Re: Rail Safety Act in ACT

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:00:07 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
Bromage) wrote:

>Maurie Daly (mauried@tpg.com.au) wrote:
>> The last thing on the planet we need is for the ACT Govt to take over
>> the line.
>> This would mean an ACT Rail Safety Act,
>
>There isn't one at the moment. If the ACT does own the line, there is no
>leglislation covering it.
>
>> and a ACT Dept to administer the Act,
>
>Presumably it would come under Urban Services.
>
>> an ACT rail accreditation authority to accredite Rail
>> operators to run on the track and an ACT Rail access regime to allow
>> third party access to the track.
>
>One option might be to make Joppa Jcn - Canberra part of ARTC, given that
>it is technically an interstate route, and remove the prohibition on NR
>operating to Canberra.
>
>Cheers
>David

Would make sense and is therefore the least likely outcome.
The only reason the ACT Govt would want to own the line is that they
think that they can make money out of it by charging users.
Whats the situation with the ownership of Kingston station?

MD