❓ A parliamentary question regarding the hours of operation, frequency, and potential increase in freight train traffic near Fremantle's Round House, and the government's response outlining current operations and future plans to increase rail freight.
AnsweredQoN 1674Legislative Council
Asked
10 December 2003
Member
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I refer to freight trains leaving Fremantle port and travelling south past the Round House. (1) At what hours may these trains use that section of the railway? (2) Have these hours changed since 2001? (3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(1) At what hours may these trains use that section of the railway? (2) Have these hours changed since 2001? (3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(2) Have these hours changed since 2001? (3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(1) At what hours may these trains use that section of the railway? (2) Have these hours changed since 2001? (3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(2) Have these hours changed since 2001? (3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(3) If yes to (2), how? (4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(4) What was the average number of trains a week using this section of track between 1 October 2003 to November 2003? (5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(5) Is this number expected to increase? (6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(6) If yes to (5), by how much? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
I assume the member directed the question to me; therefore, I thank the member for some notice of the question. (1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(1) There is currently no time limitation on the use of this section of railway. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(4) Week days, six trains a day - weekends, eight trains a day. (5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
(5)-(6) The need to increase the use of rail to and from Fremantle port’s inner harbour was recognised as a priority in the metropolitan freight network review. This review, completed in 2002, was an extensive consultation process involving government, industry and the community. A community survey undertaken as part of this review of 1 600 residents in the Fremantle area indicated strong support for increased rail activity. At the time of the freight rail network review, about 97 per cent of all containers handled through the inner harbour of Fremantle were moved by road and about only three per cent by rail. To help reduce the growth of port-related truck traffic on access roads to the port as trade grows, the freight network review target is to increase the rail share for containers to 15 per cent for the medium term and 30 per cent for the longer term. Research carried out into the commerciality of rail services to North Quay has concluded that this goal is achievable. Already, the number of trains carrying containers to the port has doubled as a result of a new operating regime at the Fremantle port rail terminal. The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
The Government’s target of increasing the rail share for containers to 30 per cent in the long term can be met by four double-stacked 600-metre-long container trains travelling in each direction per day. This is the equivalent of between 560 and 720 trucks per day. I understand that the increase in rail freight will have an impact on a number of Fremantle residents. However, it is important to understand that the Government’s targets can be reached with a relatively small number of rail movements each day, and will result in the reduction of hundreds of heavy vehicles going to the port each day. This will have significant social, environmental and road safety benefits for the people of Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.
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