In 2000, the AustralAsia Rail Corporation awarded the contract to build and operate the Adelaide to Darwin railway line as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer back project to the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium, which in turn awarded the contract to FreightLink to build and operate the project. The AustralAsia Railway Corporation was established in 1997 by the Government of the Northern Territory to build the Darwin - Alice Springs railway. In 2000 the AustralAsia Rail Corporation awarded the contract to build and operate the Adelaide to Darwin railway line as a Build Own Operate and Transfer back project to
FreightLink commenced operations in January 2004 on the Darwin-Tarcoola line. FreightLink operates intermodal terminals at Adelaide, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, and Darwin. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. Katherine is a town situated 320 km southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of the Northern Territory, Australia. It performs marketing, integrated service management and management of service providers. A number of operational activities are outsourced to specialist providers including train and terminal management, port terminal operations and rail maintenance.
In May 2008 the Adelaide to Darwin line was ordered by the lending banks to Freightlink to be sold. [1]
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- ^ Vesna Poljak and Michael Smith. "Banks force sale of $1. 2bn Adelaide- Darwin rail link", The Australian Financial Review, 2008-05-19, p. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and 1 and 19.
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