Glossary - Site Usage

B & B

Babcock & Brown

Ballast

Graded stone sub-base providing drainage, support and lateral restraint of the track

Balloon Loop

A circular, balloon-shaped track configuration, primarily used at loading and unloading sites, that allows trains to return back along the track in the opposite direction without the need of shunting

Bank

A section of railway line on a gradient, also known as a grade

BBI

Babcock and Brown Infrastructure

BCII Act

Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

BCM

Ballast Cleaning Machine

Below Rail

Ownership and operation of track infrastructure such as signalling, overheads and the track itself

Below rail revenue

(BR Revenue) Revenue collected from customers for below rail (track access and electricity) charges paid by Aurizon to rail access providers

Between the rails

A position on a railway bridge deck between the running rails

Billed tonnes

Billed tonnes are the tonnes billed to customer (including empty wagons due to customer fault). The billed tonnes are also based on complete load date. The source of the data is SAP, which is our billing system. Any data from sources other than SAP may not be valid when looking at billed tonnes.

Blackspot signal

A signal exceeded five or more times in a three-year period or three or more times in a twelve-month period

Block

In signalling terminology, a physical length of track protected by a fixed signal indicating to a driver when it is safe to proceed into the section

BLP

Block Leisure Period

BNSF

BNSF Railway is a subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, the holding company formed by the 22 September 1995 merger of Burlington Northern Incorporated. It is one of four remaining transcontinental railroads in the US, and one of the largest freight railroad networks and the largest intermodal operator in North America.

Board

The Board of Directors of Aurizon Holdings Limited

Bogie

Wheels used in pairs under rollingstock. The bogie has a central pivot point which allows it to turn as the track curves and thus guide the vehicle into the curve.

CAC

Comprehensive Accumulation Category

CAGR

Compound annual growth rate, expressed as a percentage per year

CBL

Cross Border Lease

CDMP

Coal Dust Management Plan

CDR

Car Driving Radius

CGT

Capital Gain Tax

Check Drive

Driver observation tool/check list

Class of injury

The ‘class’ of an injury provides an indication of the severity of the injury. Fatal: An injury resulting, directly or indirectly, in the death of the injured person Class 1: A non-fatal injury involving the permanent loss of a body part or body function Class 2: An injury involving the temporary loss of a body part or body function, with full recovery to the pre-injury condition and capacity Class 3: An injury involving temporary inconvenience to the injured person, but not significant loss of a body function

Class1

Refers to the classification of the locomotive, or the designation of the railroad (North America)

CN

The Canadian National Railway. A Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

CO2e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

Coal

The above rail coal haulage operating division of Aurizon Holdings Limited

Coking Coal

Coking coal, metallurgical, including pulverised coal injection (PCI) coals, is mainly used in the production of pig iron for crude steel, with a small amount used for foundry coke. There are two types of coking coal – hard and soft.

Collision

When a train strikes another train, other rollingstock, an object or people. See also Yard collision.

Communities of competence

Communities of competence focus on a collaborative approach to developing and implementing key safety initiatives. They aim to help improve safety in the workplace by focusing on critical areas. Members are selected experts from multiple disciplines across all Aurizon business units.

Consignee

The receiver who accepts your delivery.

Container

A shipping container is a standard sized metal box used to transport freight.

Container Park

A place where shipping lines store their empty containers.

Corridor

A grouping of hauls based on geographic location. There are seven corridors: 1. Newlands 2. Goonyella 3. Blackwater 4. Moura 5. West Moreton 6. Hunter Valley 7. Hunter Surrounds. Hauls crossing corridors are classified based on the location of their destination Cost per Consist Cost for a train set, including hook and pull wagons or a locomotive

CPS

Cents per share

CPS

Current Policies Scenario

Cube/Cubic

This is the size of your consignment, measured in cubic metres.

Customer Reference Number

The customer reference number will mean different things to different organisations. Often it is used as a reference for a purchase order i.e. the number that is cross referenced with an internal order that becomes the authority to order that service.

DBCC

Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain

DBCT

Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

DEHP

Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

Demurrage

Detention of a freight beyond the time allowed for collection. Also the payment mode for such a delay.

