About Us

FreightLink owns and operates the railway between Tarcoola and Darwin under a 50-year concession agreement, and provides transport services to Australia and overseas markets centred on the Adelaide–Darwin corridor.

FreightLink manages services provision from its Adelaide headquarters, supported at the terminals by locally based managers, all of whom have extensive experience in rail operations and services.
 
The company currently operates five train services a week Adelaide–Darwin, with connecting rail services to other interstate locations. In addition, it hauls bulk minerals destined for China from mines on the Adelaide–Darwin railway to the Port of Darwin. A track access agreement is in place with Great Southern Railway to operate two weekly passenger services (The Ghan) between Adelaide and Darwin.

All rail safety, marketing, operational and asset management associated with the business takes place in the Adelaide base, and some activities are outsourced to leading rail service suppliers to leading rail service providers.

FreightLink’s shareholders are Kellogg Brown & Root, Carillion, John Holland, Genesee & Wyoming Australia, Macmahon Holdings and a number of other investment shareholders, including the Northern and Central Aboriginal Land Councils.