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 consists of:
- Kellogg Brown & Root
- John Holland Group
- Carillion
- Macmahon Holdings
- Australian Railroad Group
The Asia Pacific Transport Consortium contracted FreightLink to implement the project and to operate the railway. The Asia Pacific Transport Consortium leases some assets on the Darwin - Alice Springs section from the AustralAsia Rail Corporation, and subleases of the Alice Springs - Tarcoola, South Australia railway from the Australian Government through the AustralAsia Rail Corporation.
See also AustralAsia Railway Project
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