Re: Rail privatizations.

["Ross \(Goldie\) Goldspink" <goldicom@powerup.com.au>]

And the truckies are lobbying the Govt about bankruptcies amongst small
operators,

Goldie


"Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:12:37 +1000, "William Miller"
> > <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> > ATN in TAS is the only example of rail winning back road freight that
> > I know of and I left it out of the argument as its not mainland.
> > The bottom line is that on the mainland ,rail cant win back much from
> > road whilst road doesnt have to pay mass distance charges and rail
> > does.
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> > I would love to see some signs of rail winning back freight from road
> > , but if it is , its miniscule .
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> As William said, what about Freight Australia's effort with log traffic?!
> The have actually RE-OPENED a formerly closed line and started winning
back
> very large amounts of log traffic off road!! They also have plans to
re-open
> another closed stretch of line for the same purpose!
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> I think that, rather than decreasing, smart private companies are actually
> increasing the share of rail freight, as is in their best interests.
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> Sam
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