Transurban is a road operator company that manages and develops urban

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networks in

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and the

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. It is listed on the

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(ASX). Transurban is the full owner of

CityLink CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Australia, linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other works. In 1996, Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two ex ...

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, which connects three of the city's major freeways. When Transurban was founded in March 1996, it was only limited to the operation of CityLink, under a 'single purpose' restriction. However, in September 2001, an agreement was reached with the

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on a corporate restructure to allow the Transurban to undertake other activities outside of CityLink and pursue new business. Since then, Transurban has grown and currently has stakes in six tolled motorways in

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and six tolled motorways in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

. Linkt is Transurban's e-TAG toll brand and can be used in all toll roads in Australia. In the United States, Transurban has ownership interests in the 495 Express Lanes on a section of the Capital Beltway around

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. It also has an interest in the connecting 95 Express Lanes project on

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. In Canada, Transurban holds an interest in the A25 Motorway. Transurban was included on the

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(DJSI) World List from 2006 to 2010 and on the DJSI Asia Pacific List from 2011 to 2015.

Roads and projects

Transurban has an interest in 16 urban motorways in Australia, Canada and the United States.

Australia

Melbourne

(100% shareholder and manager) The CityLink contract was awarded in 1995 by the Victorian Government to a consortium of Australia's

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and Japan's

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, named Transubran Consortium. Transurban was formed on 14 March 1996 to operate the CityLink contract and collect tolls.

Sydney

M2 Hills Motorway The Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a tollway in north-western Sydney, Australia, owned by toll road operator Transurban. It forms majority of Sydney's M2 route and part of the 110 km Sy ...

(100% shareholder and manager) * Lane Cove Tunnel (100% shareholder and manager) *

Eastern Distributor The Eastern Distributor is a motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1, the motorway links the Sydney central business district with Sydney Airport. The centre-piece is a tunnel running from Woolloomooloo to Surry H ...

(75.1% shareholder and manager) * M5 South-West (100% shareholder and manager) *

Westlink M7 The Westlink M7 or M7 Motorway, formerly Western Sydney Orbital, is a tolled urban motorway in Sydney and is a part of the Sydney Orbital Network. Owned by the NorthWestern Roads (NWR) Group, it connects three motorways: M5 South-West Motorwa ...

(50% shareholder) *

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(100% shareholder and manager) *

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(50% shareholder and manager) ** New M4 and M4 East ** M5 East ** M8 Motorway * NorthConnex (50% shareholder) Transurban first entered the Sydney market by owning 40% of WSO Co. Pty Limited, which in February 2003, entered into a concession to operate the Westlink M7. Between 2004 and 2005, Transurban fully acquired Hills Motorway Group (M2 Hills Motorway) from various shareholders including

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and Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG). In April 2007, Transurban acquired Sydney Roads Group from MIG which included the ownership of Interlink Roads (M5 South West, 50%), StateWide Roads (

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, 50.6%) and Airport Motorway Limited (Eastern Distributor, 71.35%). Transurban increased its shareholding in M7 to 50% between 2006 and August 2008. Transurban acquired the Lane Cove Tunnel from

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in May 2010 and Cross City Tunnel in June 2014. Since then, Transurban increased its shareholding in Eastern Distributor and fully acquired Interlink Roads/M5 South West.

Queensland

Transurban has a 62.5% share in Transurban Queensland, which operates the Queensland toll road network. The other 37.5% stake in the Transurban Queensland consortium is divided between

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(25.0%) and Tawreed Investments (12.5%). The consortium was set up in 2014 to acquire

Queensland Motorways Queensland Motorways was the company that managed the 70-kilometre-long Linkt (formerly ''go via'') network of tolled roads in Brisbane which includes the: Clem Jones Tunnel (CLEM7), Go Between Bridge, Gateway Motorway (including Sir Leo Hielsche ...

, which operated the

Gateway Motorway The Gateway Motorway (M2 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major tolled motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which includes the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (former Gateway Bridge). The motorway is operated by toll road oper ...

Logan Motorway The M2/M6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Down ...

Go Between Bridge The Go Between Bridge, formerly known as the Hale Street Link, is a toll bridge for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists over the Brisbane River in inner-city Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Merivale and Cordelia Streets in ...

Clem Jones Tunnel The M7 Clem Jones Tunnel (CLEM7), known during its development as the North-South Bypass Tunnel (NSBT), is a A$3.2 billion motorway grade toll road under the Brisbane River, between Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills in Brisbane, Queensland. ...

(CLEM7) and the then under-construction

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. It also inherited the ''go via'' tolling system used by Queensland Motorways, which has since been rebranded to Linkt in May 2018. In November 2015, Transurban Queensland announced the acquisition of BrisConnections and AirportlinkM7, which had been in voluntary administration since February 2013. The acquisition was finalised in April 2016. Within Brisbane (which excludes the Toowoomba Bypass), the Transurban Queensland network (previously go via network) consists of of toll roads. The Transurban Queensland network now comprises: *

(including

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) *

* Airport Link * Inner City Bypass (operation and maintenance only, road remains toll-free) * Toowoomba Bypass (tolls only)

Canada

Quebec

* A25 Motorway (100% shareholder and manager)

United States

Virginia

* 495 Express Lanes – HOT Lanes in

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(100% shareholder and manager) * 95 Express Lanes – HOT lanes in

(100% shareholder and manager)

References

External links

Official website
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