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Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 10:23 pm
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PRESS RELEASE
28th May, 2003
OPENING OF ACACIA RIDGE ASSISTS COMPETITION IN RAIL
Freight Australia has warmly welcomed Queensland Rail’s decision to open the Acacia Ridge intermodal freight terminal in Brisbane to multiple users.
Freight Australia Chief Executive Marinus van Onselen hailed the decision as a crucial step for the rail industry in allowing it to compete with road for Australia’s freight transport task.
“For rail to significantly increase its market share over road, potential customers must have more than one rail operator to choose from”, Mr van Onselen said
“Opening up facilities like Acacia Ridge to multiple users invites the potential for real competition and better services from rail operators.”
The sale last year, of FreightCorp and NRC to Pacific National effectively handed over the vast majority of previously Government-owned standard gauge rolling stock, terminals and train paths to only one rail operator.
This decision has created a significant market distortion and has limited choice and competition.
QR’s forward thinking in its decision on Acacia Ridge will at least, in a small way, allow for the massive imbalance created by the Government sales process of FreightCorp and NRC to be redressed.
“Having a choice of rail operator substantially increases the likelihood of customers transferring from road to rail”
Mr van Onselen added “a month ago we commenced our daily Melbourne/Sydney overnight service and we are already seeing some transfer of freight from road to rail along that route.”
“This decision by QR will enable Freight Australia to progress our planning for the extension of our service from Melbourne and Sydney to Brisbane.”
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bevans
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:06 am
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| frankwozniak wrote: | | Freight Asutralia has done nothing for freight in NSW except for take freight from other operators as for shifting freight from road thats another joke most users move to road for the same reason they are there today congestion on the sydney rail network which can sometimes take a container train (as in my case today 7 hrs to move from one yard to another and load a train ). after this much time most trucks are almost in melbourne |
Frank, are you suggesting that the freight targetted by FA would come from other rail operators? Do you think that Pacific National may lose some of their customers in Sydney?
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:14 am
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| bevans wrote: | PRESS RELEASE
28th May, 2003
OPENING OF ACACIA RIDGE ASSISTS COMPETITION IN RAIL
Freight Australia has warmly welcomed Queensland Rail’s decision to open the Acacia Ridge intermodal freight terminal in Brisbane to multiple users.
Freight Australia Chief Executive Marinus van Onselen hailed the decision as a crucial step for the rail industry in allowing it to compete with road for Australia’s freight transport task.
“For rail to significantly increase its market share over road, potential customers must have more than one rail operator to choose from”, Mr van Onselen said
“Opening up facilities like Acacia Ridge to multiple users invites the potential for real competition and better services from rail operators.”
The sale last year, of FreightCorp and NRC to Pacific National effectively handed over the vast majority of previously Government-owned standard gauge rolling stock, terminals and train paths to only one rail operator.
This decision has created a significant market distortion and has limited choice and competition.
QR’s forward thinking in its decision on Acacia Ridge will at least, in a small way, allow for the massive imbalance created by the Government sales process of FreightCorp and NRC to be redressed.
“Having a choice of rail operator substantially increases the likelihood of customers transferring from road to rail”
Mr van Onselen added “a month ago we commenced our daily Melbourne/Sydney overnight service and we are already seeing some transfer of freight from road to rail along that route.”
“This decision by QR will enable Freight Australia to progress our planning for the extension of our service from Melbourne and Sydney to Brisbane.” |
Too bad due to the slow running time FA's two of the biggest customers, SCT and CRT would not use rail.
Hey?..whatever happen to my warning level?
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phar lap
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:17 am
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:42 am
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Frank, that's exactly the point of the press release. If PN see that FA can take over their contracts, they'll get off their lazy rear end and become more efficient. Actually do what the customer wants. And that can't possibly be harmful to the rail industry.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:45 am
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| frankwozniak wrote: | | Freight Asutralia has done nothing for freight in NSW except for take freight from other operators as for shifting freight from road thats another joke most users move to road for the same reason they are there today congestion on the sydney rail network which can sometimes take a container train (as in my case today 7 hrs to move from one yard to another and load a train ). after this much time most trucks are almost in melbourne |
Not true,
3 of the contracts were orginally truck contracts, not a big contract thou(by rail standard)
Hey?..whatever happen to my warning level?
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phar lap
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:35 pm
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:38 pm
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:41 pm
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| frankwozniak wrote: | its not about effeciencies FA cut corners dramatically undercut other operators by doing this
many crews are not properly trained therefore other operators have to either help them or get delayed by them
a train i was on the other day was delayed by a Fa train by over 3hrs now compound to all the other trains waiting for our wagons and also the other trains also directly delayed....
they are not improving effieciencies in the rail industry , at this stage i could think of many improvements to be made but they are all in management not the actual trains |
Again, not true,
FA employs quite a few ex-Freight Corp drivers, as well as people from all levels of Freight Corp or NRC, train delay could be various different reasons, just for the record, 2 weeks ago there was a FA train delay but signal box problem.
Hey?..whatever happen to my warning level?
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:44 pm
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:42 am
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Do you think Pacific National don't have late running trains and delay other operators? Once I was on the Overland and we got delayed several hours by a defective freight. They even delay passenger trains!
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
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phar lap
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 8:56 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:45 am
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You blame the company for that? Blame the driver who did it!
Are there ABSOLUTELY NO things like that happening in PN? EVER? Get real.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:26 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 5:33 pm
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Now PN would NEVER cut corners would they! They don't allow NRs to catch fire or steel trains to derail or anything like that! PN are the most perfect railway company in Australia, now that there's no VR! And FA are the very worst since the SRA was around!
I don't object to being told where I'm wrong, but you've told me (and EVERYONE else) several times now. Get something else to say.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
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