24-471: State Transport Authority may refer to: State Transport Authority (South Australia) State Transport Authority (Victoria) See also [ edit ] State Transit Authority , New South Wales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title State Transport Authority . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
48-629: A joint venture with National Rail to operate Roadrailers under the Trailerail brand. In November 1994, the first service commenced operating between Adelaide and Perth followed in November 1995 by a service from Adelaide to Melbourne . In 1996, Australian National withdrew from the joint venture with National Rail taking over its share. Following the formation of National Rail , Australian National's interstate freight operations and rolling stock were transferred in 1994. In November 1996,
72-534: A break from the traditional railway practice of making such appointments from within the organisations. The commission's first corporate plan in 1979 set out six ways that the commission was to pursue if it was to survive. These were: In 1980, a delegation of senior staff and led by the General Manager visited North America to examine current railway practices. In Canada, the delegation had talks with Canadian National Railway (which like Australian National
96-403: A nationalisation program for Australia's railways. It was recognised at the time that Australia's system of separate state-controlled railways led to unnecessary duplication of facilities and administration, inefficient operating practices, high costs and the lack of a uniform national approach to railway policy. Whitlam's proposal aimed to address these issues. South Australia and Tasmania were
120-747: The Indian Pacific in partnership with the Public Transport Commission and Westrail and The Overland in partnership with the Victorian Railways . It took over the running of these services in full in February 1993 and 1994 respectively. Australian National also operated the Trans Australian until June 1991 and The Alice between November 1983 and mid-1988. Australian National entered
144-771: The AL , BL , DL , EL and AN classes all for standard gauge use. Also purchased were five T class locomotives from V/Line in 1993 that were reclassed as CKs. In 1986, a new computer system required the class leaders of the former South Australian Railways to be renumbered as the last member of the class, e.g. 600 became 607. Australian National operated passenger services within South Australia, mainly using Bluebird railcars . In December 1986, Australian National reintroduced services to Whyalla and Broken Hill using CB railcars . The remaining services were withdrawn in 1990. It also operated The Ghan . It also operated
168-706: The Adelaide metropolitan area) and by exercising regulatory control of privately operated services. The STA was dissolved (and the 1974 Act repealed) as a consequence of the Passenger Transport Act 1994. These reforms split the STA into the Passenger Transport Board, which coordinated and funded the public transport system, and TransAdelaide , which actually operated metropolitan buses, trains and trams. The formation of TransAdelaide
192-693: The Federal Government announced a major rail reform package that included the sale of Australian National. On 1 November 1997, The Ghan , Indian Pacific and Overland passenger services were sold to Great Southern Rail , the South Australian intrastate services to Genesee & Wyoming Australia and AN Tasrail to the Australian Transport Network . In July 1998, the railway infrastructure operated by Australian National's Track Access division,
216-542: The Fraser government made it clear it was expected to achieve a financial break-even point during the next 10 years. This decision was unique in Australia's railway history because with the exception of Commonwealth Railways , all the state systems were running at a loss, being financially supported by their respective governments. The commission appointed a professional engineer with overseas experience as General Manager in
240-562: The "last train" date quoted may differ by a day or two from the official record. Keeping Track was the STA's house journal that was founded by the SAR in August 1973 when Rail News was renamed. It continued to be published until April 1976. Australian National Railways Commission The Australian National Railways Commission was an agency of the Government of Australia that
264-576: The Rail Division on 8 December 1975, the STA continued to administer and operate all the ex South Australian Railways (SAR) on behalf of the Federal government. This interim arrangement lasted for over two years while the precise details of the sale of South Australia's railways were devised, disputed and re-negotiated, and the operating and management structures of the new Federal-controlled railway were put into place. Eventually, on 1 March 1978
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#1732776778178288-414: The STA era, along with some other lightly used services. Note regarding closure dates: Common railway practice is to record the official closure of a line as a date which falls on a Sunday. In cases where the train service only operated Monday to Friday, this means the last train would actually have run on the preceding Friday. This was the situation in most (but not all) examples in the table above. Hence
