>On 15 May 97 11:04:18 GMT, "Krel" <krel4203@netconnect.com.au> wrote:
>>So, we seem to have a private operator that is not private, making a profit
>>at the states expense running trains that are in the long run
>>unsustainable.
>>
>>Don't get me wrong - I love the old B and S classes and I firmly believe
>>that a train beats a bus any day. But, This is starting to look just a
>>little fishy.
>>
>>Comments anyone????
>Well, analysing the numbers, and taking inflation, increased fuel
>charges etc into account, it still suggests that its been somewhat
>cheaper, if not $13M+ cheaper, to let WCR run it than if PTC had
>continued to operate it.
>Clearly services which are "unsustainable" in terms of direct costs
>are not going to become *magically* sustainable just by changing the
>operator and not a great deal else.
>Cheers,
>Bill
>Bill Bolton billbolton@onaustralia.com.au
>Sydney, Australia
The running costs of just about all country passenger rail services in this
country are extremely high, on average about 33c per net passenger km,whilst
the revenue earned from the service ranges from about 6 c to 16 c per net
passenger km.
On this basis all country Rail passenger services should be shut down tomorrow.
Its interesting that the State with the lowest country Rail passenger costs is
NSW with costs of 17 c per net passenger km & revenue of 13 c whereas the
State with the worst is VIC with costs of 34 c per npk and revenue of 6 c
per npk.
The other states that run country passenget services (QLD & WA) are in
between these 2
.One could raise an argument here that the SRA,(countrylink)
should take over all country passenger services in the country.
The only rational explanation for the SRAs lower costs would be the XPT fleet
and its extremely high utilization .
cheers
Maurie Daly
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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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