Pacific National

Rail Reform

Pacific National supports national regulation for the rail industry and a level playing field for all transport modes.

The existing multiple layers of regulation and varying funding arrangements for different modes require reform.

There are more track owners, more safety regulators, and more transport authorities than rail operators.

This adds to the cost disadvantages imposed on rail by unfair access fees, with rail forced to pay 30% of operating revenue compared to around 5% for road.

Governments have for years starved rail infrastructure of funds. Pacific National is out to reverse this by working with the rail industry, our customers, and government.

We have also taken the message direct to the Australian public.

Better placed than any single track owner or government, we, as the only major national rail operator, have prepared a national infrastructure investment plan.