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The Goldsworthy railway, owned and operated by BHP Billiton, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It is one of two railway lines the group operates in the Pilbara, the other being the Mount Newman railway.〔(Rail ) BHP Billiton〕 In addition to the BHP Billiton network, there are two more independent iron ore rail lines in the Pilbara. One is operated by Rio Tinto, the Hamersley & Robe River railway,〔(Rail ) Rio Tinto〕 while the other, operated by the Fortescue Metals Group, is the Fortescue railway.〔(Railroad Operations ) Fortescue Metals〕 ==History== In May 1966 the 112 kilometre Goldsworthy railway opened to transport iron ore from Mount Goldsworthy mine to the port on Finucane Island.〔(Mt Goldsworthy ) Mining Legacies〕 The line was extended to Shay Gap in 1972 and Yarrie mine in 1993.〔(Yarrie, Mt Goldsworthy, Nimingarra, Sunrise Hill, Shau Gap and Cundaline ) Porter GeoConsultants〕 On 1 March 1991 the Goldsworthy Mining and Mount Newman Mining were amalgamated under the BHP Iron Ore brand.〔"Impressions of the Pilbara" ''Railway Digest'' February 1999 pages 18-27〕 In June 2004, the National Competition Council of Australia received an application from the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) to use part of the Mount Newman railway and also part of the Goldsworthy railway.〔(Application for declaration of the Mt Newman Railway ) National Competition Council of Australia〕 In June 2010, the Australian Competition Tribunal ruled that FMG be granted access to Rio Tinto's Robe River line and BHP Billiton's Goldsworthy line but not to the busier Hamersley and Mount Newman lines.〔(Junior miners win limited access to Pilbara rail network ) lloydslistdcn.com.au, published: 1 July 2010, accessed: 4 November 2010〕〔(Watchdog 'can demand Pilbara rail expansion' ) ''The Australian'', published: 13 May 2010, accessed: 4 November 2010〕 Treasurer Wayne Swan suggested that several advantages would accrue from access to the rail lines by third parties. It would increase competition, reduce duplication of infrastructure, and reduce environmental damage.〔(BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto angry on open Pilbara rail line ) news.com.au published: 28 October 2008, accessed: 4 November 2010〕 Access to the rail networks by third parties is governed by the State Agreements Act.〔(Report on Current Transport and Communications Infrastructure in the Pilbara ) Murdoch University, accessed: 4 November 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Goldsworthy railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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