Asia Pacific Transport Consortium

In 2000, the AustralAsia Rail Corporation awarded the contract to build and operate the Adelaide–Darwin railway line as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer back project to the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium, which consists of:

• Kellogg Brown & Root
• John Holland Group
• Carillion
• Macmahon Holdings
• Australian Railroad Group

The Asia Pacific Transport Consortium contracted FreightLink to implement the project and to operate the railway. The Asia Pacific Transport Consortium leases some assets on the Darwin - Alice Springs section from the AustralAsia Rail Corporation, and subleases of the Alice Springs - Tarcoola, South Australia railway from the Australian Government through the AustralAsia Rail Corporation.

See also AustralAsia Railway Project