Rail Freight Alliance Chair, Cr Mark Byatt welcomed the 220 million dollar commitment from the State Government to the Mildura Line. “This is great news for the State of Victoria, and particularly regional Victoria; the Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development have long advocated for up-grades to this line and this is an outstanding […]
In December the Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development and the Metropolitan Transport Forum met to discuss the current transport needs in Victoria. Cr Geoff White, Acting Chair of the Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development stated that this was an historic day for transport advocacy in Victoria. 42 of the 79 Councils […]
The Mildura Line has re-opened after the August derailment that left 9,000 tons of citrus crop totalling millions of dollars of exports from the region stranded due to a derailment near Ouyen in August this year. Wakefield Transport Group managing director Ken Wakefield said, “The derailment was another example of the Mildura line’s unreliability. Since […]
The Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development has unanimously supported their submission to the Victorian State Government Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure in response to the Victorian Rail Access Regime. “The Alliance supports in principle an open access regime, the capacity for competition, innovation and the entry of new providers must be encouraged”, says Rail Alliance […]
“The Victorian Government must commit to Rail”, Cr Geoff White, Acting Chair of the Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development said in launching the Alliance response to the State Government’s Grain and Logistics Taskforce Report. We believe the State Government must plan for the standardization of the broad gauge freight network in stages over […]
The Alliance of Councils for Rail Freight Development, Chair, Cr Mark Byatt and Deputy Chair, Cr Geoff White met with the Hon Terry Mulder MLC Minister for Public Transport & Roads and the Hon. David Hodgett MP, Minister for Major Projects, Manufacturing and Ports at Parliament House last week. The Alliance has responded to a […]