TasRail


TasRail is a statutory corporation of the Tasmanian Government that has owned and operated Tasmania’s mainline railways since September 2009. It operates freight services only, as passenger trains in Tasmania ceased running in July 1978.
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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 and business assets with the below-rail assets, 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 of April 2017, the fleet consisted of 27 operational locomotives.

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%.