Rail Infrastructure (South Line) Order 2026
I make the following order under the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 .
31 January 2026K. J. VINCENT
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
This order may be cited as the Rail Infrastructure (South Line) Order 2026 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were regulations.
In this order, the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 is referred to as the Principal Act.
5. Schedule 1 amended (The Rail Network)
For the purposes of section 49 of the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007, Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting item 5 from Part 1 and substituting the following item:5. The South Line (being the railway running from McVilly Drive to Western Junction, other than –(a) the part of that railway that forms, under the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Act 2016 , the strategic infrastructure corridor, known as the South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street, designated on Plan 10597 in the Central Plan Register; and(b) the part of that railway from the Bridgewater causeway on the south side of the River Derwent to Granton, as designated on Plan 11477 in the Central Plan Register; and(c) the part of that railway at Bridgewater, including the part that crosses the Bridgewater Bridge and Bridgewater causeway and joins the part of the railway specified in paragraph (b) , that is included in the area designated as Area 1 on Plan 11521 in the Central Plan Register); and(d) the part of that railway at Hobart that is included in the area shown as Area 2 on Plan 11581 in the Central Plan Register.
6. Revocation of designation of ownership
For the purposes of section 7 of the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 , in so far as it relates to the portion of railway included in the area shown as Area 2 on Plan 11581 in the Central Plan Register, the designation of Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd (ACN 139 383 761) as Rail Infrastructure Owner is revoked.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 18 February 2026
This order is administered in the Department of State Growth.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order, for the purposes of the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 –(a) removes, from the rail network, the portion of the South Line at Hobart that is shown as Area 2 on Plan 11581 in the Central Plan Register; and(b) revokes the designation of Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd as the Rail Infrastructure Owner in respect of that area.