Bowmans Rail
Bowmans Rail is an Australian railway operator hauling freight in South Australia.
Established in 2003 as Bowmans Intermodal by hay processor and exporter Balco Australia and logistics operator Patrick Corporation at Bowmans, South Australia, in 2012 Toll Holdings and Alliance Grain Traders-owned AGT Foods Australia bought into the joint venture. The company adopted its current name in 2016, when it transported over 36,000 containers annually.
The company operates freight services from Bowmans and Port Pirie to Port Adelaide; conveying lead, hay, grain, pulses, seed, wine and pork bellies, as well as the importation of fish bait. Since 2016 the company has transported mineral sands for Cristal Mining between Broken Hill and Port Adelaide, and in 2017 intended to commence an Adelaide to Leigh Creek intermodal service for the mining and petroleum industries.
Bowmans Rail opened a new intermodal terminal near Port Augusta in March 2018. The site was adjacent to the Bungala Solar Power Project which was under construction, and would receive solar panels and other construction material by rail to reduce the number of trucks accessing the site via unsealed roads. The new terminal is on the former Leigh Creek railway line and is expected to handle 2000 containers per year.
Rolling stock for Bowmans Rail services has been leased from Southern Shorthaul Railroad, Patrick Portlink, Pacific National and CFCL Australia.
