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QR Network operates in communities across the state of Queensland. We actively participate in community consultation and provide media releases on our business and developments to support our customers’ rail infrastructure needs.
QR has started tracklaying to duplicate 10.5 kilometres of track between Coppabella and Ingsdon on the Goonyella coal rail system in central Queensland to support customer demand.
Flooding in the central west and north west of the state continues to have an impact on a number of QR rail lines.
QR’s largest infrastructure project, the $500 million Jilalan Rail Yard Upgrade, which is set to deliver a huge 38 million tonne boost to central Queensland’s coal haulage capacity, reached a milestone today (27 Mar) with completion of critical track work.
The Mount Isa line will reopen for trains on Monday 2 March after QR crews repaired the track following flood damage earlier this month.
The Longreach to Winton section of the Central Western line could be closed for about three weeks due to track damage caused by flooding in recent weeks.
The Mt Isa line could be closed for about three weeks due to track damage caused by flooding in recent weeks, QR confirmed today.
A truck almost collided with a freight train when it drove past stop signs today in the second near miss at a Darling Downs level crossing this week.
QR crews on Thursday repaired lights at some North Queensland level crossings which were affected by rain but others remained in ‘failsafe’ mode flashing continuously.
QR is continuing to expand the capacity of its coal rail network with the completion of initial works for the second rail balloon loop at the Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Central Queensland.
QR Network rail gangs have been working around the clock to repair railway lines damaged by this week’s storms. Heavy rain across South East Queensland last night cut railway lines in several locations
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.
Road produces approximately 4.5 times more CO2 equivalent (green house gas emissions) than rail.
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).
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