Derailment

Refer to Running Line Derailment and Yard Derailment

DG (Dangerous goods)

Dangerous goods are solids, liquids, or gases that can harm people, property, or the environment. Dangerous goods include materials that are radioactive, flammable, explosive, corrosive, oxidizing, asphyxiating, biohazardous, toxic, pathogenic, or allergenic.

DIFOT

A measure of delivery performance in a supply chain standing for Delivered In-Full, On-Time

Distant Signal

A signal giving an advanced warning of what the next signal is showing. It has no stop indication.

DOO

Driver Only Operations

Double-header

Term for the provision of two locomotives to haul a train. Usually these are coupled in multiple to allow control by one crew.

DPU

Distributed power unit

Dry Freight

Freight that's not refrigerated.

DSITI

Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation

DTC

Deficit tonnage charge

EA

Enterprise Agreement

EA7

Enterprise Agreement 7

EAP

Employee Assistance Program

EBA

Enterprise Bargaining Agreement

EBIT Margin

Underlying earnings before interest and tax divided by total revenue and other income

EBITDA

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation

ECP Braking

Electronically-controlled pneumatic braking

EDN

Export Declaration number. Exporters are required to submit information to the Australian Customs Service in order for their goods to be legally exported. The information required includes the commodity type, FOB value, load port, destination port, and date of shipment.

EEO

Equal Employment Opportunity

EEO Act

Energy Efficiency Opportunity Act 2006 (Cth)

EEO

Energy Efficiency Opportunity

EGM

Extraordinary general meeting

ELT

Executive Leadership Team

Embankment

A section of railway line where the surrounding terrain is at a lower level than the line and the ground has been built up to lay the track

Empty for Export Booking

Process in which an empty container is booked on the seafreighter service so that it can be packed and it can be later rebooked as an export booking. Booking process is much simpler as shipping details are not required.

EMU

The Electric Multiple Unit is a suburban passenger train built between 1979 and 1986 by Walkers Ltd.

EPS

Earnings Per Share

ESG

Environmental, Social and Governance

ET

Engineering Trades

ETU

Electrical Trades Union

Fair Access

Related to third party access as required either by ACCC or QCA to meet Trade Practices

Fair Work Act

Federal legislation The Fair Work Act 2009 (“Fair Work”) replacing the Workplace Relations Act 1996 and its ‘Work Choice’ changes

FBT

Fringe Benefits Tax

FCL (Full Container Load)

The FCL and LCL are differentiated, in practice, on whether the 'whole container' or 'not the whole container' is intended for the consignee.

FDC

Freight Distribution Centre

Final Destination

The final destination of a container which has travelled by vessel.

FMS

Freight Management System

Freight

The cargo you're sending. The same as product, commodity, load, etc.

Freight Forwarder

Organisation that facilitates the delivery of freight by employing freight operators i.e. shipping lines, rail operators, road operators, airlines on behalf of their customer. The provide an administration function in coordinating the various modes of transport and meeting the regulatory requirements imposed by statutory authorities i.e. chain of responsibility and Customs and Quarantine.

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

FY

Financial year ended 30 June, as the context requires

G&W

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands and owns a minority interest in a railroad in Bolivia.

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accountancy Practicies

GAMF

Governance and Management Framework

GAP

Goonyella to Abbot Point

GAPE

Goonyella Abbot Point Expansion

Gauge

The distance between the two running rails on a single piece of track. In Queensland this is 1067 mm.

GCEE

Gladstone Coal Exporters Executive

GFC

Global financial crisis

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

Glossary Term

A term

GOC

Government Owned Company or Corporation

GOC Act

Government Owned Corporations Act 1993

Goonyella and Newlands system

The Goonyella and Newlands system services the coal mines in the northern and central area. Bowen Coal is transported via rail to the two coal terminals at the port: the Dalrymple Bay Coal Basin Terminal (DBCT) and the Hay Point Services Coal Terminal (HPSCT)

GPC

Gladstone Ports Corporation

Grade

The ratio of elevation gained or lost per distance travelled expressed as a percentage

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative

GTK

Gross tonne kilometres: Gross Train weight × total distance + net tonne kilometres (NTKs)

GW

Gigawatt (109)

IBNR

Incurred but not reported

ICSS

International Customer Service Standard

IDR

Injury Downtime Rate

IEA

International Energy Agency

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards

Import

A container which has travelled by vessel into an Australian port destined for a location within Australia.

