Illabo to Stockinbingal: Workers’ Accommodation Facility
Inland Rail’s contractor John Holland is establishing a 350-person temporary workers’ accommodation facility that will be occupied from 2025 to 2027 while major construction is underway.
June 23, 2025
About the facility
The facility includes the following amenities:
- Rooms equipped with a desk and ensuite
- Administration office
- Kitchen and dining facilities
- Parking for cars, buses and trucks
- Recreation room and gymnasium
- Laundry facilities
- Landscaped areas
- Convenience store.
Why workers’ accommodation is required
A temporary workers’ accommodation facility is a requirement of the NSW Government Planning Minister’s Conditions of Approval and must provide adequate capacity to accommodate the peak workforce. The facility must also be properly managed and staffed to reduce any social or amenity-related impacts, both within the facility and in the surrounding areas.
By housing specialist workers in temporary accommodation, Inland Rail is minimising impacts on local housing demand, property prices and rental costs.
Where is the workers’ accommodation located?
The facility is located on Grogan Road, Stockinbingal approximately 2km north of the Stockinbingal township.
Key benefits of this location include:
- Minimal number of near neighbours impacted
- Good connectivity to the wider road network
- Proximity to the core work areas
- Sufficient relatively level land with least environmental constraints.
What happens to the workers’ accommodation after construction?
After major construction is complete the facility will be removed by Inland Rail’s contractor John Holland and the land will be reinstated.
About the Illabo to Stockinbingal Project
This 39km section of Inland Rail creates a new direct route from east of Illabo tracking north to Stockinbingal in New South Wales.
The route will bypass the townships of Cootamundra and Bethungra and the winding, steep section of track known as the Bethungra Spiral on the Main South line— opening up a more efficient way to transport freight through the area.