312-447: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_Transport_Authority&oldid=933141654 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages State Transport Authority (South Australia) The State Transport Authority (STA)
336-640: The narrow gauge Central Australian Railway which closed in December 1980. In December 1982, the Adelaide to Crystal Brook line was converted to standard gauge. Ownership of the Queanbeyan to Canberra railway line was transferred to the State Rail Authority in May 1985. Australian National Railways inherited the following diesel locomotive classes: Built new for Australian National were
360-715: The next two years, following discussions between the two states and the federal government new staffing and operating agreements enabled the transfer in March 1978 of all South Australian Railways services (except the Adelaide metropolitan passenger network) and all Tasmanian Government Railways services to Australian National Railways, the latter being branded AN Tasrail . Overnight, Australian National Railways went from an organisation with 4000 employees operating routes of just over 2000 kilometres (1200 miles) – 20 per cent of Australia's rail network – to just over 12,000 to employees operating 7890 km (4900 mi). Reflecting
384-608: The only states which agreed to the nationalisation plan and in South Australia's case the transfer agreement only extended to railways outside the Adelaide suburban area. On 1 July 1975, the Federal Government took over financial responsibility for the non-metropolitan railways in South Australia and reimbursed the South Australian government for operating deficits incurred after this time. After formation of
408-447: The persistence of three mainline gauges that had afflicted Australia since 1865, the total comprised 2395 km (1488 mi) of 1600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) broad gauge , 2812 km (1747 mi) of 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge and 2683 km (1667 mi) of narrow gauge track. Australian National Railways was a federal government owned corporation and in 1978,
432-566: The responsibility for management of all South Australia's non-metropolitan railways was transferred to the Australian National Railways Commission . This included much of the former SAR infrastructure, rolling stock and staff. The STA retained ownership and responsibility for all the suburban railway system around Adelaide, including the centrally located Adelaide railway station , the entire fleet of Redhen railcars and two 830 class diesel locomotives. At
456-448: The same time, the separate Rail and Bus & Tram Divisions of the STA were combined. The following developments occurred in Adelaide's public transport system during the STA era. In past years, one feature of Adelaide's railway system was the number of industrial branch lines which were intended mainly for freight, but were also provided with passenger trains at peak hours. These industrial trains were progressively rationalised during
480-510: The state governments to hand over their railway systems to the federal government. On 1 July 1975, the Australian National Railways Commission took over responsibility for the operations of the federal government owned Commonwealth Railways and branded itself Australian National Railways. The state governments of South Australia and Tasmania , whose railway systems were deeply in debt, accepted. During
504-613: Was a prelude to competitive tendering and the introduction of private operators into the Adelaide public transport network. In the period following its establishment on 18 April 1974, the State Transport Authority took over the functions of three government agencies. These were initially structured as three independent divisions of the STA: In 1975, the Whitlam Federal Government proposed
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#1732776778178528-478: Was a railway operator between 1975 and 1998. It traded as Australian National Railways ( ANR ) in its early years, before being rebranded as Australian National . AN was widely used from 1980, the logotype being registered as a trade mark. The commission was established following an election commitment made during the 1972 federal election by the Whitlam federal government . The Whitlam government invited
552-530: Was government-owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway . In the United States, contact was made with Chessie System and Southern Pacific Railroad . The areas looked at included marketing and pricing, finance and planning, engineering and staff training. On 12 March 1980, a new green and yellow corporate identity was launched with GM1 the first locomotive painted. In October 1980, a new standard gauge line from Tarcoola to Alice Springs opened replacing
576-547: Was the government agency which controlled public transport in South Australia between 1974 and 1994. The State Transport Authority was established by the State Transport Authority Act 1974 , which aimed to provide an integrated and co-ordinated system of public transport within South Australia . This was to be achieved by assuming direct control of state-operated services (particularly in
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