List of Australian railway companies
While railways in some states were briefly operated as private companies, railways of Australia have historically operated as Government instrumentalities.
The earlier form of a single state government railway department in each state no longer exists - with complex relationships developed by state and federal government corporations operating in multiple locations and across borders between states.
They are further divided into 'above' and 'below' rail companies - track owners, and train operators. Some companies are both.
Track and Train
- Queensland Rail
- Aurizon
- Pacific National (operations in all states, except Tasmania)
- Genesee and Wyoming Australia (South Australian rural branch lines, Darwin-Tarcoola Railway)
- Loocome Staine International (Mildura and other rural branch lines)
- V/Line (manages all Victorian track owned by VicTrack, except the suburban and interstate networks)
- Metro (manager of suburban trackage owned by VicTrack)
Track Only
- Australian Rail Track Corporation (interstate network)
- RailCorp (urban passenger lines in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong area, other New South Wales lines are controlled or maintained under contract by Australian Rail Track Corporation and John Holland Rail)
- VicTrack (owner of Victorian network)
- Brookfield Rail (Western Australia - Westrail Ceased to Exist in 2000)
- John Holland Rail (Country Regional Rail Network in New South Wales)
Train Only
Suburban
- Queensland Rail's Citytrain - South-east Queensland
- Metro - Melbourne
- Sydney Trains
- TransAdelaide
- Transperth
Regional
- Great Southern Railway
- NSW Trains - trading as NSW TrainLink
- Transwa
- Queensland Rail's Traveltrain
- V/Line
Freight
- Aurizon
- Genesee and Wyoming Australia
- Pacific National
- Qube Logistics
- Southern Shorthaul Railroad
- South Spur Rail Services
- Southern and Silverton Rail
- Specialized Container Transport (SCT)
- Freight Box Rail Freight Transport
Rolling stock hire
- Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
- Freight Box
Manufacturers
- Commonwealth Engineering (now part of Bombardier Transportation)
- Downer EDI Rail
- United Group Rail
See also
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