Moving more freight on rail

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ARA sets strategy for rail freight and ports future

25 June 2020

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Growing demand

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 sustainable choice

Moving more freight on rail delivers tangible environmental and safety benefits for the wider community. Rail freight produces 16 times less carbon pollution than road freight.

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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ARA welcomes important milestone for Inland Rail

15 September 2020

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