Vossloh to supply 250,000 sleepers for Maroona–Portland line

Vossloh manufactures and supplies 250,000 concrete sleepers to ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation), which is having the line upgraded: 220,000 from the plant in Wagga Wagga and 30,000 from the plant in Geelong; production runs from February 2026 to August 2027.

Vossloh has won an order from the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to manufacture and supply 250,000 concrete sleepers for the roughly 170 km freight line between Maroona and the port of Portland in the state of Victoria; 220,000 come from the plant in Wagga Wagga and 30,000 from Geelong, with production running from February 2026 to August 2027. ARTC is thereby replacing worn timber sleepers: the line, which is important for grain exports, may so far only be used at an axle load of 19 t and 40 km/h (the usual figures are 23 t and 80 km/h), and after the upgrade heavier and faster trains are to run. The Australian government is funding the modernisation with A$150 million (about EUR 90 million); the article does not give the contract date, so the date of the report is used. (LOK Report, 11 Feb 2026)