Aurizon (ASX: AZJ) is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company.

Each year, the Company transports more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities, connecting miners, primary producers, and industry with international and domestic markets. It provides customers with integrated freight and logistics solutions across an extensive national rail and road network, traversing Australia.

The Company also owns and operates one of the world’s largest coal rail networks, linking approximately 50 mines with three major ports in Queensland.

The Hunter Valley Coal Network Access Undertaking (HVAU) covers the terms and conditions of access to the below rail network operated by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) within the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

The official website of Spain Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.

The Transport Regulatory Authority (formerly Arafer) is an independent public authority. It was created in 2009 under the name of the Regulatory Authority for Railway Activities (Araf) to support the opening up to competition of the rail transport market. Its missions were extended in 2015, then in 2016, to include the Channel Tunnel, interurban coach transport and motorways under concession, making the Authority a multimodal transport regulator.

The official website of Ferrocarril Transandino S.A provides information on a track access agreement drafted for this railway network.

The Intergovernmental Commission carries out its duties in accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty of Canterbury. In the safety field it benefits from the advice of the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (Article 11 of the Treaty) and in the field of security it works in co-ordination with the “Joint Security Committee”. It has also as a role of regulatory body.

Key features of the sample Concession general and particular bidding terms:

Key features of the Pro-forma Rail Convention:

Key features of the pro-forma Port Convention:

The operator is granted non-exclusive operational rights for the operation of coal trains on a specific part of the coal network against the payment of certain service charges.  Aurizon is responsible for the infrastructure management as well as the scheduling and control of all train movements. 

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