Re: QR restructure coming?

[Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:22:40 +1100, Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Maurie Daly wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 02:01:32 +1100, "James C."
> >> <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Sounds like there doing what everyone else has done.
> >> >>
> >> >> I hope that they get it right unlike their southern counterparts who have
> >> >> stuffed everything completely, and have now needed an inquiry to recommend
> >> >it
> >> >> all goes back together.
> >> >
> >> >Just hope what ever they do DO NOT PRIVATISE QR
> >> >
> >> >The system works fine and earns big $ without privatisation.
> >> >
> >> >Cheers
> >> >James
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> The system doesnt work fine at all.
> >> Queesland Rail is a Govt owned monopoly which earns 70% of all its
> >> revenue from the carriage of coal.
> >
> >Are you arguing that QR be split up into several  coal carring companies, a general freight company, several
> >passenger companies and of course the mandatory track access company all competing against each other while the
> >Road Transport industry is laughing all the way to the bank.
> >
>
> No , Im simply stating that coal companies in Queensland shouldnt be
> forced to use QR simply because noone else is allowed to haul coal.
> If QR are a efficient coal carrier as they claim they are , then they
> should not fear competition from other rail operators .
> To achieve this requires an independant and more importantly NCC
> certified track access regime which the Qld Govt and QR have refused
> to have anything to do with.
>

Why should they.  The Queensland government are only protecting their investment.  Remember, the Queensland
government has spent more on railways in the last 5 years than the Rest of Australia combined, with their open
access policies  which have been the recipe for decreased rail spending as governments get out of the industry.

>
> MD

For most operators if their not using 2nd hand QR equipment, they will have to purchase/lease new rolling stock due
to loading gauge/axle loadings. Which is INMO the biggest impediment to third party access.  Having running rights
is one thing, having the rolling stock is another.