About ARTC
The Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) was created after the Commonwealth and State Governments agreed in 1997 to the formation of a 'one stop' shop for all operators seeking access to the National interstate rail network.
ARTC currently has responsibility for the management of over 10,000 route kilometres of standard gauge interstate track in South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. ARTC also manages the Hunter Valley coal rail network, and other regional rail links, in New South Wales.
The National Interstate Rail Network comprises:
ARTC currently has responsibility for the management of over 10,000 route kilometres of standard gauge interstate track in South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. ARTC also manages the Hunter Valley coal rail network, and other regional rail links, in New South Wales.
The National Interstate Rail Network comprises:
Over these corridors, ARTC is responsible for:
The remainder of the interstate rail network is still controlled by the various government agencies as follows:
ARTC has a wholesale agreement in place with the Western Australia Government giving ARTC rights to sell access to interstate services between Kalgoorlie, Perth and the Port of Kwinana.
In addition to ARTC's own capital investment programs, it has also received investment funding from the Australian Government.
For access to the interstate tracks currently under ARTC management, train operators, in the main, pay a two part access charge. A fixed component, known as the flagfall, is in effect a charge for occupying capacity on the network, regardless of the size of the train. The second charge is a mass distance charge based on the gross tonnage of the train multiplied by the distance traveled.
The major operators using the ARTC owned or leased network are:
- Selling access to train operators
- The development of new business
- Capital investment in the corridors
- Management of the Network
- The management of infrastructure maintenance
The remainder of the interstate rail network is still controlled by the various government agencies as follows:
- Sydney Metropolitan Region (RailCorp)
- Kalgoorlie to Perth (WestNet)
ARTC has a wholesale agreement in place with the Western Australia Government giving ARTC rights to sell access to interstate services between Kalgoorlie, Perth and the Port of Kwinana.
In addition to ARTC's own capital investment programs, it has also received investment funding from the Australian Government.
For access to the interstate tracks currently under ARTC management, train operators, in the main, pay a two part access charge. A fixed component, known as the flagfall, is in effect a charge for occupying capacity on the network, regardless of the size of the train. The second charge is a mass distance charge based on the gross tonnage of the train multiplied by the distance traveled.
The major operators using the ARTC owned or leased network are:
- El Zorro
- Freightliner
- Genesee and Wyoming Australia
- Great Southern Railway
- Independent Rail
- Pacific National
- P&O Transport Australia
- QR National
- RailCorp
- Specialised Container Transport
ARTC Social Committee - Jenny Bishenden, Amanda Ennis and Trudy Southgate.
Phone - 02 4952 0200 Email - hvmpsocial@artc.com.au
