Freight disruptions over Blue Mountains as landslide likely to take weeks to fix

 A massive operation is underway to repair a critical rail line in the Blue Mountains after a landslide last week will see it closed for a month.

Heavy downpours caused the landslide near Mount Victoria, making a dent that is 40 metres long, 20m wide and 60m deep.

The Minister for Regional Transport, Sam Farraway, said 70 to 100 people were onsite each day as the "absolutely mammoth task" of repairing the "quite significant" damage began.

Repairs will include bringing 40,000 tonnes of rock into the site to re-lay the train tracks and 30,000 tonnes of soil being removed.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-13/blue-mountains-line-landslide-freight-disruptions-passengers/101231140



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