About us

QR Network is Australia’s leading rail infrastructure business, operating a 10,000 kilometre rail network serving the coal, bulk freight, passenger and intermodal transport markets in Queensland. Our aim is to attract the largest share of the land transport market to rail.

Financial and other reports

QR Network Pty Ltd is a stand alone subsidiary company of QR Limited. In 2007/08, QR Network generated record earnings before interest and taxes of $438 million.

Highlights of our 2007/08 Performance

  • QR Network delivered a record $900 million of new infrastructure investment, a 300% increase in two years. Sixty major investment projects remain on schedule and on budget.
  • The Coal Rail Master Plan for infrastructure investment was agreed with our supply chain partners who have committed to a $3.75 billion investment program, with 34.5 kilometres of new track built in 2007/08.

    Track upgrade through Fruitgrove Station, Brisbane.

  • New Zonal Control procedures enabled continuous operations on high-volume coal systems while new track was commissioned and integrated with the network.
  • QR Network generated record earnings before interest and taxes of $438 million.
  • Installation of an innovate wire mesh rock barrier at a landslip site on the Kuranda Scenic Railway saved millions of dollars and months of downtime on this important tourist route area.
  • Construction commenced on Brisbane’s Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor, an $800 million road and rail project managed under QR Network’s SEQIPRAIL program and delivered by our Horizon Alliance.
  • QR Network delivered with our customers a record 89 billion gross tonne kilometres (GTKs) across the network.

For more information on QR Network's financial performance, please download the 2007/08 QR Annual Report.

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Infrastructure Programs

2009 Mount Isa Master Plan

The Mount Isa System Rail Infrastructure Master Plan, released in July 2009, presents a number of commercially based rail infrastructure options which highlight the ongoing potential for growth in the region.

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2008 COALRail Master Plan

The COALRail Master Plan provides transparency on future capital investment in the Central Queensland coal region and the Western System in Southern Queensland.

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Did you know?

Queensland’s vast rail network is owned by QR and supported by state of the art infrastructure and systems. The rail network is valued at some $AUD6 billion.

Road produces approximately 4.5 times more CO2 equivalent (green house gas emissions) than rail.

On 1 September 2008, QR Network Pty Ltd became a stand alone subsidiary company of QR Ltd.

Rail is a much safer form of transport than road (road has approximately 40 times the amount of transport fatalities than rail).

The Australian rail industry is open to competition and in Queensland, rail operators can apply to use QR Network’s 10,000km of narrow gauge, standard gauge and dual gauge track.

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Major Programs

  • COALRail

    The COALRail Program will increase capacity and improve performance of the coal supply chains in Queensland from mine by rail to ship.

  • SEQIP Rail

    The SEQIPRAIL program will create a more efficient, accessible and comprehensive transport system in South East Queensland.

Customer & stakeholder portals

QR Network’s portal environments are password protected and only available to existing customers and stakeholders.

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