Queensland Train Manufacturing Program

30/06/2023

Downer is proud to be awarded the contract for the Queensland Government's Queensland Train Manufacturing Program.

“Downer has a strong track record of delivering here in Australia, and around the world, so Queensland’s future fleet is in good hands.” - Premier of Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk.

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Downer is proud to deliver the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program (QTMP).

The QTMP is a state-shaping project, which will support rail manufacturing in Queensland, as well as the Cross River Rail project and the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Downer will:

• Design, manufacture and commission 65 six-car passenger trains

• Design and build two training simulators

• Design, construct and commission a purpose-built train manufacturing facility at Torbanlea, in the Maryborough region

• Design, construct and commission a rail facility (for train maintenance and stabling at Ormeau, in the Brisbane - Gold Coast corridor

• Maintain the new rollingstock fleet, simulators and the Ormeau rail facility for an initial term of 15 years and a maximum term of 35 years.

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QTMP project timeline

Australia’s leading provider of through life asset management for passenger rollingstock

Downer is the leading provider of rollingstock asset management services, with more than 100 years’ experience delivering rail solutions for our customers across Australia.

Following contract award of QTMP, Downer will manage the largest rollingstock fleets in each State on Australia’s Eastern seaboard. Downer has successfully delivered a total of 119 Waratah trains for the New South Wales Government across Series 1 and Series 2 trains, and is currently more than halfway through completion of 70 new High Capacity Metro Trains for the Victorian Government.

Downer is proud to be part of this project, which will change the way people travel around South East Queensland as well as maintain and enhance local rollingstock manufacturing capability in Queensland.