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Encyclopedia > Tranz Scenic
Toll NZ (Toll Consolidated)
Type Public
Founded As a business - 2003
As a public company - 2003
Location Auckland, New Zealand
Key people David Jackson, CEO
Austen D Perrin, Chairman
Industry Transport
Products Toll Rail
Toll Tranz Link
Tranz Scenic
Tranz Metro
Hillside Engineering
Revenue $700 million NZD
( image:green up.png$41.4 (FY 2005)
Employees 4,545 (2005)
Website http://www.tollnz.co.nz

Toll NZ, properly Toll Consolidated NZ Ltd (NZX: TRH), is New Zealand's largest transport company in terms of annual revenue and size. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand. It has operations on road, rail, at sea and in the air. Its parent company is large Australian company Toll Holdings. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... David Jackson (?? - July 13, 2001) was the life partner of poet James Merrill (1926-1995). ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ... Tranz Metro is the commuter rail system of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... A New Zealand $100 polymer banknote, replacement of the old paper notes. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... A fiscal year or financial year is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial reports in businesses and other organizations. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is the successor to many decades of a New Zealand stock exchange run as a non-profit body. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up air in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Toll Holdings is Australias largest transport company, with units or divisions in trucking, rail, sea and air transport. ...


For the fiscal year ending November, 2005, Toll NZ reported net income of NZ$41.4 million on NZ$678 million of sales revenue. Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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History

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toll Holdings is Australias largest transport company, with units or divisions in trucking, rail, sea and air transport. ... Toll NZ Limited (Tranz Rail Holdings Limited until May 2004) is the parent company of New Zealands principal railways operator. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TasRail, formerly a subsidiary of the Australian Government owned Australian National Railways (ANR), operates the Tasmanian rail system which links all major ports and cities of Tasmania. ... Toll Holdings is Australias largest transport company, with units or divisions in trucking, rail, sea and air transport. ... NR Locomotive Pacific National is one of Australias largest private rail freight businesses. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC), trading as ONTRACK, is a State-Owned Enterprise charged with owning and maintaining New Zealands rail infrastructure. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Operations

Toll Rail

Main article: Toll Rail

Toll Rail is the only long-haul railway operator in New Zealand. It is the main trading division of Toll NZ. Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ...

  • Freight is carried throughout both the North and South Islands using a network of over 30 freight branches and rail classification yards.
  • Fleet comprises of over 170 locomotives, 4,000 wagons and 2,748 containers.
  • Toll Rail operates on track owned by the New Zealand Railways Corporation.

North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... The South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... The New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC), trading as ONTRACK, is a State-Owned Enterprise charged with owning and maintaining New Zealands rail infrastructure. ...

Toll Tranz Link

Main article: Toll Tranz Link

Toll Tranz Link is the trucking arm of Toll NZ. It is headquarted in Onehunga, Auckland. The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer prepares to offload Skoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For further uses of the word truck, see Truck (disambiguation). ... Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. ...

  • Fleet comprises over 400 trucks, 1,000 tralier units (both owned by the company and owner-operated).
  • Operates a large refrigerated operation. Currently in talks to be purchased by Halls Refrigerated Transport Limited.[1]
  • Works closely with other operators to share fleets.
  • Most of its trucks are operated by owner drivers.

Refrigeration (from the Latin frigus, frost) is generally the cooling of a body by the transfer of a portion of its heat away from it. ...

Toll Shipping

Toll Shipping's Cook Strait ferry Arahura in the Marlborough Sounds.
Toll Shipping's Cook Strait ferry Arahura in the Marlborough Sounds.

Toll Shipping (branded as The Interisland Line) offers daily ferry services across Cook Strait, providing a vital transport link between the North and South Islands for passengers and their vehicles, commercial vehicles and rail freight. The fleet of Toll Shipping consists of: The Cook Strait ferry Arahura plying the waters of the Marlborough Sounds. ... The Cook Strait ferry Arahura plying the waters of the Marlborough Sounds. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ... A view of from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington - Cook Strait stretches to the right (west). ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... The South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... A passenger is a person using but not operating an airplane, train, bus or other mode of transport. ... Commerce is the trading of something of value between two entities. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ...

MV Challenger (marketed as Kaitaki) is the largest inter-island ferry in service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. ... MV Challenger (marketed as Kaitaki) is the largest inter-island ferry in service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. ...

Tranz Metro

Main article: Tranz Metro

Tranz Metro is the urban commuter rail operator in the Wellington region of the lower North Island. Tranz Metro is the commuter rail system of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Tranz Metro is the commuter rail system of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of man-made structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second-largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...


The Tranz Metro fleet comprises 124 suburban electric units and 15 Wairarapa carriages.

  • Units operate from Johnsonville, Paraparaumu, Melling and Upper Hutt to Wellington.
  • Wairarapa carriage trains operate between Wellington and Masterton.

Corporate governance

Executive Board Management
Mark Rowsthorn Chairman
David Jackson CEO
Austen D Perrin CFO
Rodger D Armstrong Director
John J Loughlin Director
Executive Management
Gary Taylor General Manager, Toll Rail
Gregory Miller General Manager, Toll Tranzlink
Paul Garaty General Manager, Toll Shipping
Ross Hayward National Manager, Tranz Scenic
Sue Foley General Manager, Corporate Affairs

A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... David Jackson (?? - July 13, 2001) was the life partner of poet James Merrill (1926-1995). ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... CFO is usually short for Chief Financial Officer, but may also mean: Carrier frequency offset Ceramic fiber optics Chief Fire Officer Chief of Flight Operations Conselho Federal de Odontologia (cfo. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ... Toll NZ (NYSE: TOLL) is an Auckland, New Zealand-based transport company formed after the part-privatisation of the New Zealand Railways. ... Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968) is a Canadian blues singer/guitarist. ...

External links

Toll NZ corporate web sites

  • Toll New Zealand
  • Toll Rail
  • Toll Tranz Link
  • Tranz Scenic
  • Tranz Metro
  • Hillside Engineering

Toll NZ contractors

  • Ontrac
  • Alstom
  • Transfield Services

Articles supporting or explaining Toll NZ


  Results from FactBites:
 
Tranz Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (308 words)
Tranz Rail, properly Tranz Rail Holdings Limited, was the name of the main rail operator in New Zealand until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003.
Tranz Rail, in partnership with Wisconsin Central as the Australian Transport Network Limited, invested in Tasmanian rail operator TasRail in 1997.
Tranz Rail won the Roger Award for The Worst Transnational Corporation operating in New Zealand on three occasions and was the first corporation inducted into the "hall of shame".
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