Re: Rail vs. Road Timing?

["Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@chariot.net.au>]

But, would it be fair to say that higher fuel costs will raise road freight
costs simply because fuel is a larger cost component for a truck?

Tali
Maurie Daly <mdaly@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
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> In article <8abt1o$5s0$1@nnrp1.deja.com> james_ccj@my-deja.com writes:
> >From: james_ccj@my-deja.com
> >Subject: Re: Rail vs. Road Timing?
> >Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:30:15 GMT
>
>
> >> Yes its quite possible that where FA is running over their own
> >lines , ie
> >> where they dont have to pay track access charges you could get really
> >low
> >> rates.
> >> Freightcorp in SA on the Leigh Creek line are acheiving rates of just
> >$3 per
> >> tonne for coal from leigh creek to Pt Augusta.
> >> This works out at around 1.2 c /ntk ,much less than trucks and much
> >less than
> >> the rest of the Govt run railways , including Freightcorp in NSW.
> >>
> >> MD
> >The rates might be cheaper then trucks but what about running time and
> >puntuation for rail freight versus truckers??
>
>
> As there arnt any trucks carrying coal from Leigh Creek to Pt Augusta its
hard
> to make any comparison between road and rail.
> Just about everywhere else truck running times are far less than
rail,mainly
> due to much better roads and pretty well a guarantee that you wont get
stopped
> along the way.
> Unless a highway is closed due to an accident then trucks simply dont
stop.
> Trains can get put away to cross other trains on a regular basis , and
this is
> quite often totally out of the hands of the train operator.
> Its amazing how often on time freight trains are put away at Yass Junction
to
> allow a late running XPT to catch up time.
>
> MD
>