Moving more freight on rail

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Rail Freight Action Plan to lead focus on reform, investment and modal shift

17 September 2021

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Supporting mode shift

Rail will be crucial to meeting our growing freight task. Rail is expected to meet almost three quarters of the growth in demand for freight services expected in the next decade.

Value of Rail 2020 Freight rail highlights

A level playing field for all

Moving more freight on rail delivers tangible environmental and safety benefits for the wider community. A level playing field for all is essential to make sure we get the best from all modes of freight transport.

Governments must get behind freight rail to avoid B-double gridlock

World-first innovation

Australia's mining industry in the Pilbara region has led the world in the delivery of fully autonomous heavy haul trains. One autonomous train in the Pilbara carries the equivalent of 631 B-Double trucks.

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Rail Freight Action Plan

17 September 2021

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