track dual-gauge freight railway
Proponent	Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited
Location/s	Helidon to Calvert through the Little Liverpool Range. Map
Local government/s	Ipswich City Council Lockyer Valley Regional Council
Investment	$1 billion
Key features	47 kilometre single-track dual-gauge freight rail line to accommodate double stack freight trains up to 1800 metres long an 850 metre tunnel through the Little Liverpool Range construction of rail infrastructure, 31 bridges and four crossing loops connection to the existing West Moreton Railway Line ancillary works including road and public utility crossings and realignments
Expected completion	2026
Jobs	190 (construction)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Frequently asked questions

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

Flood Panel review

Parallel to the Coordinator-General’s EIS process, the Flood Panel is currently reviewing the draft EIS for the project and is preparing a report.

Information on the Flood Panel review and report

Members of the public can contact the panel regarding the review and report at InlandRailFloodPanel@tmr.qld.gov.au, or in writing to:

The Department of Transport and Main Roads
Inland Rail Team
GPO Box 213 Brisbane Qld 4001.

Have your say

Australian Rail Track Corporation has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Inland Rail – Helidon to Calvert project.

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

You are invited to make a submission on the draft EIS, including the project’s potential direct and indirect environmental impacts and the effectiveness of measures proposed to manage those impacts.

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

Submissions close at 5pm on 23 June 2021.

Read and make a submission on the draft EIS.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date	Activity
31 March to 23 June 2021	Draft EIS public consultation. Draft EIS, including appendices.
26 October 2020	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 1 February 2022.
11 November 2019	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 2 November 2020.
4 October 2019	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 11 November 2019.
5 April 2019	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 4 October 2019.
5 October 2017	Terms of reference for EIS ( 409 KB) released.
6 May 2017 to 26 June 2017	Draft terms of reference for EIS public consultation ( 283 KB).
17 March 2017	The delegate for the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Energy decided the project is a 'controlled action'.
16 March 2017	Gazettal ( 240 KB) of ‘coordinated project’ declaration.
15 February 2017	Application, including initial advice statement ( 22.4 MB), submitted.
10 February 2017	Project referred to Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Energy.

Media releases

Read the Ministerial media statement - 17 March 2017