Re: [MEDIA] Alice-Darwin rail will hit truckies, says commentator

["Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au>]

Not really.  Mainly, the freight is either carried from Alice, but the
trucks/trailers do not travel on the train, or the trucks are run out of
Adeliade and Port Augusta if that is what the customer wants

Adam

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Peter Homann wrote:
> >
> > "An economic commentator says the Alice Springs trucking industry will
> > be unable to compete with the heavily-subsidised Alice Springs-Darwin
> > railway."
> >
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/port/regport-30mar2001-3.htm
> >
> > I presume that is as opposed to the heavily subsidised (through fuel
> > taxes) trucking industry?
>
> Most of the trucks on the road are carried by rail to Alice Springs
> anyway.
>
> Cheers
> David