International Railway Journal

Airtrain--The High way to brisbane airport: australia's second new airport railway opened for regular traffic on May 7, linking Brisbane with the two terminals of the Queensland capital's major airport. (Rapid Transit Review).

International Railway Journal | July 1, 2001 | Copyright

THE 8.5km Brisbane Airport Rail Link, built by the private consortium Airtrain Citylink, is the first rail Build, Own, Operate, Transfer (Boot) scheme in Queensland. Airtrain's contract involves no cost to the state government or Queensland Rail (QR), which will operate the service, until the end of the 35-year concession. Construction and operation of the $A 220 million ($US 114.2 million) line is funded by 33-year bonds. Track for almost the entire line was constructed on a concrete pier viaduct, something never before undertaken in Australia on such a scale.

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