Route selection and identification
The preferred route
The preferred route for the Landsborough to Nambour Rail Project was announced in April 2008 after a comprehensive assessment. The local community played an important role during the route identification process by sharing their local knowledge with the study team and providing feedback on both the original study area and the refined study focus area. You can learn more about how this community input was used to assist in identifying the preferred route by reading the Route Identification Report.
View copies of the preferred route maps:
- Landsborough and surrounds
- Mooloolah and surrounds (with road option 1)
- Mooloolah and surrounds (with road option 2)
- Eudlo and surrounds
- Palmwoods and surrounds
- Woombye and surrounds
- Nambour and surrounds
Further investigations
Following the announcement of the preferred route, Queensland Transport identified that further investigations would take place during 2008 in order to address specific issues related to the location of the preferred route, including:
- re-establishment of local road networks and private property access affected by the future upgrade
- identification of possible station layouts, car parking and access arrangements
- removal of the open level crossing in Mooloolah
- improving the rail crossing of the Mooloolah River.
Township Options
Queensland Transport has prepared possible options for accommodating the future rail upgrade within the townships of Mooloolah, Eudlo, Palmwoods and Woombye. The options address some of these issues and include opportunities to re-establish local road networks (including options for the removal of the level crossing at Mooloolah), station areas and the refinement of the Mooloolah River crossing.
Click below for more information about the options for the following towns:
Improving the Mooloolah River crossing
The Mooloolah River is recognised by the State Government as an environmentally sensitive area with habitat for significant species. Feedback since the commencement of the Landsborough to Nambour Rail Corridor Study has also highlighted the significance of the Mooloolah River for the local community.
In order to minimise the impact of the future rail upgrade on this area, the Route Identification Report and the April study update stated that the study team would be seeking to improve the rail crossing in this sensitive area.
By moving the preferred route slightly to the west in the vicinity of the Mooloolah River and planning for bridging structures that minimise the need for the clearing of vegetation, the study team has significantly reduced the environmental impact of the future rail corridor in this area. Improvements to the Mooloolah River crossing include:
- crossing the river at a better angle
- reducing the need to remove or disturb vegetation and habitats on the banks of the river
- using environmentally sensitive design for bridge structures.
Landowners with property affected by the refined preferred route have been notified of the changes.
