One Nation (infrastructure)

One Nation was an Australian Government program of infrastructure development carried out under the Keating Government from 1991 to 1996. Much of the program was implemented as a means of stimulating the economy in the aftermath of the Early 1990s recession.

Elements

Key elements of the One Nation program included:

• the Melbourne-Adelaide railway line was converted to standard gauge in 1995.^[1]
• the 1067mm gauge line to the Port of Brisbane was converted to dual 1435/1067 mm gauge and extended in parallel with the duplicated passenger line to Dutton Park in 1997.^[2][3]
• a standard gauge link was built to the port at Fremantle, Western Australia.
• new standard gauge sidings were provided at Adelaide Outer Harbor.
• a separate freight line was built between Macarthur and Glenfield as the first stage of what is now known as the Southern Sydney Freight Line. Its planned extension to the Chullora - Enfield freight line near Sefton is being built by the Australian Rail Track Corporation with funds provided by the Australian Government under AusLink.
• the Sydney-Brisbane railway line was upgraded with longer passing loops, the replacement of wooden trestles with concrete bridges, concrete resleepering, some minor deviations and bank stabilisation.
• passing loops were extended between Wodonga and Melbourne.

See also

• AusLink

References

1. ^ "National Railway Museum Port Adelaide - Rail History". www.natrailmuseum.org.au. Archived from the original on 2008-03-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20080323003951/http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/nrm_a01_index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
2. ^ "A Critique of the Dual Gauge Link to the Port of Brisbane.". www.rag.org.au. http://www.rag.org.au/frag/fragbook.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
3. ^ Philip Laird (page 191). Australia's gauge muddle and prospects. UNSW Press. ISBN 086840411X. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CRT45DlRXCQC&pg=PA191&dq=%22back+on+track%22+fisherman+island&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U3zG2t6LFUgiaIhg2jNmRZtMyC97Q. Retrieved 2008-08-16.