Alice Springs to Darwin Railway Statistics         
      as of 28th April 2000
Contract signed between States,Federal Government and Consortium on 18/10/2000
    LENGTH: 1410km
    COST: $1.5 billion
    113 bridges
    1412 culverts.
    3400 tonnes of structural steel.
    9.2 million spring steel fasteners.
    100,000 cubic metres of prestressed concrete.
    17 million cubic metms of earthworks.
    2.3 million  sleepers mostly concrete
    2000 workers to build the line.
    5000 workers to make and supply materials.
    1.6klm of line to be built each day.

  NINE: bridge construction crews of between eight and 15 workers will
      operate over a period of two years, working ahead of the main gangs.
  CAMPS: to house the 2000 construction workers will be located every 100klm
      along the line, with six operating at any one time.  Each camp will 
      house 30 to 250 workers and will relocate every eight weeks as a 
      further 96klm of rail is laid.
  STEEL : 155,000 tonnes of steel rail, 2.2 million cubic metres of ballast,
      240,000 cubic metres of concrete, and buildings and workshops worth 
      $26 million.  
  LOGISTICAL SUPPORT :  Camp catering, road  transport, air charter, radio, 
      computer and  plant hire contracts.

  BHP Whyalia is expected to get the job of supply the steel rail. while
 Adelaide Brighton Cement is understood to be the preferred supplier for
 2.3 million sleepers.