>michael barr <michael.barr@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
>>What what will happen to this once great railway system now that it is
>>wide open to competition in the open market?
>One can only anticipate that as there is no longer any restrictions
>upon pricing of haulage, FreightCorp is in a better position to become
>more competetive.
>The freight side of State Rail had been politically hampered for many
>years in being competetive. Pricing structures were set at a level to
>allow for greater ease by road hauliers to win haulage contracts.
>Since these restrictions were removed on July 1, 1996, FreightCorp is
>now in a position to be truly competetive and to set their own
>pricing. They can now submit a coal haulage tender to a colliary for
>example, at fixed or flexible rates negotiated between the two parties
>for any set period of time.
What is your view of the impact on the FreightCorp pricing strategy of
its need to negotiate with Rail Access for infrastructure access?
>There has been increased activity within the operation recently such
>as an additional `speed freight' to Blainey, more oil supplies going
>west by rail, and so on. This was not possible previously as past
>governments actively encoured more road transport.