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CRC Workshop

p 2009

State of Rail in Australia

Bryan Nye
Chief Executive Officer

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History
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¾ 1850-1900 Pioneering
¾ 1901 Lost Opportunity
( Federalism )

¾ 1900-1960 Glory Days


¾ 1960-1996 Lost Opportunity
¾ 2000 Renaissance

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Seven Kingdoms
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¾ Federated History
– 22 gauges, now there are 9

¾ Standard – NSW, Inter Capital


(WA, SA, VIC)
¾ Broad – VIC, SA
¾ Narrow – QLD, WA
¾ 22 Communications Networks

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Rail Industry:
y Size

¾ Labour force: 44,210 people(+9.5%)


people( 9.5%)
– +70,000 working in industries supporting rail

¾ Investment Commitments:
– Rolling stock and track $36
$ BN

¾ Track: 44
44,262
262 km

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Track Ownership
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Private Rail (BHP, Rio Tinto, FMG) 7,000 km


QR 9,521 km
RailCorp 1,700 km
WestNet Rail 6,622 km
ARTC (pre ARTC/NSW lease) 10,000 km
Sugar Cane Railways 4,150 km
Vi T k
VicTrack 3 676 kkm
3,676
Asia Pacific Rail 2,251 km

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Passenger
g Operators
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¾ Rail Corp (NSW) ¾ Queensland Rail


¾ Connex /MTR(Vic franchise) ¾ V/Line
¾ Yarra Trams/KDR (Vic franchise) ¾ Great Southern Railway
(GSR)
¾ TransAdelaide
¾ Veolia Transport Sydney
¾ WA Public Transport Authority

Urban Passenger
g Rail 724.7million jjourneys
y
(47.6 million increase 7%)
Non-Urban Passenger Rail 13.38 million journeys
((19.2% increase))

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Environment Change
g

Relative Change 2004 to 2008

Petrol Price + 31%


Population + 6%
Private Road Vehicle Use + 1%
Heavy
y Rail + 23%
Light Rail + 10%
Bus + 11%
Public Transport + 18%
Freight Operators

Hire and Reward

¾ Pacific
P ifi N National
i l (PN) ¾ Genessee and Wyoming
(G&W)
¾ Queensland Rail ((QR)) ¾ Southern Shorthaul Railroad
/
¾ Specialised Container
¾ Coote/Silverton
Services (SCT)
¾ Independent Rail Australia
¾ FreightLink ¾ Freightliner
¾ Tasrail ¾ CFCL
¾ EL Zorro
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Freight
g Operators
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Special Operators

¾ BHP Billiton Iron Ore


¾ Pilbara Rail Company
¾ Comalco
¾ Sugar cane railways

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Rail Freight
g - Big
g Picture
2006/07 2007/08 Change
Coal 265.79 278.43 4.75%
Ore 274.12 315.72 15.2%
Sugar 31.27 27.72 -11%
Grain 9.79 10.08 3%
Bauxite 10.18 18.06 77%
Other Bulk 55.90 53.06 -5%

Non-Bulk 18.58 21.76 17%


Total 634.64 719.1 13%
* Numbers in million tones.

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WA Investment

$2.2 BN
$
(Passenger & Freight)

plus

Rio Tinto
BHP $2.3BN
FMG

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SA Investment

Light Rail

Electrification Upgrade
$2.2 BN

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VIC Investment
Meeting our Transport
Challenge (MTOC)-$10.2BN(10yrs
Vic Regional Rail
Rail-$4.15BN
$4 15BN

Plus $300Ml in
F i ht Network
Freight N t k

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NSW Investment

$6 BN
Infrastructure/Rolling stock

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QLD Investment

Passenger $1.4 BN Freight $2.3 BN

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ARTC – Australian Government

$2.45 BN - Infrastructure

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Freight Operators

Pacific
National
(PN)

CFCLA GWS

$2.1 BN

FreightLink SCT

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Rail Market Share of Interstate
Freight Movements
DARWIN

KATHERINE

TENNANT CREEK

90%+
ALICE SPRINGS

80%+ BRISBANE

80%+
TARCOOLA 21%
BROKEN HILL
KALGOORLIE 5%
PERTH

SYDNEY
ADELAIDE

5% 7%
MELBOURNE

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Projected Market - 2010

¾ Melbourne – Brisbane:
– 53% (7.4
(7 4 mt)
(26% cheaper) (25.6 hrs)
¾ Melbourne – Sydney:
– 13%
(6% cheaper) (10.5 hrs)
¾ Sydney – Brisbane:
– 11%
%
(4% cheaper) (15.1 hrs)

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Transport Challenge

¾ Volume & Movement of Freight will Double Over


Next 10
10-15
15 Years

¾ Congestion Cost 13BN in 1995,


$30 BN by 2015

¾ Current
C tRRoad
d&R
Railil IInadequate
d t

¾ Climate Change

¾ Communityy Expectation
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Benefits

¾ Safest form of land transport


¾ Environment
– 9 times more energy efficient
– one train,
train two drivers = 150
trucks & 45,000 litres of fuel
¾ Efficient rail is a cheaper
mode of freight transport
than road on all inter capital
corridors

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Government Challenges

¾ Ongoing Microeconomic Reform


¾ National Plan Development
¾ Incentives to Invest
¾ Regional Rail

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Regulatory Framework

¾ One Safety
y Regulator
g not seven
¾ One Safety Investigator
¾ Economic , Environment, OH&S,
Noise, Training, Skills et al

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Dedicated Sydney Freight Corridor

¾ Southern Sydney Freight Line


¾ Port Botany + Moorebank
¾ Strathfield North – Stage 1 $800 M
(Yet to be funded) Stage 2 $1.5
$ BN
g 3 $ 2.0 BN
Stage

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Locomotive Fleet
Locomotive Age Cumulative
Number Total

Diesel
100%
Electric
All Locomotives
Average Age 80%
500 Aus 34.8 Years
Average Age
Average Age
USA 8 Years
60%

40%
250

20%

0 0%
less than 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to 30 more than
years years years years years years 30 years

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Regional Rail

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Industry Challenges

¾ Level Crossing
¾ Passenger Operation
¾ Harmonisation
¾ Innovation and Technology
¾ Skill Shortages

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Level Crossings

E ngineering
E’s
he 4 E

E ducation
E nforcement
Th

E nough is Enough

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Harmonisation

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Information

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Future Train Control
Satellite navigation?

Control Centre
Voice comms
On board train detection
Movement authority Intelligent
Advisory speed Traffic
Management

Key nodes
Limited signalling
Limited train detection

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Modular Turnouts

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Digital Technology

e-cash seat reservation

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Communicate

¾ Modern Exciting Industry


¾ Internal/External
¾ Sell The Message

RAIL – Today’s Solutions for Tomorrow’s Problems

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