Future Developments
In February 2010 the NSW Government re-announced the North West Rail Link. This line will connect with the ECRL at Epping.
On 11 August 2010, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1bn in funding for the Epping to Parramatta Rail Link with $520m to be contributed by the NSW Government. (a revisit of the 1998 NSW Government announcement, which despite a detailed report in 2003 was abandoned earlier in 2010 by the NSW Kristina Keneally Government). Work on the line is expected to begin in 2011 and the line is scheduled to be operational by 2017. Construction of the new link will involve duplication of the Carlingford Line including a new station to replace the Camellia and Rosehill stations, and upgrades of the remaining stations on the current Carlingford Line. Two new tunnels between Epping and Carlingford and between Parramatta and Camellia-Rosehill will complete the work and better connect the line into the existing network.
The state opposition has indicated it wishes to instead use the federal money to construct the North West Rail Link, should it win the March 2011 state election. The federal government has not supported this proposal and says the money should be used to construct the line to Parramatta as it originally proposed.
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