Rail Transport in South Australia - Operators

Operators

The country railways were initially owned by South Australian Railways. The narrow gauge lines north and west of Quorn were handed over to the Commonwealth Railways in 1926, though the Commonwealth had had financial responsibility for these lines since 1911. The Commonwealth Railways later merged with the S.A.R. to become the Australian National Railways Commission (ANR) in 1978, and was eventually absorbed into the National Rail Corporation.

The metropolitan railway lines are now owned and operated by TransAdelaide, interstate passenger services by operated by Great Southern Railway, intrastate freight by Australian Railroad Group, and interstate freight by a number of companies including Pacific National, QRNational, FreightLink, and SCT Logistics.