Update – Aurizon Intermodal Closure

Oct 11, 2017News

At time of writing, there are still around 50 Interstate employees, across NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Acacia Ridge, whom have not submitted an EOI that are covered by the Intermodal Rail Operations Enterprise Agreement. In an effort to mitigate the impact of Forced Redundancies when the Business closes, Aurizon are still accepting Expression of interest to various locations such as Newcastle and Quirindi Coal, as well as various locations across Queensland.

The RTBU has confirmed with the Company that one North-South (return) and one East-West (return) service will cease a week from the second week in October 2017:

The Perth-Adelaide-Melbourne service will cease operating effective from October 8 2017.
The Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne service will cease operating effective from October 9 2017.
The Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth service will cease operating effective from October 12 2017.
The Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane service will cease operating effective from October 13 2017.

At this time, Aurizon have advised that all remaining services will cease operating from late December.

Please note the Company has advised that:

The above plans may change depending on customer and operational requirements,
All Interstate employees who have expressed an interest in alternative NSW locations have had their applications closed out and if appropriate been provided written offers of redeployment with most have commencement dates of TBA.
In addition to all the NSW offers, approximately 6 job offers at this point have been made for SE Queensland depots to surplus Interstate employees.
Aurizon will continue to work through the remaining outstanding EOI’s that list alternative QLD locations over the coming weeks.

If you do not wish to continue with Aurizon Intermodal, you can still apply at Sydney Trains for Drivers Roles.

Applications close: 11:59pm (AEDT), Sunday 15 October 2017. For more information about these role, please contact Workforce Selection and Supply on 1300 305 855 and quote Reference Number: 00005ISX or apply via this link.

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