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Queensland Rail
Railway operator in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with QR National.
For an overview of the South East Queensland rail network, see Railways in South East Queensland. For a general overview of railways in Queensland, see Rail transport in Queensland.
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining rolling stock and approximately 6,600 kilometres (4,101 mi) of track and related infrastructure.
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![]() An Electric Multiple Unit (left) and a New Generation Rollingstock (right) – Queensland Rail's oldest and newest operational trains – at Altandi, December 2018 | |
Industry | Railway operator |
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Founded | 31 July 1865; 158 years ago (1865-07-31) |
Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland , Australia |
Area served | Queensland |
Key people | Katarzyna Stapleton (CEO) |
Revenue | $2.3 billion (2021/22) |
$392 million (2021/22) | |
$195 million (2021/22) | |
Number of employees | over 7,500 (Feb 2022) |
Parent | Queensland Government |
Website | queenslandrail |
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