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Aurizon
Aurizon logo.svg
Formerly QR National
Type Publicly traded company
Traded as ASX: AZJ
Industry Rail transport
Founded 2004; 17 years ago
Headquarters Brisbane, Australia
Area served
New South WalesQueenslandSouth AustraliaVictoriaWestern Australia
Key people
Chairman: Tim Poole
CEO: Andrew Harding
Products Coal, bulk, and containerised freight
Services Logistics, supply chain management, line haul, and terminal operations
Revenue A$3.179 billion (June 2018)
Number of employees4,883 (2020)[1]
Divisions Network, Coal, Bulk, Intermodal
Website aurizon.com.au

Aurizon, formerly QR National, is a freight rail transport company in Australia, and the largest of
its kind in the nation.[2] Formerly a Queensland Government-owned company, it was privatised
and floated on the ASX in November 2010. The company was originally established in 2004–05
when the coal, bulk, and container transport divisions from Queensland Rail were brought under
one banner, as QR National.
On an average day, Aurizon will move in excess of 700,000 t (770,000 tons) of coal, iron ore and
other minerals, as well as agricultural products and general freight across the nation.[3] The
company transports more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities each year, with
operations in five Australian states. Aurizon also manages the 2,670 km (1,660 mi) Central
Queensland coal network that links mines to coal ports at Bowen, Gladstone and Mackay, and is
the largest haulier of iron ore outside the Pilbara.[3]
In February 2019, after permission from the Federal Court, Aurizon's intermodal and trucking
business was acquired by Linfox for A$7.3 million.[4][5]
Contents
1 History
2 Public float
3 Current fleet
4 Former fleet
5 Queensland coal networks
5.1 Blackwater

5.2 Goonyella
5.3 Moura
5.4 Newlands
5.5 West Moreton
6 Price Regulation
7 See also
8 References
History
QR National logo (2004–2010)
The QR National brand was established in the 2004/05 financial year when Queensland Rail's
coal, bulk and containerised business units were brought under one banner.
It also incorporated subsidiaries Interail, which had been acquired in March 2002 and operated
services in New South Wales,[6][7] and logistics company CRT Group, for which QR National
already provided line haulage and purchased outright in June 2005.[8][9]
In June 2006 QR National acquired Australian Railroad Group (ARG) which had operations in
New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.[10][11][12] ARG remained a separate
subsidiary operation until it was rebranded as QR National in July 2011.
In Queensland, the major traffic is coal, both for export and domestic power generation.[13] In
2005 QR National commenced running export coal services in the New South Wales Hunter

Valley[14] and by November 2007 the QR National network covered the entire mainland (except
the Northern Territory) with the operation of their first Melbourne to Perth intermodal container
service.[15] In August 2008 QR National took over the operation of Melbourne - Horsham
container service for Wimmera Container Line, after Pacific National withdrew its service.[16]