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RAIL IN AUSTRALIA Phil Allan, Director Policy & Advocacy
Wingecarribee High Speed Rail & Rail Freight Seminar 28 May 2013
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The Australasian Railway Association
Peak organisation representing: • Passenger operators • Freight operators • Track owners and managers • Manufacturers of rolling stock • Construction companies • Public and Private
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6th largest rail network globally
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Our annual customers... 951 million tonnes
of freight 783 million customer
journeys
Our passenger and freight rail networks are at or exceeding capacity
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Rail Industry: Size • Labour force: 44,210 people
(+70,000 working in industries supporting rail)
• Investment commitments in rollingstock and track $36 billion
• Track 44,262 km in Australia • Over 1,800 locomotives and 32,000
wagons and carriages
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Rail – on the national agenda
• Massive investment in national network • Funding for urban projects – Cross River
Rail?, Melbourne Metro?, electrification of Adelaide’s urban network?, Perth expansion? etc
• Untangling freight and passenger networks • Light Rail emergence • Intermodals being developed • Level Crossings being upgraded
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Rail in Australia
Part one: Rail Freight Part two: High Speed Rail
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Rail freight – The big picture 2008/09 2009/10 Change
Coal 282.73 318.62 12.7%
Ore 350.7 412.02 17.8%
Sugar 25.88 27.57 7.7%
Bauxite 18.03 17.91 -0.67%
Other Bulk 56.74 56.79 -
Non-Bulk 18.84 17.94 -4.8%
Total 755.29 853.46 13.39% * Numbers in million tones.
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Freight task to double within 20 years
409 million
794 million
2011 2031
Total freight moved in NSW /year (million tonnes)
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Coal
Ore
Sugar
Bauxite
Grain
Other Bulk
Source: Royal Bank of Scotland Transport Equities Update (2012)
Grains 3-4%
Bulk Commodities 852.5 million tons
Non-Bulk Commodities 13.99 million tons
Rail freight Rail Freight moves nearly 1billion tons of goods p.a. (2012)
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Rail’s share of containerised freight Rail’s share of containerised freight
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Some lines need work!
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Agriculture and rail
• The agricultural sector represents around 15% of the nations GDP
• Transport is a critical component and
rail can play a much larger role • The ARA is working with the NFF and
others to promote improvements in the supply chain (e.g containerisation)
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Over 300 years old…
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Freight from road to rail
• Everyone says it – safe, environmental benefits, efficient
• It is happening • It requires investment in infrastructure,
processes and systems • It requires a re-think re investing in
roads • It requires the rail industry to play its
part
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What do rail customers want? A Woolworths’ perspective
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• Reliability (meet advertised availability times)
• Right balance of service, cost and risk
• customer- focused – understand customers’ needs
• Understand its impact on customers’ supply chains
• Need to be able to compete with road freight – productivity and flexibility
• Logistics – efficient terminal access and locations
• Price
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Inland Rail
$4.4 billion Melbourne - Brisbane 1731km, 41% existing 25% upgraded, 34% new
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Inland Rail: TRANSFORMING the transport sector • Increase rail’s reliability and efficiency
– double stacking, longer trains, – avoids Sydney bottlenecks – 2m tonnes of freight each year simply pass through – reduce travel times by 6hrs, train speeds of 110kmph
• Increase rail’s market share – 80% on Brisbane - Melbourne – up to 25% for shorter legs
• Eastern Corridor: Highest freight volume in Australia
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Inland Rail: Issues
• Currently lacks a terminal strategy – A new terminal in Western Victoria – A new freight village and terminal in
Bromelton
• $2 billion cost of construction through the Toowoomba and Little Liverpool ranges (environmental, cultural and engineering reasons)
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High speed rail: Imagine…
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High speed rail around the globe Current, under construction and planned HSR = 43,000 km Existing: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
Under new/continued construction: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
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China’s HSR Story
• 2008 – “4 vertical & 4 horizontal National High-Speed
Rail Grid” announced
• 2010 – 7,413km of 200-350km/h HSR
– More than 1,000 high speed services in operation
– Moving around 925,000 passengers daily
• By 2020 - 16,000 km of High Speed Lines will operate
in China
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2010: China’s HSR Network
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2020: China’s 25,000km HSR Network
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Travel time comparison
2009:
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New living circles
• HSR is changing business
and leisure travel patterns
• Providing new opportunities
in the regional cities
• Bringing people closer together
• Improving rural developments
• Increasing in patronage (e.g. 85%
increase on Beijing-Tianjin Line) Photo courtesy: RailGallery
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New living circles Through fast, frequent & reliable High Speed Trains
– “One-hour living circle”
• Reach cities within 300 km in 1 hour
– “Three-hour living circle”
• Reach cities within 900 km in 3 hours
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Creating new living circles
What about here in Australia?
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Australia - Why High Speed Rail?
• An efficient and comfortable way to travel
• Reduced congestion
• Regional development and improved labour supply
• Deferral of second Sydney Airport
• Increased Land Values
• Less reliance on fossil fuels
• Safety
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Regional benefits
• Huge economic and social benefits - $5.2BN annually
• Better access regionally
• Increased housing values
• Social connectedness
• Transform where and how people work
• Stop the development of mega cities
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HSR – next steps?
• Currently not a policy for either major party
• Requires vision • Requires a re-think of scope and cost • Route should be defined and land
preserved • Funding options should be investigated
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Building High Speed Rail –
The Time is Right!