EDi Rail

Downer Rail is an Australian railway engineering company. As well as manufacturing and maintaining railway rolling stock it holds maintenance contracts to maintain rail infrastructure. It is a subsidiary of Downer EDi.

History
EDi Rail was formed in March 2001 following the purchase of Evans Deakin Industries by Downer Group to form Downer EDi. Evans Deakin operated the former Clyde Engineering plants at Kelso and Somerton and former Walkers Limited Maryborough plant. It had recently reopened the former Cardiff Locomotive Workshops to build CityRail M sets. In July 2007 it was renamed Downer Rail.

In 2008 Locomotive Demand Power was established as a subsidiary to lease locomotives. In November 2009 Downer Rail became a tram operator through its 50% shareholding in KDR Melbourne that operates the Yarra Trams franchise in Melbourne. In 2014 Downer Rail will commence operating the GoldLinQ light rail line on the Gold Coast again in a joint venture with Keolis.

Products
Downer Rail has manufactured items of rolling stock at its factories in Cardiff, Somerton, Maryborough and Port Augusta. As the licence holder for Electro-Motive Diesel products it has also been involved in the procurement and maintenance of over 150 American built EMD SD70 series locomotives for BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara operations.

Electric Multiple Units

 * Class 170, Class 377 and Class 387, collaborating with Bombardier Transportation

Locomotive leasing

 * Locomotive Demand Power is a subsidiary offering locomotives for lease. As at January 2014 thirteen standard gauge GT46s and six narrow gauge GT42s had been built at Cardiff and Maryborough respectively with nine of the former leased to Aurizon.

Light rail

 * 50% shareholding in KDR Melbourne joint venture with Keolis that has operated the Melbourne Tram Network since November 2009
 * 50% shareholding in KDR Gold Coast joint venture with Keolis that will commence operating the GoldLinQ light rail network in 2014

Infrastructure projects

 * Northern Sydney Freight Corridor building two loops north of Gosford

Maintenance contracts

 * Australian Rail Track Corporation contract to maintain 2,000 kilometres of track in New South Wales and Victoria
 * Leigh Creek line maintenance contract until 2017
 * 50% shareholding in a joint venture with Bombardier Transportation to maintain the A-series, B-series and Transwa Australind trains for the Public Transport Authority until June 2019