IMU

The Intercity Multiple Unit is an electric passenger train used for operation between urban centre and metropolitan area built between 1996 and 2002 by Walkers Ltd and EDI Rail

Interail

A Queensland Rail Subsidiary. Aurizon’s first acquisition outside Queensland. Formerly Northern Rivers Railroad

Intermodal Transportation

Transportation movement involving more than one method of travel, i.e. rail-road.

Interstate

Transport of goods between states.

Interstate/Domestic Traffic

Same as superfreighter traffic.

ISG

Infrastructure Services Group Aurizon Business Group. See Services

IVMS

In-Vehicle Monitoring System

Km

Kilometre

KML

Karara Mining Limited

kW

kilowatt (103)

LCL (Less-Than-Container load)

The FCL and LCL are differentiated, in practice, on whether the 'whole container' or 'not the whole container' is intended for the consignee.

Lloyds No

This is like an international registration number for vessels. It is a unique number that is used as an identifier for vessels anywhere in the world. The number is held at Lloyds registry in London.

Loading component

Portion of a service where the train’s wagons are loaded with coal

Loading Gauge

The maximum dimensions allowed for rollingstock on a given portion of the rail network

Loading Point

A facility where coal is loaded into wagons for transportation to an unloading point, usually co-located with a mine.

Loadout Clearance Indicator

Two aspect indicator lights attached to each end of the loadout. Yellow to indicate all loadout structures are clear and to proceed with caution, and red to stop

Locomotive

A piece of rollingstock with the primary purpose to haul wagons

Loop

A line running parallel to another line to enable crossing or passing other trains

LOP

Local Operating Procedure

LTI

Lost Time Injuries

LTIA

Long Term Incentive Awards

LTIFR

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate refers to the number of occurrences of Lost Time Injury for each one million hours worked.

MAR

Maximum Allowable Revenue that Aurizon Network Pty Ltd is entitled to earn from the provision of coal carrying train services in the CQCN across the term of an access undertaking

MCA

Minerals Council of Australia

Mechanism of injury

The way in which the injury was sustained, or how the person was hurt

MRL

Mineral Resources Limited

MT

Million tonnes

Mt Isa Line

The Mount Isa Line (also known as Great Northern Railway) services the North West Queensland Minerals Province, running from the Port of Townsville to Mount Isa.

MTCE

Million Tonnes of Coal Equivalent

MTP

Master Train Plan

Mtpa

Million tonnes per annum

MW

Megawatt (106)

NAFTA

North America Free Trade Agreement

Narrow Gauge

Gauge of track 1067 millimetres distance measured between rails. Queensland operates a narrow gauge railway system

NCF

North Coast Freight

NCL

North Coast Line

NDT

No disadvantage test

Near miss

Any occurrence where the driver of a moving train takes emergency action, or would have if there had been sufficient time, to avoid impact with a person, vehicle or other obstruction, and no collision occurred. Emergency action includes continuous audible warning and/or brake application.

NES

National Employment Standards

Net tonnes railed

Refers to net tonnes railed plus the nominal net capacity of empty wagons charged as if they were loaded

NETCON

Aurizon’s network condition asset monitoring program

Newco

Newlands Coal

Newlands

The Newlands Rail System approximately 170 kilometres in length located at the northern end of the Bowen Basin in North Queensland. It also incorporates part of the North Coast Line, and the rail line to the Port at Abbot Point.

NGER

National Greenhouse Energy Reporting

NGER Act

National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth)

Northern Missing Link

Proposed capacity expansion of the Newlands and Goonyella corridors. The project involves constructing a 69 kilometre railway linking the western extremities of the Newlands and Goonyella corridors plus duplication of existing track and expansion of port facilities at Abbot Point.

