A WA parliamentary question addresses container truck numbers at Fremantle Port, the advantages/disadvantages of shifting freight to rail, and the impact of the Fremantle Eastern Bypass deletion on suburban roads. The response provides data on truck numbers, outlines rail transport benefits/drawbacks, and discusses a committee addressing road system changes.

AnsweredQoN 2890Legislative Assembly
Asked
2 June 2004
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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(b) concerning the number of container trucks servicing Fremantle Port, which averaged 1600 in 2004-2005, will the Minister advise how many there were in 2003-2004, and what the annual growth in this number is expected to be; (c) what are the advantages and disadvantages of the transfer of container transport from road to rail, and (d) will the deletion of the Fremantle Eastern Bypass have a negative impact upon suburban roads?
(c) what are the advantages and disadvantages of the transfer of container transport from road to rail, and (d) will the deletion of the Fremantle Eastern Bypass have a negative impact upon suburban roads?
(d) will the deletion of the Fremantle Eastern Bypass have a negative impact upon suburban roads?
The carriage of containers through Fremantle Port by rail had grown by 164 per cent over the past year. There were 7,000 20-foot equivalent containers (teus) moving on rail in 2002. Following our new management contract for the North Quay, the figure has reached 18,500 teus in 2003. On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004. b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
There were 7,000 20-foot equivalent containers (teus) moving on rail in 2002. Following our new management contract for the North Quay, the figure has reached 18,500 teus in 2003. On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004. b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
Following our new management contract for the North Quay, the figure has reached 18,500 teus in 2003. On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004. b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004. b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004. b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04. The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels. c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
c) Advantages: · Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks · Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area) · Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced social impacts from road transport · Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport · Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· Reduced greenhouse gas emissions Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
Disadvantages: · More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
· More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail. d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.
d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.

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Answered
26 August 2004
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
85 days
a) The target of 30% is expected to be reached in 2013. The Member will be pleased to learn that the State Government's plan to move more port freight on to rail is working.
The carriage of containers through Fremantle Port by rail had grown by 164 per cent over the past year.
There were 7,000 20-foot equivalent containers (teus) moving on rail in 2002.
Following our new management contract for the North Quay, the figure has reached 18,500 teus in 2003.
On the basis of what rail has carried this year, we can expect an annual figure up about 30,000 teus for 2004.
b) The Budget Statements show a target for 2004-05 of 1600 container trucks per average week day servicing the Port. This was the number estimated from a survey conducted in September 2003 and this is the best estimate available for 2003-04.
The Freight Network Review proposed that, through a combination of measures designed to increase rail?s share and improve road transport efficiency, the number of trucks servicing the port per hour could be contained to current levels.
c) Advantages:
· Reduced road freight activity for a given volume of cargo ? one 600m long, fully loaded, double stacked train is equivalent to about 80 to 100 trucks
· Greater transport efficiency ? approximately 4 such trains per day (each way) could handle 30% of the projected container trade through the Inner Harbour (excluding transhipment containers which do not leave the port area)
· Reduced social impacts from road transport
· Greater fuel efficiency ? a train is substantially more fuel efficient than road transport
· Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Disadvantages:
· More trains will use the rail line to the port each day than currently, but not as many as when grain was carried by rail to and from the Inner harbour. At that time there were up to 12 train trips per day during the grain season. The majority of the community who responded to a survey during the Freight Network process strongly supported the great use of rail.
d) The Local Impacts Committee (LIC) has been established to identify and recommend changes to the road system in the South West part of the Metropolitan Area to make it safer and more efficient. This work is currently being brought together and will be available for general distribution later this year.

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