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VicTrack
Created in 1999 following privatisation of Victoria's rail operations, VicTrack is the owner and lessor of Victoria's rail and tramway infrastructure. VicTrack also manages property and commercial development, provides telecommunications services to the rail industry, and facilities and project management. A subsidiary company, Rollingstock Holdings (Victoria) Pty Ltd, owns most ...
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Pacific National Pty Ltd
Pacific National is Australia's largest private rail freight operator, handling bulk freight (coal, grain, steel, ores) and intermodal container traffic. Also provides haulage for long-distance passenger trains. In NSW, South Australia and Western Australia, PN leases infrastructure from Australian Rail Track Corp. Infrastructure is leased from QR in Queensland and ...
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Southern Shorthaul Railroad Pty Ltd
Short-haul rail operator based at depots in Sydney, Lithgow, and Newcastle and operating across New South Wales and Victoria. Also provides operations support, maintenance and repair of locomotives and wagons. Address PO Box 362North Melbourne, VIC 3051AustraliaPhone +61 3 9619 6323Fax +61 3 9619 6331 Website www.southernshorthaulrailroad.com.au
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Qube Logistics
Qube Holdings was set up in 2010 when P&O Trans Australia's owner was bought by KFM Diversified Infrastructure & Logistics Fund. It was rebranded, incorporating operations of South Spur Rail Services and Southern & Silverton Rail. In 2012 it bought Independent Railways of Australia. Operations include containers to and from ...
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SCT Logistics
Australia's first open access operator runs national, multi-modal transport and logistics with offices in Perth, Adelaide, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. A subsidiary, Specialised Bulk Rail, was set up to haul iron ore from Coober Pedy to Port Adelaide under contract to IMX Resources. Address 7 Westlink ...
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Roy Hill Railways
Opened December 2015, this iron ore line operates between the Roy Hill mine and Boodarie, south of Port Hedland, with a design capacity of 55Mtpa. Address PO Box Locked Bag No 42Welshpool DCPerth, WA 6986AustraliaPhone +61 8 6242 1000Fax +61 8 6242 1200 Email info@royhill.com.au Website www.royhill.com.au Gauge: ...
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Queensland Sugar Cane Railways
An extensive network serves Queensland's sugar cane growing areas, operated by 23 individual sugar factories. The Sugar Research Institute provides a research and development service to the cane railway operators and for 610 mm gauge railways in general. The railways operate seasonally between June and December. The largest system, CSR ...
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Perisher Blue Skitube
Abt rack line opened in 1988; links Bullocks Flat with Blue Cow, largely in tunnel. Address Bullocks FlatAlpine WayJindabyne, NSW 2627AustraliaPhone +61 2 6459 4565 Email pr@perisher.com.au Website www.perisher.com.au Traffic Passenger journeys: 0.57 million Information year: 2013 Company size No. of ...
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Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa Railway
Owned by Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa (formerly Comalco), the line links the Andoom bauxite mine and processing plant with the port facilities at Lorim Point, Weipa. Address Weipa, QLD 4874AustraliaPhone +61 7 4069 8714Fax +61 7 4069 8402 Website www.riotintoalcan.com Traffic Gauge: 1435 mm Length: ...
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Yarra Trams
Opened in 1884 with the first electric trams from 1889. Extensive network of 27 routes serving 1763 stops. See Melbourne network map. Melbourne’s tram network is run under a franchise agreement with the State of Victoria; KDR Melbourne (a consortium of Keolis and Downer EDI Rail) began an 8-year franchise ...
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Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains was formed in July 2013 to operate the city’s suburban services. Until then, along with NSW Trains (operator of the regional network), formed RailCorp, which had been set up in 2004 as successor to the State Rail Authority. For combined network data see NSW Trains entry. AddressPO Box ...
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Queensland Rail (QR)
Urban and suburban mainline services radiating from Brisbane. See Brisbane network map. Established July 1 2010 when the former QR Limited, owned by the Queensland Government, was split to separate off the freight operator QR National (now Aurizon Pty Ltd). Operates Brisbane commuter services on a fully-electrified network, along with ...
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Sydney Metro
Single line opened 2019, serving 13 stations. See Sydney network map. Construction of the North West Metro began in 2008 following proposals for a metro line in the early-2000s. The project was then cancelled in February 2010, but a change of government revived the project in a new form in ...