Downer Rail

Industry Engineering
Predecessor Evans Deakin Industries
Founded March 2001
Headquarters North Ryde
Number of locations
 Cardiff
Somerton
Maryborough
Products Railway rolling stock
Services Rail Infrastructure management
Railway locomotive leasing
Revenue $1.336 billion (June 2013)
Parent Downer Group
Subsidiaries Keolis Downer (49%)
Locomotive Demand Power
Website www.downergroup.com

Downer Rail is an Australian railway engineering company. As well as manufacturing and maintaining railway rolling stock it holds maintenance contracts to maintain rail infrastructure. It is a subsidiary of Downer Group. The head office is located in North Ryde.

History

Pacific National GT42CU AC at Maryborough factory in November 2004
Sydney Trains A set.
Transperth B series train at McIver in February 2010
Yarra Trams B-class Melbourne tram in Melbourne

EDi Rail was formed in March 2001 following the purchase of Evans Deakin Industries by Downer Group to form Downer EDi. Evans Deakin operated the former Clyde Engineering plants at Kelso and Somerton and Walkers Limited, Maryborough plant. It had recently reopened the former Cardiff Locomotive Workshops to build CityRail M sets. In July 2007 it was renamed Downer Rail.[1]

In 2008 Locomotive Demand Power was established as a subsidiary to lease locomotives. In November 2009 Downer Rail became a tram operator through its 49% shareholding in Keolis Downer that operates the Yarra Trams franchise in Melbourne.[2] In July 2014, Keolis Downer commenced operating the G:link light rail line on the Gold Coast.[3]

In March 2015, Keolis Downer purchased bus operator Australian Transit Enterprises which operates the Hornibrook Bus Lines, Link SA, Path Transit and SouthLink operations with 930 buses.[4]

Products

Downer Rail has manufactured items of rolling stock at its factories in Cardiff, Somerton, Maryborough and Port Augusta. As the ex-licence holder for Electro-Motive Diesel products[5] it has also been involved in the procurement and maintenance of over 150 American built EMD SD70 series locomotives for BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara operations.[6][7]

Diesel Locomotives

Electric Multiple Units

Tilt Trains

Services

Locomotive leasing

  • Locomotive Demand Power is a subsidiary offering locomotives for lease. As at January 2014 thirteen standard gauge GT46s and six narrow gauge GT42s had been built at Cardiff and Maryborough respectively with nine of the former leased to Aurizon.[8]

Light rail

Infrastructure projects

Maintenance contracts

References

  1. ↑ Downer EDI launches new company names and branding approach Downer EDi 2 July 2007
  2. ↑ Melbourne tram and train operators selected Railway Gazette International 25 June 2009
  3. ↑ GoldlinQ selected to build Gold Coast light rail Railway Gazette International 6 May 2011
  4. ↑ Operator ATE Sold Australasian Bus & Coach 11 March 2015
  5. ↑ Downer and Electro-Motive Diesel Sign New Agreement Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Downer EDi 26 June 2012
  6. ↑ Manufacturers EMD Export Page
  7. ↑ BHP Iron Ore Road Locomotive Roster Index Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Pilbara Railway Pages
  8. ↑ Downer EDI secures $45 million locomotives deal with QR Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Downer EDi 11 December 2008
  9. ↑ New train, tram operators for Melbourne The Age 25 June 2009
  10. ↑ Keolis consortium selected for Gold Coast Light Rail in Australia Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Keolis May 2011
  11. ↑ Downer wins NSW rail contract despite Waratah debacle ABC News 22 January 2013
  12. ↑ Rail infrastructure construction and maintenance Vic and NSW Interstate Network Downer Rail
  13. ↑ Leigh Creek Line Alliance Maintenance Flinders Power Pty Ltd (1999-2017) Downer Rail
  14. ↑ Downer Bombardier Secures Maintenance Contract with Western Australia's Public Transport Authority Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Downer EDi 25 July 2011
  15. ↑ Downer EDI and Pacific National sign billion dollar rail deal ABC News 3 February 2015
  16. ↑ Downer signs Locomotive Maintenance Agreement with Pacific National Downer Group 4 February 2015
  17. ↑ O'Sullivan, Matt (2016-12-01). "$1.7 billion in new Waratah trains for Sydney commuter network". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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