VicTrack

Main article: Rail transport in Victoria
Victorian Rail Track (VicTrack)

VicTrack assets at Roxburgh Park: V/Line operated Sprinter train on Metro Trains Melbourne leased Craigieburn line to the left, and Australian Rail Track Corporation leased North East line on the right
Corporation overview
Formed1 July 1997
Preceding corporation
TypeStatutory corporation
JurisdictionVictoria
HeadquartersDocklands
Employees387 (June 2018)
Ministers responsible
Corporation executive
  • Chris Olds, Acting Chief Executive
Parent departmentDepartment of Transport and Planning
Key documents
Websitewww.victrack.com.au
Agency IDPROV VA 4616

VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia,[1] with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.

VicTrack leases railway and tram land used for public transport to Public Transport Victoria which then sub-leases the assets and infrastructure to rail and tram operators, currently Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line and Yarra Trams.[2] VicTrack retains responsibility for the freight lines around the Dynon Intermodal Freight Terminal, South Dynon Locomotive Depot and in North Melbourne.[3]

VicTrack also carries out a range of commercial activities on railway land, including:

  • property leasing and licensing of surplus railway land
  • providing telecommunications services using surplus railway network capacity
  • outdoor advertising
  • commercial property development
  • environmental programs on railway lands such as remediation of contaminated land.
  1. ^ Annual Report 30 June 2013 Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine VicTrack
  2. ^ "Victorian Auditor-General's Office: Key Stakeholders & Wildfire Prevention". Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
  3. ^ Site Management Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine VicTrack