RTS Rail Operations
Rail Operations Services and Personnel
One of Australia’s largest providers of Train Crew and specialist rail personnel, RTS Rail Operations delivers flexible, cost-effective and sustainable workforce solutions.
Train Operations
- Heavy haul, bulk and intermodal personnel and crews
- Roster planning and management
- Workforce planning
- Work practice reviews
- Certificate IV in Train Driving qualified personnel
Terminal Operations
- Full or partial terminal operations (loading, unloading, shunting, inspections, repair, etc)
- Terminal staffing
- Provisioning and ancillary services
- Departure planning and compliance
- Locomotive set up and services (multi-coupling, distributive power, breaking configurations, etc)
- Unloading services
Managed Services
- Full end-to-end operational management
- Pre-feasibility planning support
- Planning, resourcing, coordination and operation of client rail assets
Recruitment Services
- Customised Recruitment: End-to-end hiring support, including sourcing and onboarding.
- National Reach: Access to skilled professionals across Australia.
- Safety Focus: Rigorous pre-employment checks and training.
- Flexible Staffing: Permanent, temporary, and contract options.
Workforce Services – Operations
Over the past 5 years, Railtrain has become the market leaders in the supply of labour solutions for Rail Operations.
As Australia’s largest labour provider of Train Crew, Railtrain has been at the forefront of the industry in the development of bespoke service offerings allowing our clients to maximise labour utilisation and efficiency through embedded flexible workforces.
With Internal RTO Capacity, Railtrain is able to work alongside clients to understand workforce requirements and tailor development programs in order to build workforce capability from the ground up.
In recent years, Railtrain has developed client solutions such as Driver Assistant and Second Person development programs, supplementing train crew across the East Coast. These solutions allow Rail Operators to extract maximum value from Fully Qualified Personnel.
Our Street to Seat Driver Development programs are delivered Australia-wide, creating fully qualified Certificate IV drivers for clients across the mining, intermodal, and coal/bulk industries.
With dedicated focus on the Rail Industry, we are able to devote our time to understanding client pain points and developing sustainable, cost effective solutions to cost and productivity improvements.
Railtrain are industry experts in rail recruitment and we have the reputation of being able to find the right people with the required skills and experience. We seek to attract and retain the very best people in the industry producing results which exceed our client’s expectations.
Railtrain specialise in the provision of workforce solutions including
- Train Drivers
- Shunters
- Driver Assistants (DA)
- Roll By Operators
- Provisioning Support
- Terminal Services Support
- Wagon Maintainers
- Maintenance Service Operators
- Yard Controllers
Resourcing and mobilising high quality, specialised rail workforces to meet client project plans in short lead times has established Railtrain as the labour partner of choice for Australia’s Rail Operators.
Managed Services – Operations
Railtrain also offers fully managed crew and operational workforce solutions for clients seeking a more integrated approach. These services go beyond labour provision to include workforce planning, recruitment, and management, along with key operational functions such as:
- Training and ongoing competency management
- Rostering and fatigue management
- Payroll and administration
- Safety and compliance monitoring
- Supervision and performance oversight
Our Managed Services model enables clients to streamline operations by consolidating labour, training, planning, and management under a single provider. Drawing on our national footprint and experienced team, we are well positioned to deliver tailored solutions that align with client-specific operational and safety standards. Managed Services can be delivered as a stand-alone solution or integrated with existing site or organisational structures.
Integrated Rail Services
Railtrain offers fully or partially integrated rail services by combining below-rail capabilities—including asset management, inspection, and maintenance of private yards, sidings, and terminals—with above-rail solutions such as train operations, work train services, terminal operations, and provisioning.
Railtrain delivers flexible, efficient, and—most importantly—safe solutions to the rail industry. Through our division RMC Rail Services, we provide end-to-end delivery across civil, track, signalling, and track protection services, supporting both passenger and freight networks nationwide.
Train Operations
- With experience and capability in heavy haul, bulk and intermodal, Railtrain is capable of providing train operations capability for seasonal demand or short term spot tonnes
- Our experience in planning and rostering to meet fatigue guidelines, train pathing knowledge that will assist in a total managed service providing flexibility to meet our customer demands
- Railtrain can manage all logistics including vehicle transport, accommodation, flights and competency requirements
- Partnering with clients to remove inefficiencies in work practices, restrictive rostering guidelines to assist with a more efficient and productive operation
- All Railtrain Train Crew are upskilled to the latest Cert IV in Train Driving prior to starting on any client site to insure all legal competency requirements are met
Work Trains
- Our experience in Work Trains can provide complete services per
shift, corridor or dedicated origin destination workings - Railtrain can construct operating procedures for locomotive start up, operation and ongoing re accreditation to insure compliance in line with the construction work plan as required by the client
- Ability to develop specialist drivers accredited on multiple routes and safeworking accreditation to allow efficient execution of work trains without limitation.
- Coupled with our Rail Infrastructure teams, we are also well placed to offer unloading services for Rail, Ballast and Sleeper unloading
Terminal Operations
- Whether Intermodal or Bulk commodities Railtrain are able to provide full or partial terminal operations services including loading, unloading and shunting. The train could be relieved on arrival with Railtrain competent crews to fulfil tasks such as terminal driving, unloading commodities and provisioned to set up for departure to be handed back to client to complete main line driving task
- Railtrain has the ability to supply experienced terminal staff that can complete intermodal loading/unloading tasks and prepare trains for departure providing shunting and wagon inspection and repair
- Provisioning and ancillary
- Above rail services including the provisioning of fuel, sand and water to keep your trains moving can be tailor made to meet your operational requirements.
- Setting up all trains for departure by making up trains, completing departure checks, set up of all locomotive requirements such as multi coupling, distributive power and ECP braking configurations
Supply Chain Solutions:
- Partner with commodity producers during pre–feasibility to develop alternative supply chain solutions including fully self-managed Planning, Coordination and Operation of client rail assets to deliver smarter supply chain solutions
- Full end to end operational management
