Networks

QR Network operates an open-access railway providing Queensland with rail and communications connections that link major metropolitan areas to remote regions, rich mining provinces to export markets and freight suppliers to customer markets.

Nearly 270,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers transit the Brisbane Multi-User Terminal annually, to supply the Brisbane metropolitan retail market.

The Brisbane Multi-User Terminal (BMUT) at Acacia Ridge supports the intermodal transport of containers destined for the wholesale and retail market in the South East Queensland area.

Market segments

A record 270,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers transited the system and terminal in the 2007/08 financial year and a similar number are expected this financial year, although national economic conditions are contributing to a slowing of demand.   Goods for the Brisbane metropolitan market are transhipped to trucks, while others are shifted to narrow gauge trains for transport on our network throughout Queensland.

Access 

For enquiries regarding access to the Brisbane Multi-User Terminal please contact Robert Febo at the address below, or use this online form.

Robert Febo
Commercial Manager, Freight Systems
QR Network
GPO Box 1429
Brisbane QLD 4001

(07) 3235 7217

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Did you know?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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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

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