Re: Freight unlikely on Cowra-Blayney line

[Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

David Bromage wrote:

> Greg Rudd (grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au) wrote:
> > David Bromage wrote:
> > > Carl Scully appears to have ruled out allowing FreightCorp to carry
> > > freight on an upgraded Cowra-Blayney rail line.
> > >
> > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/orange/monthly/regor-23aug2000-5.htm
>
> > Remember its a non core business activity for the aggressive, customer
> > focused soon to become  investor owned Freightcorp.
>
> Opening new markets is a non-core business? Has anybody told QR or FA?
>
> One could argue that Leigh Creek is a non-core business activity as it's
> outside NSW.

Freightcorp are only really interested in hauling bulk commodities where there is
no competition from road transport such as high tonnage coal and wheat.  Leigh
Creek is an example of Freightcorp competing against another operator in another
state in one of Freightcorps core business activities ie heavy coal haulage.
While at the same time neglecting the general freight market in it own state and
loosing key traffic to other operators i.e. NR, Austrac and road transport.