Re: Wodonga gets boost in railway move deal

["Rod[comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

Maurie,
Brack's does not seem to believe F/A has ANY rights to the BG network, apart
from the right to pay acess charges.
Freight Australia, thought they had recieved sole access rights from the
Kennett Government, as part of the purchase price.
ALP legal advice is that Bracks can let ATN in, without compensating F/A.
If this still stands, F/A will not want the North East converted at all. B/G
is the only thing keeping ATN out of most of Victoria. The threat of ATN
operating a BG train in Victoria, is still keeping charges down. It is
interesting to note, that converting the BG in NE Victoria, will almost
certainly mean the rest of the State must follow, quickly. Apart from the
wharves, a lot of stuff still comes / goes to Geelong.
Rod

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:11:41 +1100, david
> <david@gwmail.nmit.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> >Will that affect FA's contract at all - they seem to be loosing lines and
> >thus their use of those lines.
> >
> >Regards,
> >David Head
>
>
> I cant see why or how FA will lose out of this.
> Whilst they hold a current lease over the BG network the lessor , ie
> Victrak cant do anything without their consent , or without paying
> compensation.
> Thats one reason why leases exist , to provide certainty for both
> parties.
> If I were FA though , I would support the conversion of BG lines to SG
> on the condition that Victrak meet all directly attributable costs,
> which would include FAs costs in guage conversion of its rollingstock.
> This would also include Victrak paying FAs track access charges where
> it now has to run over ARTC tracks where in the past it ran over its
> own.
> This would be the case if the BG line beyond Seymour was closed and
> all traffic ran on the SG track.
>
> MD
> >