Re: QR going national?

["Peter Dwyer" <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au>]

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> > I imagine that
> > they would be absolutely delighted with the opportunity to set up their
> > own rail operations for their coal mines in Qld.  However I suspect that
> > their mining lease agreements with the state govt prevents it, granting
> > QR a monopoly.
>
> I'm not sure about this, because if you read the Network Access policies,
> those mines are quite welcome to set up their own operations, and in fact
> the rules governing their access state that QR's control centres have to
> guarantee them equal access regardless of who they are... a fact which is
> sort of overlooked by some of the southern fanatics who have been posting
> disparaging remarks about the fairness of QR's operation. There really
isn't
> anything stopping them apart from fierce competition.

There is a coal moratorium effective until(throughout?) 2000.

All other traffic is up for competition (providing they can fulfil the
requirements).
One of the requirements I believe is (or was) that you must already be an
accredited railway operator.