The news was delivered to staff on Thursday morning after months of deflections.
The Australian Rail and Track Corporation has begun informing workers there will be sackings as part its inevitable downsizing effort following the calamitous handling of the multibillion-dollar Inland Rail project.
An artist’s impression of a double-stacked freight train on the Inland Rail between Melbourne and Brisbane.Sources previously estimatedmost from Brisbane, but this masthead understands many people without meaningful redundancy entitlements had already resigned. The “nation-building” project, which would provide a 1700-kilometre rail freight link from Melbourne to Brisbane, was supposed to cost $10 billion and be finished by 2027.But citing flawed governance and project management, Schott cautiously estimated it would now cost more than $30 billion and still be unfinished into the 2030s.
“To achieve [Melbourne to Parkes], Inland Rail is now looking to get the right operational capacity and organisational structure in place for the future of the project,” a spokesman said.“Over the coming weeks, Inland Rail management will be engaging with our workforce to determine our future resourcing requirements and make the required organisational changes by later this year.
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