Notifiable incidents

A work-related incident, resulting in an injury, or a near-miss event, required to be notified under the OHS legislation covering notifiable incidents in the jurisdiction in which the project is being undertaken

NPS

New Policies Scenario

NPS

New Policies Scenario

NRC

The National Rail Corporation was a rail operator in Australia

NTK

Net tonnes per kilometre. Payload tonnes x distance payload transported km/1000

NTK

Net tonne kilometres. Total net tonnes railed x loaded distance (e.g. train load in tonnes × the distance it travelled from the load point to the unload point).

Obligations

Contracted amount less any contract adjustments (port cancellations, rain etc)

O'Donnell Review

Review of coal supply chain in Goonyella region commissioned by the Queensland Government in 2007

OGOC

Office of Government Owned Corporations

OPEX

Operating expense including depreciation and amortisation

OPI

Organisation and People Inventory

OPR

Oakajee Port and Rail

OPRAF

Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (British)

OTCI

The Overall Track Condition Index is a measure used to assess track wear and tear

Overhead mast

Structure supporting the overhead wiring

Overhead wiring

Wires suspended over railway tracks transmitting traction electricity from the power grid to electric locomotives

Palletised

Goods stacked on pallets.

Pallets

The wooden base onto which a product is loaded. It has slats on the sides which enable a forklift to move products easily.

Pantograph

Folding traction, current collection device mounted on the roof of a locomotive on a railway employing an overhead supply system

Path

A route between an origin and destination reserved for a rail operator by the rail access provider for a particular time

PCI

Pulverised coal injection coals (see Coking Coal)

PDL

Public Distribution List

Perishable Freight

Freight subject to decay or deterioration.

Permanent way

Generic term for railway track, referring to the rails, sleepers and ballast. The term permanent arose to distinguish it from the temporary track laid during the construction of the railway.

PMO

Portfolio/Program Management functions

PN

Pacific National

POD/Proof of Delivery

Delivery receipt copy of consignment note signed by consignee at time of delivery.

Points

Track work where a single track splits to become two tracks and is equipped with moving rails to change the route. Also referred to as a turnout.

Port of Discharge

The port at which the container will be unloaded.

Port of Discharge

The port at which the container will be unloaded

Port of Loading

The port at which the container will be loaded onto a vessel, eg Patricks Stevedore Fish Is & P&O Fish Is.

Port of Loading

The port at which the container will be loaded onto a vessel

Possession

Authorisation to run on a section of the track is handed over by the controllers to the train crew, who take possession. Special protective measures are used to prevent access by unauthorised trains.

PPT

Percentage Point

PRA

Pre-Receival advice – An electronic notification that provides information that enables the stevedore to receive the container at their facility. This information includes the vessel name and voyage number, shipping line, container number, seal number, weight, port of loading, port of discharge, hazardous details and EDN. This document is automatically sent via A2B to Stevedores, BMT & Shipping companies (if selected).

PRA/ERA

Pre-Receival advice – An electronic notification that provides information that enables the stevedore to receive the container at their facility. This information includes the vessel name and voyage number, shipping line, container number, seal number, weight, port of loading, port of discharge, hazardous details and EDN. This document is automatically sent via A2B to Stevedores, BMT & Shipping companies (if selected).

Q Connect

A Queensland Government initiative providing improved public transport, and greater connectivity and accessibility of services throughout regional, rural and remote Queensland.

QCA

Queensland Competition Authority. The Queensland Competition Authority was created in 1997 to facilitate the implementation of national competition policy in Queensland.

QCU

Queensland Council of Unions

QRC

Queensland Resources Council

QSU

Queensland Services Union

QTC

Queensland Treasury Corporation

QTC Bond

Queensland Treasury Corporation Bond

Q-Trac

Actions generated from internal sources generally audit actions

Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail (formerly known as Queensland Railways, Queensland Government Railways, and QR). Queensland Rail should never be written as QR when referring to the company post July 2010.

R21

Is a train list per service supplied by BMT which should reflect A2B bookings. It details for each service wagons, container numbers, Destination of Wagons, final destination of containers, weight, ISO type, Dangerous Goods and powered container temperatures.

