Re: QR going national?

["Peter Cook" <glt0145@ozemail.com.au>]

Maruei you are working with figures that are out of date by five years get
the real figures.
coal is currently under 4 cents per NTK of which 1.5 cents is a govenment
coal levy.

This is very close to worlds best price.
Source inside information.

Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in message
mauried.159.37E22848@commslab.gov.au">news:mauried.159.37E22848@commslab.gov.au...
> In article <37E06485.2BC029B3@omni.com.au> David Bromage
<dbromage@omni.com.au> writes:
> >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:31:50 +1000
> >From: David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>
> >Subject: Re: QR going national?
>
> >Michael Walker wrote:
> >> I would be a tad surprised. The real money in rail is in freight
>
> >But QR does make a profit out of its coastal passenger services and the
> >Kuranda train. I think the Gulflander also makes an operating profit if
> >you ignore the cost of maintaining the isolated track.
>
> >Cheers
> >David
>
>
> Dream on David.
> No Govt operators in Australia have ever made profit out of their rail
> services unless they do so by levying monopoly rents.
>
> Here are some costs / revenues for QR
>
> Urban Passenger
> 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
> Pass revenue $1.05 $1.14 $1.21 $1.26 $1.38 Units are $ per passenger
> Pass costs $2.99 $3.15 $3.53 $4.51 $4.86
>
> Country Pass
> Pass revenue 7.4 6.76 11.46 11.68 13.72
> Pass costs 23.76 25.78 30.68 30.75 33.40 Units are c per pass/km
>
> Freight
> Revenue 4.77 4.97 4.72 4.91 4.87
> Costs 4.34 4.20 3.94 4.40 4.29 Units are c per ntk.
>
>
> Source BTCE information paper No 40.
> Analysis of the Rail Deficit.
>
> Qrs freight operation makes a slight profit , but only because of the
monopoly
> rents on the coal traffic.
> Freight revenues of near the 5 c/ntk are simply not a competitive rate .
> B doubles get 3.5 to 4 c/ntk.
> Even NRC gets 2.5 c/ntk.
>
> Given all this though QRs operation is one of the better ones.
> Westrail and the old AN are marginally better with NSW last.
>
> cheers
> MD
>