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Rail and the Environment

Rail and the Environment. Kathryn Rayner Manager, Policy. Outline. The rail industry Rail’s environmental credentials Comments on the Discussion Paper Options for an improved transport environmental outcome. Track ownership. Freight Operators. Hire and Reward Queensland Rail (QR)

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Rail and the Environment

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  1. Rail and the Environment Kathryn Rayner Manager, Policy

  2. Outline • The rail industry • Rail’s environmental credentials • Comments on the Discussion Paper • Options for an improved transport environmental outcome

  3. Track ownership

  4. Freight Operators Hire and Reward • Queensland Rail (QR) • Pacific National (PN) includes FA and Tasrail • Australian Railroad Group (ARG) • FreightLink • Specialised Container Transport • CRT Group • Interail Australia • Silverton Rail • Southern Shorthaul Railroad

  5. Freight Operators Ancillary • BHP Billiton Iron Ore • Pilbara Rail Company • Comalco • Sugar cane railways • Manildra Group

  6. Passenger Operators • QR • Rail Corp (NSW) • Connex (Vic franchise) • Yarra Trams (Vic franchise) • TransAdelaide • WA Public Transport Authority

  7. Heritage and Tourist Approx 200 Operators, • Great Southern Railway Association of Tourist & Heritage Rail Aust. (ATHRA) • 3801 Ltd • South Spur Rail • Pichi Richi • Puffing Billy Railway

  8. Rail Industry Regulation A national industry High level of self-regulation • Important as it allows for a national approach • Achieved through Codes of Practice

  9. Rail: Environmental Credentials • Less emissions than road and aviation • Energy efficient compared to other modes • Less noise than aviation or road • Less land take than roads

  10. Rail = Lowest Emissions

  11. Rail = Energy Efficiency

  12. Freight Externality Costs

  13. Discussion Paper Focuses on: • Low priority issues, often local issues • Suggests regulation without identifying the problem • Does not give the industry the opportunity to address the “problem” itself • Does not recognise the different environmental issues for different aspects of the industry, eg

  14. Discussion Paper • Infrastructure (below track) issues • Noise • Land protection • Operator (above track) issues • Noise • Emissions • Waste • ATHRA • Often above and below rail • Heritage aspects • Volunteer base

  15. Discussion Paper – Possible Outcomes Harmonise existing regulation to be: • Consistent across States/Territories • Consistent between modes • Affordable and not result in modal distortion • Make a real difference

  16. Options for the LTEC Work Program Focus on how to use the levers available to improve the overall environmental outcome for transport (freight and passengers) such as: • Pricing • Investment • Cultural change • Safety & social regulation • Urban Planning

  17. Thank you www.ara.net.au

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