Project: Surat Basin Rail
Managing Department: Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Location:  Wandoan to Banana, Surat Basin, South Western, Queensland
Status: Feasibility
Cost: $1.2 billion

EIS Documents:

• Front cover ( 140 KB)
• Initial advice statement ( 1.1 MB)
• Appendix A - locality map ( 303 KB)
• Appendix B
  • Land tenure ( 230 KB)
  • Major River catchments ( 279 KB)
  • Mining leases and coal resources ( 305 KB)
  • Regional ecosystems ( 277 KB)
  • Regional geology ( 176 KB)
  • Rivers and creeks ( 183 KB)
  • Soils ( 2.8 MB)
  • Topography ( 375 KB)
• Appendix C - EPBC protected matters search report ( 50 KB)
• Appendix D - Cultural heritage and native title ( 186 KB)

Terms of Reference

• Surat Basin Rail terms of reference ( 424 KB)
• Surat Basin Rail terms of reference appendix A ( 310 KB)

The proposed Surat Basin Rail project is approximately 210 km in length and will connect the Western Railway system near Wandoan—230 km north west of Toowoomba—with the Moura Railway system near Banana, 130 km west of Gladstone.

The project was often previously referred to as the ‘Southern Missing Link’.

The Surat Basin Rail offers a number of benefits to business, industry and community including the creation of jobs in construction, mining and rail and support industries. It will also deliver a more environmentally-friendly means of transport for coal and other freight.

This new $1.2 billion plus rail connection wuill also deliver a transport solution from the Surat Basin region through to the proposed Wiggins Island Coal Terminal—enabling approximately four billion tonnes of coal reserves to become a viable economic resource.

Construction of the project will require a workforce of between 400 and 600 over approximately two-and-a-half years.

Further information

Further information on the project may be obtained via the Surat Basin Rail website or free call 1800 112 143.

For queries on long-term infrastructure development in South East Queensland, or for a copy of the South East Queensland Regional Plan and Program please email seqinfrastructure@dip.qld.gov.au