Vaughan has been appointed by rail experts, the Colin Rees Group (CRG) to master-plan and develop $200 million worth of rail infrastructure and business parks across Ettamogah and Widgelli Rail Hubs located in the NSW Riverina.
The new rail and business park facilities are strategically located to support over 500kms of rail branch lines throughout the Riverina. These new rail hubs will allow regional producers to transport their commodities more quickly and efficiently from anywhere in the Riverina to main eastern seaboard ports, even as far as Perth via CRG’s Regional Connect Service.
The rail service, which has taken inspiration from the revival of Short line rail in the United States will provide the benefits from economies of scale to individual customers by pooling assets and infrastructure in hubs, spreading the costs and providing an economical option to get onto the main line networks.
Widgelli Rail Hub and Business Park, South East of Griffith offers Prelease and Land and Building Packages for warehouse and cold storage facilities ranging from 2,500m2 to 20,000m2. Vaughan will roll out two major stages over the next 2 years; Stage 1 will involve design and construction of a new rail hub, rail sidings and over 100,000m2 of warehouse space, hardstands and road networks on 30Ha of the 68Ha Widgelli site.
Ettamogah Rail hub near Albury will yield over 45,000m2 of warehouse space for lease and is expected to be fully developed within 18 months.