Indonesian railway in the clouds: developing a new railway at 2,500 metres above sea level

PT Freeport operates one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines in West Papua, Indonesia. They are developing a railway system as the mining operation transitions from open cut to underground. This paper provides an overview on the mining operations and transport task, together with the rail infrastructure design, rollingstock procurement and challenges involved in establishing a new railway system in a remote area.

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• Authors:
  • Gelagin S
  • Lennox R
  • Toba R
• Conference:
  • CORE 2012, Rail - the core of integrated transport, conference on railway engineering, Perth, Western Australia, 7-10 September 2012
• Publication Date: 2012

Media Info

• Pagination: 7p. ; PDF
• Monograph Title: Rail - the core of integrated transport: CORE 2012: conference on railway engineering, 7-10 September 2012, Perth, Western Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Mining
• ATRI Terms: Freight transport; Mining
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01532150
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 29 2014 11:58AM