Assessing the costs of a haulage regime
The provision of third-party access to rail infrastructure in WA?s Pilbara region has been a contentious issue over the past decade. The most recent endeavour proposed by the State Government involves a haulage regime, whereby incumbents would be required to haul the wagons of third parties seeking...
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Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School
2008
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| description | The provision of third-party access to rail infrastructure in WA?s Pilbara region has been a contentious issue over the past decade. The most recent endeavour proposed by the State Government involves a haulage regime, whereby incumbents would be required to haul the wagons of third parties seeking access to the line. This paper explores the likely costs of such a regime on the host railways, by examining the impacts of voluntary haulage regimes on US Class One Railways, where they are well-established. It finds that haulage regimes are a cost effective means for US railways to reduce their haulage costs, and that they thus might play a role in the Pilbara. However, consideration of whole-of-system costs, congestion and appropriate pricing are key issues. This paper explores these issues, and proposes a simple pricing mechanism which would ensure fair, efficient haulage with only very limited regulatory involvement. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-303162017-01-30T13:18:52Z Assessing the costs of a haulage regime Wills-Johnson, Nick The provision of third-party access to rail infrastructure in WA?s Pilbara region has been a contentious issue over the past decade. The most recent endeavour proposed by the State Government involves a haulage regime, whereby incumbents would be required to haul the wagons of third parties seeking access to the line. This paper explores the likely costs of such a regime on the host railways, by examining the impacts of voluntary haulage regimes on US Class One Railways, where they are well-established. It finds that haulage regimes are a cost effective means for US railways to reduce their haulage costs, and that they thus might play a role in the Pilbara. However, consideration of whole-of-system costs, congestion and appropriate pricing are key issues. This paper explores these issues, and proposes a simple pricing mechanism which would ensure fair, efficient haulage with only very limited regulatory involvement. 2008 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30316 Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Wills-Johnson, Nick Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
| title | Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
| title_full | Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
| title_short | Assessing the costs of a haulage regime |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30316 |