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By Jonathan J. Ariel, published 18/5/2012The railways system in NSW requires a change in governance, but not necessarily privatisation.
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Along the way, she displays little knowledge of or care for the history and capacity of the rail network, which has been substantially reduced during my lifetime and which is crying out for a true business plan.
If the plan is simply "more of the same", then we can expect to see more track closures and vastly reduced country services. The town I live in is serviced by a single train daily each way at weekends and slightly more on weekdays, with no schedule which offers a trip to Sydney, circa 250km, and back in a single working day. The track is fully occupied by coal trains 24/7, so the writing is on the wall for even this puny service.
Personal involvement in projects with ARTC, RailCorp or Rail-Whatsisname, the periodical owners and operators of the system, has convinced me that one of the best possible initial actions by a Minister would be the summary dismissal of many of the petty territorial squabblers, otherwise known as middle managers. For doing that, I congratulate the Minister.
This might not lead to a situation where a decision is a decision and is not simply an opportunity for another bunyip to pop up and overturn progress, but at least there will be fewer bunyips.
So, Minister, how about a proper business plan?