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Temporary facility to get Mount Isa freight flowing again

A TEMPORARY intermodal facility is on track to open at Hughenden early next week helping freight operators transfer containerised freight from truck to train for rail transport to Townsville.

The hardstand being created for the Hughenden temporary intermodal facility.

The hardstand being created for the Hughenden temporary intermodal facility.

Parts of the Mount Isa line, which carries more than 84,000t of freight commodities each week, have been out of action since late January when heavy rains hit north Queensland. Arguably the worst affected...

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