Re: Rail privatizations.

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

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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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If we are talking here about FAs log traffic from Hume to Pt kembla
,its currently 2 trains per week ,(I would hardly call that large
amounts) ,and the line was never closed .
There is no doubt that some private operators will claim back some of
roads share , but its tiny .
On the eastern coast road has 80% of the total market with rail having
20% and its been that way for the last 25 years.
The creation of NRC was supposed to change all this ,but nothing
happened.

MD