Re: QR going national?

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <0vkE3.16148$1E2.118397@ozemail.com.au> "Peter Cook" <glt0145@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>From: "Peter Cook" <glt0145@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Re: QR going national?
>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:39:56 +1000

>It's not that QR won't let competition in it's just that no-one does it
>better in the sunshine state than QR. we run the best Heavy Haul service
>(Coal), Long distance Passenger trains and Intermodal transport operation.
>To continue to supply these services we have to grow. But i would like to
>see expansion into the mining industry.

>--
>glt0145@ozemail.com.au
>Peter Cook

Sorry , QR will not let anyone in.
Whilst they have a track access unit, no-one sofar has been granted any track 
access on the NG track,and plenty have tried.
In the case of the coal traffic their rates are as high as NSWs , around 5c 
/ntk and they have no effective access regime registered with the NCC, 
something that all States that are signatories to the Hilmer competition 
reforms are supposed to do.
Have a look at the PCs inquiry into the black coal 
industry in Australia and you will see that QRs charges, and NSWs for that 
matter are around 2 to 3 times higher than worlds best practice and 5 times 
higher than the private iron ore railways.
Natural monopolies dont benefit anyone , except maybe the regime that promotes 
them.

MD