June 27, 2025
Celebrating women in engineering: Swati Verma and Lauren Best share their journeys
Our Northern NSW engineering design team is very proud of the fact that half the team is represented by talented women who are making an invaluable contribution to Inland Rail’s latest design refinements in the region.
March 28, 2025
Narrabri to North Star Phase 2 section update – March 2025
Inland Rail site investigation and survey programs across the Narrabri to North Star Phase 2 alignment are continuing in 2025.
March 6, 2025
Inland Rail graduate spotlight: David Cresswell
In 2021, Inland Rail partnered with Engineers Australia to build our Graduate Development Program, enabling the best young minds to contribute to Australia’s largest rail infrastructure project. Four years later, a top recruit has graduated as a Project Engineer and is now working on site, supporting the Northern NSW team.
February 26, 2025
Inland Rail reaches Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 biodiversity offset target
Inland Rail has met a key environmental target of its Australian and New South Wales Government approvals for the completed Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 project, with the retirement of 20,461 biodiversity credits, compensating for impacts to native vegetation on the project.
February 5, 2025
Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 Construction Staging Report: December 2024
This Staging Report has been prepared to describe Inland Rail's staged approach to construction and operation of the Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 section.
December 19, 2024
Narrabri to North Star Phase 2 section update – December 2024
In our final update for 2024 we bring you the latest news on our progress towards gaining environmental approvals, celebrate this year’s achievements and preview what’s coming up in 2025. As we head into the festive season, we want to thank all our stakeholders and the wider community for supporting us during another busy year.
December 19, 2024
Operational noise at-property treatment installations kick off
Last month, we started installing at-property noise mitigation treatments at residences along the Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 section. At time of writing, we finished work at 10 of 40 properties identified as requiring treatment.
December 10, 2024
Public reports demonstrate Inland Rail’s commitment to community views
Community members now have an opportunity to find out how Inland Rail is responding to their submissions on the project’s Narrabri to North Star Phase 2 (N2NS P2) section.
December 9, 2024
Inland Rail commemorates Bellata Rail Station’s history
Bellata Rail Station’s rich history has been put on display thanks to the installation of three heritage markers provided by Inland Rail.
November 21, 2024
Narrabri to North Star Phase 2: Response to Submissions Report summary
A Response to Submissions Report is a requirement of the NSW Government’s Major Project planning process under Division 5.2 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW). The report documents and responds to 19 submissions and 11 pieces of advice received by the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) during EIS exhibition in late 2022.
You can find archived documents in the Info Hub Archive