Hamersley & Robe River Railway
The Hamersley & Robe River railway, majority-owned by the Rio Tinto Group, and operated by its subsidiary Pilbara Iron, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for the purpose of carrying iron ore. The network is larger than any other Australian heavy freight rail network in private ownership. The total length of its track is about 1,300 km (807.78 mi).
Additionally to the Pilbara Iron network, there are also two independent rail lines, operated by BHP Billiton, in the Pilbara. The Newman and the Goldsworthy railway, the first from Newman and the second from the Yarrie mine, both run to Port Hedland, also for the purpose of transporting iron ore. A third, privately owned iron ore railway line in the region, operated by the Fortescue Metals Group, is the Fortescue railway.
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