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QR expands with CRT buy

News1 Jul 2005

In a move that marks further major consolidation of Australia’s intermodal sector, Queensland Rail (QR) has purchased the Melbourne-based ...

News1 Sep 2004

Pacific National (PN), the now-dominant Australian rail company jointly owned by Toll and Patrick, is spreading its wings further to give it...

News1 Aug 2004

As this issue was going to press, Pacific National (PN) finally gained Victorian Government approval for its takeover of Melbourne-based, Ra...

News1 Jul 2004

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared Pacific National (PN)’s takeover of Freight Australia (FA) but an in...

News1 Jun 2004

Negotiations over the planned takeover of the RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia by Toll/ Patrick joint venture Pacific National (see World...

News1 May 2004

Queensland Rail (QR) has moved to seize customers unhappy with the Pacific National (PN) takeover of Freight Australia (see WorldCargo News ...

News1 Apr 2004

After earlier walking away from a deal to buy RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA), Patrick/Toll joint venture Pacific National (PN) ret...

News1 Sep 2003

Hot on the heels of Toll Holdings’ bid for New Zealand’s Tranz Rail, which looks increasingly likely to succeed (see WorldCargo News Jun...

News15 Oct 2002

The new shape of Australia's rail industry is beginning to become more apparent as the dust settles after Toll Holdings' and Patrick Corpora...

News1 Aug 2002

A number of Australia's small private rail operators are believed to be up for sale or facing closure as ramifications of the formation of P...

News1 Feb 2002

RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA) will use funding sourced for its unsuccessful bid for National Rail/FreightCorp to embark on a capi...

News2 Oct 2001

The Victorian Government has called on Australia's National Competition Council to reject RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA)'s applica...

News20 Jul 2001

RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA) has applied to have the Victorian rail network "declared" under National Competition Council (NCC) ...

News14 Nov 2000

The only game in town is privatisation as three of Australia's biggest public rail enterprises hit the mark, but fundamental problems linger...

News1 May 2000

A decision by the Victorian Government to consider implementation of a formal rail access regime has angered Freight Australia (FA) - the fo...