Aurizon

Aurizon Holdings Limited

Type	Public
Traded as	ASX: AZJ
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	2004 (as QR National)
Headquarters	Brisbane, Australia
Number of locations	59
Area served	Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia
Key people	Andrew Harding (CEO)
Products	Coal, bulk and containerised freight
Services	Logistics, supply chain management, line haul and terminal operations
Revenue	$3,812 million (June 2014)
Operating income	$851 million (June 2014)
Number of employees	5,746 (FTE, First Half FY 2017)
Divisions	Network, Coal, Iron Ore & Freight
Subsidiaries	Australian Railroad Group, CRT Group, Interail
Website	www.aurizon.com.au

Aurizon Holdings Limited is a publicly listed rail freight company in Australia. Formerly owned by the Government of Queensland, its assets were transferred to a new company, QR National Limited, in July 2010 in preparation for it being floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in November 2010. Aurizon is Australia's largest rail freight company.

QR National was established in the 2004/05 financial year when Queensland Rail's coal, bulk and containerised business units were brought under one banner. It was formed with the charter to operate freight services in Queensland and around Australia, expanding though the winning of contracts and the acquisition of other companies. QR National was rebranded as Aurizon in December 2012.

Each day the company moves on average more than 700,000 tonnes of coal, iron ore and other minerals as well as agricultural products and general freight across the nation. With operations across five states, Aurizon manages the 2,670 kilometre 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.

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, and logistics company CRT Group, for which QR National already provided line haulage and purchased outright in June 2005.

In June 2006 QR National acquired Australian Railroad Group (ARG) which had operations in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. ARG remained a separate subsidiary operation until it was rebranded as QR National in July 2011.