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The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a federal government owned corporation established in 1997 that owns, leases, maintains and controls the majority of main line standard gauge railway lines on the mainland of Australia, known as the Designated Interstate Rail Network (DIRN).
While railways in some states were briefly operated as private companies, railways of Australia have historically operated as Government instrumentalities. The earlier form of a single state government railway department in each state no longer exists – with complex relationships developed by state and federal government corporations operating in multiple locations and across borders between ...
Atherton—Herberton Historic Railway [26] Australian Sugar Cane Railway, Bundaberg— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [27] Bally Hooley Steam Railway, Port Douglas— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [28] Beaudesert Rail (railway operation ceased from 2003) Big Pineapple Railway, Woombye— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [29] (railway operation suspended as at December 2022 [30])
The interstate rail network of the former Australian National Railways was transferred to the newly established Australian Rail Track Corporation in 1998. In 2002, the Tarcoola–Alice Springs line was leased to the AustralAsia Rail Corporation .
Urban networks are further classified as "light rail" or "heavy rail". [1] Light rail in Australia includes established tram networks in Melbourne and Adelaide continuously operating in various forms since the 19th century, as well as networks in other cities newly constructed after the cessation of tram operation.
Main Western railway line, New South Wales; Marree railway line; Medway Quarry railway line; Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor; Merriwa railway line; Mildura railway line; Molong–Dubbo railway line; Mount Hope railway line; Mount Newman railway; Mungindi railway line; Murray River railway bridge, Albury–Wodonga; Murwillumbah railway line
Timbertown Heritage Railway (located in Timbertown) (operating) Pete's Hobby Railway (located in Junee) (Private 2 ft gauge railway that is operating. Public admittance is not allowed under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW), No. 82a of 2012) Queensland: Australian Sugar Cane Railway [3] (located in Bundaberg Botanic Gardens) (operating)
A narrow-gauge sugar cane train in Queensland during 2015. Rail transport in Australia involves a number of narrow-gauge railways.In some states they formed the core statewide network, but in the others they were either a few government branch lines, or privately owned and operated branch lines, often for mining, logging or industrial use.