A total of 75,000 concrete sleepers have also been ordered for installation on the standard gauge Yelta Line, which is one of the major grain lines serving the State of Victoria.
On the Warrnambool line, these trains have been only three-carriages long due to the station platforms not being long enough for six-carriage services.
A major chunk of the state’s debt comes via Victoria’s infrastructure program, including road projects the $10.2 billion West Gate Tunnel and the $26 billion North East Link, and rail projects the $15.6 billion Melbourne Metro.
