Historically, railways have provided the means to open up new areas for economic development. When built to link existing centres of economic activity, they have given rise to greatly increased opportunities for trade and travel.
The BTRE projects that the total freight task will continue to grow strongly. Such growth will increase the infrastructure maintenance needs and possibly hasten the need for capacity expansion.
This report is the third in a series covering the socio-economic costs of transport accidents in Australia. Transport accidents impose a significant burden on the Australian community.
Since the early 1990s, railway operations in Australia and in many overseas countries have been radically reformed.
Australian Transport Statistics provides an easy introduction to a diverse range of transport statistics.
Freight Measurement and Modelling in Australia aims to summarise the existing state of knowledge on freight in Australia and to present the time series data, analysis and sources which underpin the BTRE's long term freight forecasts.
Australian Transport Statistics provides an easy introduction to a diverse range of transport statistics.
In the last decade, Australia's railways have undergone an ownership, operational and technological revolution.
BTRE has recently completed estimates of passenger movements by various modes (i.e. air, car, coach and rail) between major Australian cities (covering ten main routes) from 1970–71 to 2003–04 and predicted passenger flows up to 2030–31.
This paper analyses train sightings data collected at Gheringhap, Victoria, located on the Melbourne to Adelaide main line.