Aurizon

Aurizon (ASX: AZJ) is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 50 ASX company.

Each year, the Company transports more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities, connecting miners, primary producers, and industry with international and domestic markets. It provides customers with integrated freight and logistics solutions across an extensive national rail and road network, traversing Australia.

The Company also owns and operates one of the world’s largest coal rail networks, linking more than 50 mines with three major ports in Queensland.

Aurizon has four major product lines for customers: Network, Coal, Iron Ore and Freight. The Operations business also provides a range of specialist services in rail design, engineering, construction, management and maintenance, and offers large-scale supply chain solutions to a diverse range of customers.

The Company’s success and future growth is linked to the key demand drivers of the Australian resources sector in global markets and the ongoing strength of the Australian economy.

Aurizon is well placed to benefit from the continued long-term growth in demand for coal and iron ore, particularly from fast growing Asian economies such as China and India.

Aurizon has implemented a major reform and business transformation program since its privatisation and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange in November 2010. This transformation is embracing every dimension– safety, customer service, operational excellence, productivity, and technology and innovation – as the Company strives for world-class performance.

Solutions

• Fleet Management
• Infrastructure / Railway Construction
• Maintenance
• Overhead Lines
• Signalling

Rail Services

Aurizon provides a full suite of rail construction services. Our capability is built upon whole of railway knowledge and extensive experience of railway heavy haul operations. We understand the logistics of remote area railway construction and the complexities of wet and dry seasons and challenging terrain.
Our experience lies in delivering successful projects and is based upon our multi-disciplined approach to ensure track, signals, overhead and telecommunications aspects are handed over in operational readiness.
Our professional teams are located across the country and are well experienced in rapid mobilisation to many differing sites to suit a multi-project work program. Our resources are fully scalable to cater for major new projects coming on board. Our existing footprint in Western Australia allows a solid foundation for new projects in the west.

Project management

Our highly experienced team applies value maximisation principles to design fit-for-purpose solutions. We can fully implement project development phases from concept through feasibility to delivery, and our planning capability can be matched to any of these phases to suit our customer’s needs.

Build

• Track construction and upgrades
• Turnout construction
• Possession planning and management
• Heavy track materials logistics
• Overhead traction and power systems
• Signals construction
• Manufacture of signals, equipment, cabinets and rooms
• Interlocking upgrades
• Testing and commissioning of track and signals infrastructure
• Telecommunications construction and commissioning
• Level crossing installation and upgrades
• Interface management with rail site activities such as mine load-outs, port facilities and road authorities

Design

• Civil: alignment and detailed structural design
• Track: geometry and component details
• Signals: operating systems, layouts and component details
• Telecommunications: operational systems and component details
• Overhead traction and power systems: operating systems, layouts and detailed components

Maintain

• Rail grinding
• Resurfacing
• Ballast cleaning
• Track inspections
• Preventative network maintenance
• Emergency repair, response and recovery
• Integrated maintenance planning
• Asset management systems and processes
• Asset renewals

Operate

• Safety accreditation
• Access regimes
• Network control and rail operations
• Integrated day of operations planning
• Safety investigations and incident management

Rolling Stock Maintenance

Rollingstock Maintenance is responsible for the national delivery of safe, reliable rollingstock and yard assets into service.

We operate 30 strategically placed facilities in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. Our full range of services can be offered as a fully integrated package or tailored to specific requirements.

Our regional maintenance depot operations specialise in the delivery of rollingstock servicing, repairs and component exchange functionality.

In support of these regional maintenance depots, our heavy maintenance workshop operations have the capability to deliver major rollingstock and component refurbishment, fabrication and heavy repair.

To complement our maintenance capability, we also provide a national leading edge inventory management and supply chain system for all rollingstock components, parts and materials.

• 01/12 Andrew Harding commences as Managing Director and CEO
• 09/05 Aurizon eyes intermodal growth with Enfield opening