Australian Transport Network

Australian Transport Network

Australian Transport Network (ATN) is a former freight railway operator of Australia. The company operated narrow gauge trains in Tasmania, and standard gauge trains on the Australian mainland. On the mainland they operated under the name ATN Access.

In 1997 Wisconsin Central Transportation formed a consortium to acquire Tasrail. [cite web
url=http://www.cn.ca/about/company_information/history/en_AboutWisconsinCentral.shtml
title=Company Information - Wisconsin Central
publisher=www.cn.ca
accessdate=2008-07-09] It held a one third interest, with Tranz Rail holding the remainder.cite web
url=http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jwr/jwr_9165.html
title=Australian Transport Network Ltd (ATN Access)
work=Jane's World Railways
publisher=www.janes.com
accessdate=2008-07-09] Tasrail was the former Tasmanian Government Railways, and was part of the Federal Government's Australian National Railways Commission which was in the middle of privatisation. In February 2004 the much larger Pacific National bought ATN, [cite web
url=http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/rail/trains/background/index.aspx
title=Background - Organisation of Australia's Railways
publisher=
author=Department of Transport and Regional Services
accessdate=2008-07-03] with the purchase not opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. [cite web
url=http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/529923/fromItemId/751043
title=Acquirer: Pacific National Pty Ltd; Target: Australian Transport Network Ltd
author=Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
publisher=
accessdate=2008-07-03]

In Tasmania ATN used existing locomotives and rolling stock as used by Tasrail. Commodities moved include cement, paper and paper pulp, coal, zinc, mineral concentrates, containers, timber and timber products.cite web
url=http://www.pacificnational.com.au/cust_access/tasmania.asp
title=Pacific National: Tasmania
publisher=
accessdate=2008-07-03] On the mainland the company purchased seven ex-Westrail L class locomotives in July 1999 (Nos 251,253,254,265,270,271 and 276 - ex Comalco 1002), as well as three 830 class (nos 833, 838 and 845) locomotives from Australian Southern Railroad for use on light axleload lines. ATN Access also imported 44 new 68.5 tonne capacity grain wagons (up to 92 tonne gross weight = 23 tonne axle load) from China. These were purchased through Macfield (a transport design, engineering & supply company based in Adelaide) and constructed at the Qiqihar Railway Workshops in Northern China.

The only contract won by ATN Access was for the haulage of a minimum of 300,000 tonne p.a. of grain from the New South Wales Riverina and Dimboola in Victoria under contract with the AWB to the seaboard terminals at Port Kembla, NSW and Appleton Dock, Victoria. This was a six year "take or pay" contract with a four year option which was not taken up by AWB limited at the expiration of the initial six year operation.

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