VicTrack is partnering with Australian telecommunications company SUBCO to construct a new fibre network along the Melbourne to Geelong rail corridor, which will form part of an optic fibre superhighway connected to a new undersea cable known as SMAP (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth).
The 5,000-kilometre transcontinental data cable system will directly connect Victoria to the world’s global communications network for the first time.
SMAP will also provide greater capacity for V/Line to support train operations to the Geelong region, and significantly increase capacity to other VicTrack customers in the west of the state.
VicTrack and SUBCO are partnering to construct the fibre network along the Melbourne–Geelong rail corridor.
“This new fibre network will not only connect Geelong to Melbourne’s CBD, but boost V/Line’s operational capacity and deliver benefits for commuters across the rapidly growing Geelong region,” said VicTrack Executive General Manager Telecommunications Andrew Peel.
“This is a great example of public and private sectors working together, leveraging state assets to better position Victoria for the explosive AI and Data Centre growth,” he said.
SUBCO is currently installing the fibre infrastructure undersea and on land. The world’s largest data-cable ship Ile d’Yeu is making its way around the coast deploying the fibre cable on the sea floor, with two landing points at Torquay.
The SMAP system will connect Australia’s east and west coasts through Victoria and link directly to key international markets including the United States, Singapore and India, providing a total data transfer capacity of 400 terabits per second – the equivalent of downloading 50,000 films a second.
Construction of the fibre network along the Melbourne-Geelong corridor is underway and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
Read the Victorian Government’s media release.
VicTrack is partnering with Australian telecommunications company SUBCO to construct a new fibre network along the Melbourne to Geelong rail corridor, which will form part of an optic fibre superhighway connected to a new undersea cable known as SMAP (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth).
The 5,000-kilometre transcontinental data cable system will directly connect Victoria to the world’s global communications network for the first time.
SMAP will also provide greater capacity for V/Line to support train operations to the Geelong region, and significantly increase capacity to other VicTrack customers in the west of the state.
VicTrack and SUBCO are partnering to construct the fibre network along the Melbourne–Geelong rail corridor.
“This new fibre network will not only connect Geelong to Melbourne’s CBD, but boost V/Line’s operational capacity and deliver benefits for commuters across the rapidly growing Geelong region,” said VicTrack Executive General Manager Telecommunications Andrew Peel.
“This is a great example of public and private sectors working together, leveraging state assets to better position Victoria for the explosive AI and Data Centre growth,” he said.
SUBCO is currently installing the fibre infrastructure undersea and on land. The world’s largest data-cable ship Ile d’Yeu is making its way around the coast deploying the fibre cable on the sea floor, with two landing points at Torquay.
The SMAP system will connect Australia’s east and west coasts through Victoria and link directly to key international markets including the United States, Singapore and India, providing a total data transfer capacity of 400 terabits per second – the equivalent of downloading 50,000 films a second.
Construction of the fibre network along the Melbourne-Geelong corridor is underway and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
Read the Victorian Government’s media release.