RAB

Regulated Asset Base the value of the asset base on which pricing is determined by the price regulator

Rail

Rail is expressed as weight per metre. Sixty kilograms of heavy duty rail is used in coal corridors and 50 kilograms used on general freight and passenger corridors

Rail access charge

A charge levied on rail operators for access to the rail network. Queensland Rail Network’s rail access charge is a combination of seven reference tariffs: • AT1 Incremental Maintenance Charge (levied on Gross tonne km basis) • AT2 Incremental Capacity Charge (Number of services) • AT3 Allocative Component of Reference Tariff (Net tonne km basis) • AT4 Allocative Component of Reference Tariff (Net tonne basis) • AT5 Electric Access Component (Electric Gross tonne km basis) • EC Electric Energy Component (Electric Gross tonne km basis) • QCA Levy set fee

Rail America

Rail America Inc. owns short line and regional railroads providing rail service to customers across North America.

Railed tonnes

Physically railed as weight, determined by weigh bridge or contract parameters

Rail-wheel interface

Area of measuring component wear, and vehicle and track performance

RCS

Remote Control Signalling

Receiver

The customer who accepts the delivery/shipment; also known as the consignee.

Reefer

A refrigerated trailer, where the temperature is controlled by a refrigeration unit.

Region

A grouping of corridors. There are three regions: • Coal North – Newlands and Goonyella corridors. • Coal South – Blackwater, Moura and West Moreton corridors • Coal NSW – Hunter Valley and Hunter Surrounds corridors

Release number

Shipping lines will provide a release number that acts as an authority for the road transport operator to pickup the container from the container park.

RI

Rail infrastructure

Right of way

The strip of railway property on which earthworks, overhead traction wiring equipment, tunnels, bridges, fences and track are constructed for the running of railway traffic. Where boundaries of the right of way are not readily identifiable, the width shall be as indicated in the working plan and sections. Where no records of the corridor width exist, they shall be regarded as being at least 10 metres horizontally from the centre line of the nearest track.

RL

Running Line

Road-rail vehicle (RRV)

A vehicle travelling on road and rail by use of a rail wheel guidance system. It can readily be transferred from one mode to the other without additional facilities.

ROC

Reassessment of Competencies or Regional Organisational Capability

ROIC

Return on Invested Capital

Rollingstock

Assets with wheels which can run on the track, including locomotives, carriages, goods wagons and maintenance vehicles

ROSCO Payments

Payments made by passenger rollingstock leasing companies (ROSCOs) supplying passenger rollingstock in the British market

SAP

Financial accounting package systems, applications and products in data processing

SAP IM

SAP Investment Management Module

SBU

Single Bargaining Unit

SCI

Statement of Corporate Intent

Scope 1 Emissions

Emissions from operations that are owned or controlled by the organisation

Scope 2 Emissions

Emissions that result from the generation of purchased or acquired electricity, heating, cooling and steam consumed by the organisation

Scope 3 Emissions

Indirect greenhouse gas emissions other than scope 2 emissions that occur as a consequence of Aurizon’s activities, but from sources not owned or controlled by Aurizon

Seafreighter Traffic

Shipping Line containers that have either come in from overseas (imports) or are empty for exports which are destined for overseas countries (exports).

Seal/ BoltSeal

A plastic or metal band (once it's broken, it cannot be reconnected) placed on the container door latch.

Seal No

Seal number is recorded on the seal that is secured in the door handle of the container. The seal is placed by the exporter when they seal the door of the container. The seal is noted on the ocean bill of lading. When the customer receives the container at the destination, the customer will compare the seal number against the bill of lading to ensure that the container has not been tampered with. To open the door of the container, the seal must be broken.

SEQ

South East Queensland

SEQIP

South-East Queensland Infrastructure Plan 2005–2026

SEQIPP

South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program

Service

Refers to a journey from a point of origin to a destination and return. This generally consists of an unloaded component from unload point to loading point and a loaded component from loading point to unloading point. Each service generally consumes two paths.

SHA

Shareholders’ Agreement

SHARE

A fully paid ordinary share in Aurizon holdings

SHE

Safety, Health and Environment

Shipping company

The organisation that owns the vessel and the container that the importer and exporters contract to deliver their freight.

