Professional Documents
Culture Documents
p 2009
Bryan Nye
Chief Executive Officer
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History
y
¾ 1850-1900 Pioneering
¾ 1901 Lost Opportunity
( Federalism )
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Seven Kingdoms
g
¾ Federated History
– 22 gauges, now there are 9
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Rail Industry:
y Size
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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Passenger
g Operators
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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
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
p
Special Operators
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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%
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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
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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 Current
C tRRoad
d&R
Railil IInadequate
d t
¾ Climate Change
¾ Communityy Expectation
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Benefits
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Government Challenges
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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
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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
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Communicate
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