Queensland Rail’s 2025 DAU

Status
Past review
Final report
16/05/2025

Queensland Rail’s 2025 draft access undertaking (DAU) set out its proposed terms and conditions for negotiating access to its rail infrastructure after the termination of its 2020 access undertaking in June 2025. Queensland Rail lodged its 2025 DAU on 10 November 2023.

We published our decision on most aspects of the 2025 DAU on 24 March 2025, and our addendum on West Moreton access terms on 16 May 2025. It is now open to Queensland Rail to resubmit its 2025 DAU with the benefit of our decision documents, which set out the way in which we consider it is appropriate for Queensland Rail to amend the 2025 DAU.

Our decision and related documents, including submissions, can be downloaded below.

26 October 2022 Queensland Rail and QCA letters published
31 October 2023 Queensland Rail letter re lodgement date
10 November 2023 Queensland Rail lodged the 2025 DAU
14 November 2023 The DAU, a notice of investigation and a Statement of Regulatory Intent published
17 November 2023 Further explanatory documents published
23 November 2023 List of topics and marked-up DAU published
2 February 2024 Submissions on the DAU due
5 February 2024 Submissions on the DAU published
14 March 2024 Responsive submissions due
18 March 2024 Responsive submissions published
6 June 2024 Draft decision published
23 July 2024 Submissions on the draft decision due
30 July 2024 Submissions on the draft decision published
8 November 2024 Collaborative submissions due (revised from 24 September 2024)
14 November 2024 Collaborative submissions on the draft decision published
20 December 2024 Discussion paper published
7 February 2025 Submissions on the discussion paper due (revised from 28 January 2025)
10 February 2025 Submissions on the discussion paper published
24 March 2025 Non-tariff decision published
14 April 2025 Submissions on West Moreton access terms due
15 April 2025 Submissions on West Moreton access terms published
16 May 2025 Addendum on West Moreton access terms published
30 June 2025 2020 undertaking terminates

