ChrispenEvan said:

Dear Resident,

You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Greenbushes to Bunbury Rail Line Feasibility Study mailing list.

Earlier today Talison Lithium announced the findings of the Joint Feasibility Study into recommissioning the Greenbushes-to-Bunbury rail line. This study was undertaken in partnership with the WA Government and industry stakeholders, and involved extensive community consultation. The study assessed the technical feasibility, logistics and associated costs of recommissioning 78 km of disused rail, as well as options for intermodal terminals and potential safety, environmental, and community impacts. Key outcome:

While technically possible, recommissioning the rail line would require major upgrades and new infrastructure.
Additional handling and compliance measures would add complexity and cost, making rail significantly more expensive than road transport.

Even with rail, substantial truck movements would still be needed for “first and final mile” transport, meaning community impacts would not be materially reduced.

After extensive consultation, Talison has determined that a mixed road-and-rail supply chain using this line is not economically feasible at this time.

We thank the WA Government, its agencies, industry, and community participants for their significant input and collaboration on the study.

Bummer.

In 1898, a train station was opened in North Greenbushes on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, originally just named Greenbushes. A town was subsequently gazetted three kilometres to the south the following year; it received the name Greenbushes, resulting in the location of the railway station being renamed to North Greenbushes.

The Greenbushes Railway Station, opened in October 1898 as a station for both passengers and goods, is heritage-listed but no longer in use, passenger services on the line having been suspended in 1985. The other buildings at the site, the goods shed and station master’s house, have been demolished or destroyed by fire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Greenbushes,_Western_Australia