Glossary
Glossary - Site Usage | Aurizon
- 2DS
- 2 Degree Scenario
- AAR
- Association of American Railroads
- ABARE
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- ABCC
- Australian Building Construction Commission
- ABN
- Australian Business Number
- Above rail
- Ownership and operation of rollingstock including locomotives and wagons
- ACA
- Australian Coal Association
- ACCC
- Australian Consumer and Competition Commission
- ACCU
- Australian Carbon Credit Units
- ACN
- Australian Company Number
- AFPCS
- Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard
- AFULE
- Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees
- AIFR
- All Injury Frequency Rate – the total number of employee injuries per million hours worked
- AIRC
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission
- ALC
- Australian Logistics Council
- Alternative Duties Injury
- A work-related occurrence resulting in the injured person being assigned alternative duties for one day/shift or more. Alternative duties are tasks not usually forming a significant component of the injured person’s job.
- AMWU
- Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
- APCT
- Abbot Point Coal Terminal
- APESMA
- Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
- APEX
- Advanced Planning and Execution Operational Technology
- ARA
- Australasian Railway Association
- ARG
- Australian Railroad Group (Aurizon subsidiary company)
- ARTC
- Australian Rail Track Corporation (Federal body established in 1997 by the Commonwealth and State Governments to oversee operator access to national rail network)
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ATO
- Australian Taxation Office
- 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