Documents

Title Document
16 May 2025 Final report QCA – Addendum on West Moreton access terms pdf, 538.91 Kb
Title Document
30 April 2025 Submission Queensland Rail – West Moreton – QR 2025 DAU reference tariff drafting pdf, 322.09 Kb
14 April 2025 Submission New Hope – West Moreton – QR 2025 DAU redacted pdf, 281.32 Kb
14 April 2025 Submission Queensland Rail – West Moreton – QR 2025 DAU redacted pdf, 3.35 Mb
14 April 2025 Submission Yancoal – West Moreton – QR 2025 DAU redacted pdf, 246.63 Kb
Title Document
24 March 2025 Other documents QCA – Letter to Queensland Rail re 2025 DAU decision pdf, 96.38 Kb
24 March 2025 Final report QCA – decision – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 1.95 Mb
24 March 2025 Consultant report Arcadis – Response to Queensland Rail submission redacted pdf, 364.23 Kb
Title Document
07 February 2025 Submission New Hope – disussion paper response QR 2025 DAU pdf, 310.59 Kb
07 February 2025 Submission Yancoal – discussion paper response QR 2025 DAU redacted pdf, 236.33 Kb
07 February 2025 Submission Queensland Rail – discussion paper response QR 2025 DAU redacted pdf, 4.09 Mb
06 February 2025 Submission Aurizon Coal and Bulk – discussion paper response QR 2025 DAU pdf, 63.74 Kb
06 February 2025 Submission Rail Operators Group – discussion paper QR 2025 DAU pdf, 599.46 Kb
Title Document
15 January 2025 Other documents QCA – letter re discussion paper submission period extended pdf, 117.22 Kb
31 October 2023 Other documents Queensland Rail – letter re lodgement date pdf, 503.70 Kb
23 October 2022 Other documents Queensland Rail – letter re access undertaking pdf, 531.78 Kb
21 September 2022 Other documents QCA – letter re Queensland Rail access undertaking timeline pdf, 234.00 Kb
Title Document
20 December 2024 Consultation paper QCA – Discussion paper on Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 1.29 Mb
20 December 2024 Consultant report Arcadis – West Moreton cost and technical review – redacted pdf, 1.47 Mb
20 December 2024 Other documents Arcadis – WMS Capacity Model xlsx, 45.84 Kb
Title Document
08 November 2024 Submission GrainCorp – QR 2025 DAU pdf, 139.37 Kb
08 November 2024 Submission Rail Operator Group – QR 2025 DAU pdf, 1.53 Mb
08 November 2024 Submission Yancoal – QR 2025 DAU – redacted pdf, 282.21 Kb
08 November 2024 Submission New Hope – QR 2025 DAU – redacted pdf, 299.09 Kb
08 November 2024 Submission QR – QR 2025 DAU – redacted pdf, 9.20 Mb
Title Document
23 August 2024 Notice QCA – Extension to deadline for collaborative submissions pdf, 121.62 Kb
29 July 2024 Notice QCA – Request for collaborative submissions 24 Sept pdf, 141.62 Kb
22 February 2024 Notice QCA – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU responsive submissions pdf, 140.74 Kb
13 November 2023 Notice QCA – Notice of investigation and time periods pdf, 152.39 Kb
Title Document
02 August 2024 Submission Queensland Rail – QR 2025 DAU draft decision – redacted pdf, 1.37 Mb
26 July 2024 Submission Aurizon Coal & Bulk – QR 2025 DAU draft decision pdf, 409.28 Kb
26 July 2024 Submission Rail Operator Group – QR 2025 DAU draft decision pdf, 501.52 Kb
23 July 2024 Submission MMG – QR 2025 DAU draft decision pdf, 364.71 Kb
23 July 2024 Submission New Hope – QR 2025 DAU draft decision pdf, 97.37 Kb
23 July 2024 Submission Pacific National – QR 2025 DAU draft decision pdf, 584.55 Kb
23 July 2024 Submission Yancoal – QR 2025 DAU draft decision – redacted pdf, 80.60 Kb
Title Document
06 June 2024 Draft report QCA – Draft decision on Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 1.80 Mb
06 June 2024 Consultant report Arcadis – Review of West Moreton system costs REDACTED pdf, 2.50 Mb
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18 March 2024 Submission Mount Isa Users response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 223.43 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission Glencore response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 166.35 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission New Hope Group response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 125.10 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission Pacific National response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 488.32 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission Rail Operators Group response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 322.24 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission Yancoal response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – redacted pdf, 197.35 Kb
14 March 2024 Submission Queensland Rail response – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – redacted pdf, 3.62 Mb
Title Document
16 February 2024 Submission GrainCorp – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 173.15 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission Aurizon Coal and Bulk – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 1.23 Mb
02 February 2024 Submission Aurizon Network – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 668.04 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission New Hope Group – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 543.69 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission North West Phosphate – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 259.34 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission Pacific National – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 752.73 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission Qube Logistics – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 149.85 Kb
02 February 2024 Submission Yancoal – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 599.58 Kb
01 February 2024 Submission Centrex – Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 1.19 Mb
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23 November 2023 Submission Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – Marked-up undertaking pdf, 1.73 Mb
23 November 2023 Submission Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – Marked-up standard access agreement pdf, 1.79 Mb
17 November 2023 Submission Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – Explanatory document and consultant reports (Redacted) pdf, 14.38 Mb
10 November 2023 Submission Queensland Rail 2025 DAU – clean undertaking pdf, 3.06 Mb
10 November 2023 Submission Queensland Rail – letter re 2025 DAU pdf, 4.31 Mb
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23 November 2023 Notice QCA – Topics for stakeholder comments on Queensland Rail 2025 DAU pdf, 172.81 Kb
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13 November 2023 Notice QCA – Statement of Regulatory Intent pdf, 295.74 Kb