Sponsor Profile

Downer is the leading rail business in Australia, with expertise in delivering whole-of-life asset management support to our customers.

We have over 155 years’ rail experience delivering innovative transport solutions.

Today, we leverage our capabilities to offer rollingstock, infrastructure, rail systems, operation and maintenance, system integration, engineering innovations and digital and data solutions.

We design, build and maintain trains across Australia with some of our flagship passenger and freight projects including:

• Design, manufacture and maintain 65 new six-car passenger trains as part of Queensland Train Manufacturing Program, which are required to meet the transport demands for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games and to support population growth.
• Design, manufacture and maintain 119 Waratah trains in NSW – Australia’s largest passenger fleet servicing Australia’s largest passenger network.
• Design, manufacture and maintain 70 High Capacity Metro Trains in Victoria – a step change in public transport offering 20 per cent more capacity than other fleets and designed with customer-centered stakeholder engagement.
• Design and develop the world’s most energy efficient battery electric locomotive.
• Manufacture over 1,000 rail cars and nearly 1,000 locomotives from our Maryborough, Queensland site.

Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Through The Downer Difference, we live our values every day: we own our outcomes, we do it for our customers, and we stand for each other. By prioritising safety and reliability in everything we deliver, we not only look after our people and customers – we enable communities to thrive.