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Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance - ppiaf

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<strong><strong>Rail</strong>way</strong> <strong>Re<strong>for</strong>m</strong>: <strong>Toolkit</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Sector</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

Case Study: Australian <strong>Rail</strong> Track Corporation<br />

Case Study<br />

Australian <strong>Rail</strong> Track Corporation<br />

1 The Creation of ARTC<br />

Originally, each of the six states in Australia constructed and operated their own<br />

public railways, with the federal government also operating two major transcontinental<br />

lines. In the 1990s, the federal and state governments undertook ex-<br />

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