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Costing Principles (Part 5 Instruments)

Costing principles establish a basis for the ERA to determine or approve upper and lower cost bounds for each route section for price negotiations should proposal for access be made by an access seeker.

The Railways (Access) Code 2000 was amended in 2023. The requirements for railway owners’ costing principles have changed in the amended Code. Existing railway owners must have costing principles approved which meet the changed requirements.

Existing railway owners’ costing principles will be supported by regulatory asset bases and depreciation schedules, which must be approved by the ERA.  These instruments must be provided by the railway owner following approval of the costing principles.

Date Documents
File type
31-May-24 Approved Costing Principles Adobe PDF 450 kB
16-May-24 ERA Approval Decision Adobe PDF 402 kB
16-May-24 Consultant's Report Adobe PDF 402 kB
20-Mar-24 Proposed Costing Principles Adobe PDF 402 kB
09-Jun-20 Costing Principles Adobe PDF 3 MB
13-Apr-11
Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 223 kB
09-Mar-11

Final Determination

Adobe PDF 134 kB
06-Oct-10
Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 161 kB
06-Oct-10

Costing Principles - marked up version

Adobe PDF 166 kB
30-Apr-09

Costing Principles

Adobe PDF 129 kB
Sep-07

Costing Principles

Adobe PDF 145 kB
28-Aug-06
Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 151 kB
28-Aug-06
Final Determination
Adobe PDF 139 kB 
28-Mar-06

Draft Determination

Adobe PDF 159 kB 
02-May-06

Consultant Report

Adobe PDF 225 kB
10-Dec-05
Proposed Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 154 kB
19-Dec-02
Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 313 kB
23-Dec-02
Regulator's letter of acceptance on Costing Principles
Adobe PDF 114 kB
27-Sep-02 Final Determination
Adobe PDF 282 kB
28-Jun-02
Draft Determination
Adobe PDF 266 kB
15-Nov-01

Costing Principles

Adobe PDF 235 kB

Public Submissions

Date Documents
File type
16-May-24

Arc Infrastructure Explanatory Supporting - Document 1

Adobe PDF  373 kB
16-May-24

Arc Infrastructure Explanatory Supporting - Document 2

Adobe PDF  327 kB
22-Apr-24

Aurizon submission

Adobe PDF  328 kB
22-Apr-24

Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd (CBH Group) submission

Adobe PDF  2.5 MB
22-Apr-24

Pacific National submission

Adobe PDF  228 kB
10-Nov-10

Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd (CBH Group) submission

Adobe PDF  2.5 MB
13-Jun-06

Alcoa World Alumina Australia submission

Adobe PDF  235 kB
12-Jun-06

Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd submission

Adobe PDF  12 kB
08-Jun-06

Goldfields Esperance Development Commission (GEDC) submission

Adobe PDF  149 kB
08-Jun-06

Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) submission

Adobe PDF  137 kB
07-Jun-06

Great Southern Railway Ltd submission

Adobe PDF  77.3 kB
25-May-06

Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) submission

Adobe PDF  25.5 kB
25-May-06

WestNet Rail submission

Adobe PDF  16 kB
01-Feb-06
Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) - January 2006
Adobe PDF  125 kB
30-Jan-06

Alcoa World Alumina Australia - January 2006

Adobe PDF  214 kB
30-Jan-06
Great Southern Railways - January 2006 
Adobe PDF  1 MB
30-Jan-06 Pacific National - January 2006 
Adobe PDF  145 kB
20-Aug-02

Pacific National submission

Adobe PDF  509 kB
20-Aug-02

Worsley Alumina CPI-X submission

Adobe PDF 17.9 kB
20-Aug-02

Worsley Alumina submission

Adobe PDF  90 kB
20-Aug-02

Portman Iron Ore Ltd submission

Adobe PDF  124 kB
20-Aug-02

Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) submission

Adobe PDF  106 kB
20-Aug-02
Alcoa World Alumina Australia submission
Adobe PDF  273 kB
20-Aug-02
WestNet Rail submission
Adobe PDF  145 kB
16-Jan-02
Worsley Alumina submission
Adobe PDF  370 kB
16-Jan-02
Portman Iron Ore Ltd submission
Adobe PDF  69.8 kB
16-Jan-02
Australia Western Railroad Pty Ltd submission
Adobe PDF  72.7 kB
16-Jan-02
WMC Resources Ltd submission
Adobe PDF  123 kB
16-Jan-02
Australian Wheat Board and Grain Pool of WA submission
Adobe PDF  321 kB 
16-Jan-02
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia (CCI WA) submission
Adobe PDF  110 kB
16-Jan-02
Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) submission
Adobe PDF  237 kB 
16-Jan-02
National Rail Corporation Ltd supplementary submission
Adobe PDF  173 kB
17-Dec-01
FreightCorp submission Adobe PDF  98.3 kB
17-Dec-01
Freight Australia submission Adobe PDF  95.2 kB
17-Dec-01
Alcoa World Alumina Australia submission Adobe PDF  293 kB
17-Dec-01
Alcoa World Alumina Australia discussion paper Adobe PDF  305 kB
17-Dec-01
National Rail Corporation Ltd submission Adobe PDF 96.2 kB
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