Shunters

Workers whose duties, or part there of, involve them, or may involve them, in controlling the movement of wagons, within the confines of a yard, siding or other area as determined by the relevant operations manager.

SLP

Single Leisure Period

SOPs

Standard Operating Procedures

SPAD

Signals Passed at Danger. Reflects an instance in which a train has entered a section of the track without the correct authority

Stevedore

An organisation that provides berthing facilities to shipping lines. The stevedore is also employed to load export containers and unload import containers.

Superfreighter Traffic

Domestic Rail:- services for freight forwarders, removalists and local producers.

TA

Track access

Tailgate

A power-operated tail gate capable of lifting a load from street level to the level of the truck or trailer floor.

Take or Pay (ToP)

A charge levied by rail access providers when actual railings fall short of an agreed forecast

Tautliner

A generic name for curtain-sided trucks/trailers. The curtains contain load-retaining straps, which when released, allow the curtain to be pulled back and a forklift to be used for easy loading and unloading of product.

TC

Tropical Cyclone

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Terminal

A facility including building structures, and equipment for the storage transfer, handling, delivery and reception of vehicles and materials.

TEU

Twenty-foot Equivalent Units

TKM

Train kilometres

TMIO

Train Management Improvement Officer

Track

The road on which trains run. Track is made up of rails, sleepers and sleeper plates.

Track gauge

Refers to the distance between the rails on a railway track: • Narrow gauge, 1067 millimetres • Standard gauge, 1435 millimetres • Broad gauge, 1600 millimetres • Dual gauge – railway tracks with three or more rails to accommodate multiple track gauges Track laying machines Mechanised Track Laying Machine (TLM) Sleeper Laying Machine (SLM) Ballast Cleaning Machine (BCM)

Track section

A section of track isolated from the rest of the layout by section breaks with its own track feed and section switch

Trackside systems

Systems responsible for maintenance of support systems including telecommunications, wiring and signalling

Traction electricity

Electricity consumed by electric locomotives

Traction motor

Electric motor used to provide the final drive to a locomotive or train axle. The traction motor is mounted close to the axle and transmits power through a reduction gearbox.

Train speed indication system (TSI)

Provides direct feedback to the loco driver of the desirable speed through the load-out

Train wire

A detailed list for specified service which is obtained via RIC. It outlines wagons, train length, train weight, destination of wagons, container destinations, container numbers, weight and customers.

TRI

Total Recordable Injury (TRI) – The number of injuries or illnesses, resulting from work-related activities, that required the employee to miss their next rostered shift or require treatment that could only be provided by a registered medical practitioner.

TRIFR

Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) – The number of TRI’s per million hours worked.

TSC

Transport Services Contract

TTA

TransLink Transit Authority

TTSR

Traveltrain Services Review

TW

Terawatt (1012)

Unloading Point

A facility where coal is unloaded from trains for stockpiling or loading onto a ship

UT5

Draft Access Undertaking

VCS

Vigilance Control System

Vertical Integration

Includes the rollingstock, signals, track, maintenance and operations for the delivery of customer product

VR

Voluntary redundancy

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Wagon

A piece of rollingstock used to haul/carry coal

Wagon category

A grouping of wagon classes based on weight. E.g. 120t wagons, 104/106t wagons.

Wayside channel

A Queensland Rail radio channel provided for local operations throughout the network and generally not connected to train control

Westnet

WestNet Rail operates and maintains approximately 5,100km of rail infrastructure throughout the southern half of Western Australia

Wheel set

A fixed formation of an axle with two wheels set at the correct gauge for the track

Wheel slip

Phenomenon caused on a locomotive by over application of power to the drive system relative to the available adhesion.

WHSC

Workplace Health and Safety Committee

WICET

Wiggins Island Coal Expansion Terminal

WIRP

Wiggins Island Rail Project

Yard Collision

Any collision occurring in yards, sidings, or on a line when the line is closed for maintenance purposes

Yard Derailment

Any derailment occurring in yards or sidings, or on a line when the line is closed for maintenance purposes