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Passenger Rail Operators - Australia

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Inter-state

passenger rail

• Great Southern Rail - long-distance heavy rail
  • timetables

infrastructure

• Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
  • System Maps - including track plans
  • Master Train Plan (working timetables)
  • Route Access Standard - including train numbering
• Genesee & Wyoming Australia - Tarcoola – Darwin line (also freight operator)

other

• Australian Transport Safety Bureau (rail accident investigator)

Queensland

passenger rail

• Queensland Rail (QR) - includes:
  • Travel - long-distance heavy rail
    • timetables
  • City - Brisbane area suburban heavy rail (all information on Translink website)
• Airtrain - Brisbane airport line (suburban heavy rail)
• G:link (Gold Coast Light Rail)
• TransLink - Southeast Queensland public transport authority
  • rail timetables

infrastructure

• Queensland Rail (QR)
  • "For Business" Regional network (information pack files include maps and track plans)
• Aurizon - parts of the former QR network (also freight operator)
  • Network (see Downloads for maps etc.)

unofficial

• Queensland Railways Interest Group - useful technical info, including train numbering system

New South Wales

passenger rail

• Transport for NSW (TfNSW) - includes:
  • NSW TrainLink - long-distance and interurban heavy rail (including inter-state to Brisbane and Melbourne)
  • Sydney Trains - Sydney area suburban heavy rail (includes information for "Intercity" services operated by NSW TrainLink)
    • maps
    • timetables
  • Sydney Light Rail (extension of existing system, under construction)
  • Parramatta Light Rail (in planning)
  • transportnsw.info - state-wide public transport information
    • maps and timetables
• Transdev Sydney - light rail operator

infrastructure

• ARTC
• John Holland Rail (private contractor to TfNSW) - "country regional network"
  • Train Operating Conditions Manual - includes track plans
• RailCorp (TfNSW subsidiary) - Sydney metropolitan network

unofficial

• NSWrail.net

Victoria

passenger rail

• V/Line - regional heavy rail
  • network maps
  • passenger train timetables
• Metro Trains - Melbourne area suburban heavy rail
  • network maps
• Yarra Trams - Melbourne area light rail
  • timetables
• Public Transport Victoria - state-wide public transport information
  • network maps
  • timetables

infrastructure

• ARTC
• V/Line Corporate
  • network service plan - includes full passenger and freight schedules

unofficial

• VicSig - much useful technical information, including track diagrams

South Australia

passenger rail

• Adelaide Metro - Adelaide area public transport information
  • rail network map
  • train timetables

infrastructure

• ARTC
• G&W Australia
• Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure - Adelaide metropolitan network
  • Rail Network Access (includes track diagram)

unofficial

• SA Railway Track and Signalling - track and signalling plans, including parts of other states

Western Australia

passenger rail

• WA Public Transport Authority - includes:
  • Transwa - long-distance heavy rail
    • timetables
  • Transperth - Perth area suburban heavy rail
    • network maps
    • timetables

infrastructure

• Arc Infrastructure (formerly Brookfield Rail)

Tasmania

• TasRail - infrastructure manager (and freight operator)
• no known "public transport" passenger operators

Other Links

• Australian Rail Maps - comprehensive schematic maps and links to operators
• Australian and New Zealand Train Timetables
• Railway Technical Info - Australia

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Last update: 2020-07-10 14:19 BST