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    The Blackwater Coal Rail System is Aurizon's largest rail corridor in Central Queensland, linking coal mines in the Bowen Basin to export terminals at the Port of Gladstone. It has the longest route length of Aurizon's four coal rail systems. The Blackwater system transports coal from mines via mainly electrified track to the RG Tanna and Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminals. A recent expansion project upgraded lines and added new tracks to improve access to the Wiggins Island terminal. Aurizon operates locomotives and crews on the long haul Blackwater line to transport coal for major customers.

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    The Blackwater Coal Rail System is Aurizon's largest rail corridor in Central Queensland, linking coal mines in the Bowen Basin to export terminals at the Port of Gladstone. It has the longest route length of Aurizon's four coal rail systems. The Blackwater system transports coal from mines via mainly electrified track to the RG Tanna and Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminals. A recent expansion project upgraded lines and added new tracks to improve access to the Wiggins Island terminal. Aurizon operates locomotives and crews on the long haul Blackwater line to transport coal for major customers.

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    Aurizon's Blackwater Coal Rail System

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    The Blackwater Coal Rail System is Aurizon's largest rail corridor in Central Queensland, linking coal mines in the Bowen Basin to export terminals at the Port of Gladstone. It has the longest route length of Aurizon's four coal rail systems. The Blackwater system transports coal from mines via mainly electrified track to the RG Tanna and Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminals. A recent expansion project upgraded lines and added new tracks to improve access to the Wiggins Island terminal. Aurizon operates locomotives and crews on the long haul Blackwater line to transport coal for major customers.

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    Blackwater

    Rail Corridor

    The Blackwater Coal Rail System is one of four systems in Aurizon’s Central Queensland
    Coal Network (CQCN). It has the largest route length of the four coal systems.

    The Blackwater system links Central


    System facts.
    Queensland mines from the Bowen
    Basin to two export terminals at the Track manager Aurizon
    Port of Gladstone — RG Tanna Coal
    Terminal and the Wiggins Island Track axle load 26.5 tonnes
    Coal Export Terminal (WICET). Track gauge Narrow (1067 mm)

    In late 2015 Aurizon completed Track configuration Combination of single and duplicated tracks
    the Wiggins Island Rail Project
    (WIRP), which involved the staged Export terminals 2
    development of new rail lines and
    upgrading of existing lines to WICET. Blackwater is largely an electrified
    WIRP created a vital link between the system, however, Aurizon also runs
    coal terminal and mines in the Southern a small number of diesel services.
    Bowen and Surat Basins. The rail
    expansion comprised interdependent Major Aurizon customers in the
    infrastructure projects across the Blackwater system include BMA,
    Blackwater Rail System, the Moura Jelinbah Resources, Westfarmers
    Rail System and the North Coast Line. and Glencore.

    On the long-haul Blackwater


    system, Aurizon meets customers’
    needs through a heavy haul fleet of
    locomotives and multiple crewing
    points. Train depots at Callemondah
    and Bluff are used to provision
    train services.

    Fact Sheet
    Blackwater Rail Corridor
    h South Walker Creek
    ac Plains Coppabella Coppabella (Macarthur)
    oranbah

    Peak Downs Eagle Downs


    Saraji Lake Vermont
    Dysart Bowen
    Middlemount Basin
    Clermont German Creek Rio Tinto Aluminium (RTA)
    Foxleigh (German Creek) Fisherman's Landing (FL)
    Oaky Creek Gladstone Power Station (GPS)
    Stanwell Power Station (St PS)
    Gregory Yarrabee (Boonal)
    Kestrel
    Ensham Jellinbah East (Boonal)
    Curragh
    Rockhampton Port of Gladstone

    Emerald Stanwell RG Tanna Coal Terminal (RGTCT)


    Blackwater mine Bluff Barney Point Coal Terminal (BPCT)
    (Blackwater & Boorgoon) Callemondah Wiggins Island Coal Terminal
    Minerva Blackwater Gladstone
    Togara North Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL)
    Cook Baralaba
    Springsure (Koorilgah) Callide Basin
    Callide Coalfield (Boundary Hill)
    Callide Coalfield (Dunn Creek)
    Rolleston Dawson Biloela
    Moura
    West Rolleston Maryborough
    Monto Bundaberg Basin
    Theodore

    Colton

    Rollingstock depot Metallurgical coal Proposed mines Blackwater Coal Goonyella Coal
    LEGEND

    Train crew depot Mixed coal product Domestic terminal Rail Corridor Rail Corridor
    Thermal mine City/town
    Wandoan Operating export terminal Moura Coal Rail Corridor Existing rail

    Wandoan Cameby Downs Gympie


    (Columboola)
    Nambour
    Roma Chinchilla Clarence-Moreton
    Basin

    Contact us T 13 23 32
    E community@aurizon.com.au
    W aurizon.com.au

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