QRNational
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| Type | Division |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters |  Brisbane, Australia |
| No. of locations | 59 |
| Area served | Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia |
| Key people | Stephen Cantwell, Group Executive General Manager Freight Lance Hockridge, Chief Executive Officer |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Products | Coal, bulk and containerised freight |
| Services | Logistics, supply chain management, line haul and terminal operations |
| Revenue | ▲ A$2,413.9 million (06/07) |
| Parent | QR Limited |
| Divisions | Bulk, Coal, Intermodal, Freight |
| Subsidiaries | Australian Railroad Group, CRT Group, Interail |
| Website | www.qrnational.com.au |
QRNational is a rail freight transport company in Australia, an operating arm of the Queensland government owned and based operator QR. It was established in the 2004/2005 financial year with the charter to operate freight services in Queensland and around Australia, expanding though the winning of contracts and the acquisition of other companies.[1]
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[edit] History
The company grew out of QR's Coal and Freight Services Group, along with QR subsidiary Interail. In late June 2005, rail operator QRNational announced it had acquired the assets of the CRT Group,[2] which became a separate operating entity of QRNational in July 1 2005. This was followed in 2007 by the acquisition of the rollingstock, depots and customer contracts of the Australian Railroad Group in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia for $446 million AUD.[3]
In Queensland, the major traffic is coal, both for export and domestic power generation.[4] QRNational commenced the transport of export coal in the New South Wales Hunter Valley coalfields in 2005,[4] and by November 2007 the QRNational network covered the entire mainland (except the Northern Territory) with the operation of their first Melbourne to Perth intermodal container service.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ Peter Attenborough (February 2007). "QRNational". Australian Model Railway Magazine 23 (262): page 30.
- ^ Peter Attenborough (February 2006). "Colin Rees Transport (CRT)". Australian Model Railway Magazine 22 (256): page 36.
- ^ Qld Rail 'goes national' with freight expansion. ABC News Online (February 14 2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ a b QRNational - Coal - About coal. About QRNational. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ QR completes another phase in its national strategy with coast-to-coast rail freight services. QRNational - News articles (12 October 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
