A001359
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-08-30
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2010-06-17
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001359b.htm
corporateBody
Queensland Railways (QR)
AACR2
2001
Start Place
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Location
Brisbane, Queensland
Advisory or Regulatory Body
Rail industry
Queensland Railways was established in 1865. The corporation is owned by the Queensland State Government. From their Web site, August 2001, "QR is a State Government-owned Corporation. QR's shareholders are the people of Queensland, represented by the Treasurer and the Minister for Transport and Main Roads. As one of the State's biggest employers with around 13,700 staff and an operating revenue around $2 billion, QR administers Australia's largest rail network with customers ranging from commuters, tourists and freight businesses to mining and agricultural industries."
Queensland Rail (? - 2001)
'Queensland Railways (QR)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Queensland Railways (QR)
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Journal Article: The Revitalisation of Queensland Railways Through Export Coal Shipments
Frost, David B.
The Revitalisation of Queensland Railways Through Export Coal Shipments
1984
Journal of Transport History
5
2
47-56