- Source: TasRail
TasRail (legal name Tasmanian Railway Pty Limited) is a Tasmanian Government state-owned enterprise that has operated the mainline railways in Tasmania since September 2009. It operates only freight services.
History
Established under the Rail Company Act 2009, in September 2009 the Tasmanian Government purchased the AN Tasrail business from Pacific National. TasRail combined the above-rail (rollingstock) and business assets with the below-rail assets (track and associated infrastructure), for which the state had assumed responsibility in May 2007, to form a vertically integrated rail operator.
The Tasmanian Government Railways had operated the state's railway network until it passed to the federal government's Australian National in March 1978.
Fleet
As at April 2017, the fleet consisted of 27 operational locomotives.
= Current locomotive fleet
== Former locomotive fleet
=Road crossings
There are 199 level crossings on the TasRail network with active control at 123 crossings and passive control at the remainder. Active control includes flashing lights and warning bells that are activated by approaching trains and passive control includes 'Stop' or 'Give Way' sign which rely on motorists to watch for trains before crossing the railway line. From 2003 to 2012, there were 36 reported crashes at level crossings, with 20 resulting in casualties, 3 of which were fatal. Almost two thirds of crashes occurred within urban areas with speed limits 50 or 60 km/h. Relocation of the Hobart terminal to Brighton during June 2014 meant that 29 crossings became inactive, which was expected to reduce level crossing crashes in Tasmania by 30%.
See also
Tasmanian Government Railways
Tasman Limited
Rail transport in Tasmania
Railway accidents in Tasmania
Rail transport in Australia
References
External links
Official website
Locomotive details
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar istilah transportasi rel
- Tas (disambiguasi)
- TasRail
- TasRail TR class
- AN Tasrail
- South Australian Railways 830 class
- TasRail DQ class
- Australian Transport Network
- List of Tasmanian locomotives
- Rail transport in Tasmania
- Tranz Rail
- Tasmania
