Re: GONINAN and Freight Victoria.

["Brian Evans" <evansb@melbourne.btap.bt.com>]

This is great news for Goninan and Bendigo.

Regards,
Brian

Simon <simon@hitech.net.au> wrote in message
372E81B2.2102@hitech.net.au">news:372E81B2.2102@hitech.net.au...
>The Bendigo Advertiser Web site May 3 (http://www.bendigoaddy.com.au/
>updated daily)
>
>"Shock rail deal
>
>GONINAN has won the right to maintain and service Freight Victoria's 107
>locomotives in a shock new deal. The move is expected to shore up job
>security at Goninan's Bendigo railway workshops and strengthen its work
>prospects. The company will formally announce the development to the
>Australia Stock Exchange this morning. Freight Victoria officially took
>over V/Line Freight at the weekend. Industry sources said yesterday
>Goninan had hammered out a new maintenance deal with Freight Victoria
>after its initial links with the consortium seemed lost when Freight
>Victoria received an overseas offer for maintenance work."
>
>A more extended article was in the newspaper.