Aurizon, Australia’s largest rail freight operator, has announced a A$180 million investment to fund 40 new high-tech track machines and wagons specialised for increasing the export capacity from Queensland’s coal industry.
The company’s managing director and chief executive, Lance Hockridge, presented a new track machine, weighing 193 tonnes.
The equipment has been designed to help maintain rail sleepers and the rock ballast along the 2,670 kilometre network, which services over 25,000 trains per year.
“These massive machines operate on the $5 billion asset which is the Central Queensland Coal Network, the supply chain that links more than 40 mines with state’s export ports”, Hockridge said.
„The upgrade of our mechanised fleet means the Central Queensland Coal Network, critical to the state’s coal sector, will remain in the best possible condition.”
Photo: http://www.aurizon.com.au
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