FreightCorp
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FreightCorp, formerly Freight Rail, was a railway operator owned by the Government of New South Wales, in Australia. It was responsible for intrastate and some interstate railway cargo handling from its foundation in January 19891 until it was privatisation in August 2002.
FreightCorp, formerly Freight Rail, was a railway operator owned by the Government of New South Wales, in Australia. It was responsible for intrastate and some interstate railway cargo handling from its foundation in January 1989 until it was privatisation in August 2002.
History
locomotives at Port Augusta in December 2006]] In January 1989, the freight operations of the State Rail Authority were transferred to Freight Rail pursuant to the . On 1 July 1996, Freight Rail was corporatised. On 24 October 1996, Freight Rail was relaunched as FreightCorp. On 1 February 2002, along with National Rail, FreightCorp was sold to a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings as Pacific National.
Operations
When established in 1989, Freight Rail was responsible for the operation of all rail freight services in New South Wales. It was also responsible for providing locomotives to haul passenger services for CityRail and CountryLink. Following the opening up of the New South Wales network to other operators, it began to face competition. Interstate services were transferred to National Rail in the mid-1990s. In 1999, it began to operate coal trains in South Australia on the Leigh Creek to Stirling North line to the Northern Power Station, Port Augusta.
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