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Kewdale Rail Terminal
Kewdale Freight Terminal is a large intermodal rail facility in the Perth suburb of Kewdale, Western Australia. Branching off the Kwinana freight railway, it was built in the 1960s to replace the Perth marshalling yard. It initially comprised ten narrow gauge (1067mm) and seven standard gauge (1435mm) arrival roads. The first narrow gauge sidings opened in early 1967; the first standard gauge sidings in November 1968. Users *Pacific National yard and depot * UGL Rail to service the carriages used on the ''Indian Pacific'' *Transwa depot opened April 2005 to service WDA/WDB/WDC class railcars used on ''AvonLink'' and '' Prospector'' services * BP fuel siding *Sadliers Transport siding *Country Carriers siding *BlueScope yard, moved to new facility in Forrestfield late 2005 Redevelopment plans All rail freight in and out of this terminal is moved on a single standard gauge track that crosses Daddow Road, and this level crossing has become a congestion headache for road us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific National
Pacific National is one of Australia's largest rail freight businesses. History In February 2002, National Rail's freight operations and rollingstock (owned by the Federal, New South Wales and Victorian Governments) were combined with FreightCorp (owned by the New South Wales Government) and sold to a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings as Pacific National. In February 2004, Pacific National purchased Australian Transport Network, operator of ATN Access and AN Tasrail. In August 2004, Pacific National purchased Freight Australia, giving Pacific National control of the Victorian non-urban rail track, excluding the interstate network which is controlled by the Australian Rail Track Corporation. As part of the sale conditions, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission attached special conditions to the sale to ensure competition in the rail freight industry. The company was required to provide a 'starter pack' of locomotives, wagons, train p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
