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Transport for New South Wales Annual Report 2019-20 Transport for NSW Annual Report Volume 1 • 2019–20 Transport for NSW 18 Lee Street Chippendale NSW 2008 Executive Reception Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm Ph: (02) 8202 2200 Annual Report 19–20 Annual Report Fax: (02) 8202 2209 TTY (Teletypewriter service for hearing and speech impaired customers): (02) 9268 2244 Postal address PO Box K659 Haymarket NSW 1240 © 2020 Transport for NSW. This report was first published in December 2020. External design services were used to produce this report. The total external costs associated with ii the production of this report were approximately $18,000 (excluding GST). View or download this report from the Transport for NSW website: transport.nsw.gov.au ISSN 2205-7382 The New Intercity Fleet will provide a new level of comfort and Front cover: Customers waiting at a new bus convenience for the thousands of customers who travel between Sydney Transport for NSW for Transport stop at Sydney Metro Bella Vista Station. and Newcastle, the Blue Mountains, and the South Coast. Letter to Ministers Letter to Ministers The Hon. Andrew Constance MP The Hon. Paul Toole MP Minister for Transport and Roads Minister for Regional Transport and Roads The Hon. Andrew Constance The Hon. Melinda Pavey Minister for Transport Minister for Roads, and Infrastructure Maritime and Freight ParliamentThe Hon. Stuart House Ayres MacquarieMinister for WestConnexStreet, Sydney NSW 2000 Parliament House Macquarie Street Dear Ministers Sydney NSW 2000 ID amear Ministerspleased to submit for presentation to Parliament the annual report for the Department of Transport for the financial year ended 30 June 2020. I am pleased to submit for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report for the Department of The annual report for the Department of Transport includes the annual Transport for the financial year ended 30 June 2018. report for Transport for NSW for the financial year ended 30 June 2020. TheThe annualannual report report for has the beenDepartment prepared of Transport in accordance includes thewith annual the Annual report for Transport for NSW Reportsfor the financial (Departments) year ended Act 30 June 1985 201 in8. respect of the Department of Transport and the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 for Transport for The annual reports have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Reports (Departments) Act NSW. Inclusion of the annual report in respect of Transport for NSW is 1985 in respect of the Department of Transport and the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 authorised by section 3L of the Transport Administration Act 1988. in respect of Transport for NSW. Inclusion of the annual report in respect of Transport for NSW is authorised by Section 3L of the Transport Administration Act 1988. Yours sincerely Yours sincerely RoddRodd Staples Staples SecretarySecretary, Transport for NSW • iii From the Secretary 2 About this report 6 About us 8 Annual Report 19–20 Annual Report Financial overview 26 Performance 30 Contents Achievements 42 Organisation and people 78 Corporate governance 88 Appendices 98 iv Transport for NSW for Transport All nine of the 35–year–old First Fleet Class ferries underwent a major upgrade in 2019–20 to provide them with another 10 years of service. Contents • 1 Annual Report 19–20 Annual Report 2 From the Secretary Transport for NSW for Transport Sydney Metro's tunnel boring machine breaking through at the new Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney. From the Secretary • 3 Annual Report 19–20 Annual Report This year has tested medicines and business supplies. Hundreds of additional transport staff, including Transport Transport on many fronts and Marshalling Officers, were deployed and has really reminded us to key transport interchanges and hubs, and green physical distancing dots showed who we are. We have kept customers where to sit or stand. In addition, communities connected and we strengthened the frequency, intensity and visibility of cleaning across our network to help NSW moving safely through protect our customers using our services. bushfires, floods and a once- Supporting our economy now in-a-century pandemic, all and building for the future Even in these challenging times, our while delivering the biggest record infrastructure program has been transport infrastructure forging ahead, supporting the NSW economy during this period of economic program NSW has ever seen. downturn and taking us into the future. The opening of the L3 Kingsford Line Supporting NSW through tough times and completion of the 12 kilometre CBD 4 and South East Light Rail in April, has Our number one priority was, and still is, provided important public transport links keeping our customers and people safe as to Sydney’s south east by connecting a key they move across NSW. Responding to the health precinct and the Sydney CBD. most devastating bushfire season in our State’s history and severe floods, our Transport Construction started on the $2.4 billion people have worked tirelessly to help keep Parramatta Light Rail, which will link Westmead NSW moving and our communities safe to Carlingford via the Parramatta CBD by supporting our Emergency Operations and Camellia with 16 stops offering turn- Centres, restoring our Transport services up-and-go services during peak periods and clearing roads as quickly as possible. to the people of the Central River City. We repaired 880 kilometres of State roads As the Sydney Metro North West Line and assisted with reopening NSW’s major continues to delight our customers with regional highways after bushfires, along its fast, safe and reliable turn-up-and-go with putting in more than 150,000 hours train services, we completed tunnelling in to rebuild track infrastructure damaged by March on Sydney Metro’s twin tunnels from fires and flooding along NSW’s main west Chatswood to Sydenham (including under railway line through the Blue Mountains. Sydney Harbour and through the Sydney CBD) with the building of Australia’s biggest We swiftly established a Transport COVID-19 public transport project well underway. Taskforce dedicated to keeping our customers informed in a coordinated way, implementing We are also a step closer to creating a western our immediate responses to the pandemic, bypass of Greater Sydney’s Eastern Harbour as well as long-term planning and recovery. City, after opening the first and second stages of our WestConnex project – the M4 Putting our customers at the centre of our tunnels between Homebush and Haberfield, COVIDSafe Transport Plan, we maintained a full and more recently, the new M8 Motorway. level of service on our public transport network and added more than 3300 extra temporary Our first two New Intercity Fleet trains weekly services to help people practice arrived and have been undergoing extensive physical distancing. We also enabled reliable testing as they gear up for our first passenger freight and port movements that provide services. They will provide a new level of our communities with essentials like food, comfort and convenience to the thousands of Transport for NSW for Transport customers who travel between Sydney and supporting jobs in Wagga Wagga by making the Central Coast and Newcastle, the Blue public transport a real option for workers Mountains, and the South Coast each day. commuting to and from the industrial estate. Further progress is being made to fully Our coach services trial from Broken Hill to duplicate the M1 Pacific Highway, as we Adelaide provides a more affordable option for continue to complete milestones such as customers attending medical appointments, opening the Harwood Bridge. And we’ve been while the trial service to Mildura allows able to fast-track more than 70 key road and for day trips for locals to go shopping or maintenance projects in regional NSW on to connect with coach or train services to top of our planned work, as part of the NSW Sydney, Melbourne or other regional centres. Government’s Economic Stimulus in response Safety always to COVID-19. The $100 million stimulus covers both big and small projects that will help Safety is our priority and as part of this we deliver safer and more reliable journeys right have developed and introduced world-leading across NSW, while at the same time getting mobile phone detection cameras that work more jobs on the ground, improving safety with artificial intelligence to innovatively tackle and boosting business in regional towns. road safety risks caused by people illegally using mobile phones while driving. We are Projects like the road re-surfacing investment also determined to achieve our long-term of $1.1 million which will improve roads in vision of zero fatalities and serious injuries the Hunter region or down south where on NSW waterways by working with our we’ve been able to bring forward work in government and industry partners to deliver bushfire-affected communities to resurface on outcomes from the Road Safety Plan roads such as the Kings Highway and the 2021 and Maritime Safety Plan 2017–2021. Snowy Mountains Highway, will make a real Letter to Ministers difference to these local communities. Evolving Transport – accelerating us towards a more customer–focused, connected future Data and innovation – creating better customer experiences To deliver our Future Transport 2056 vision, weThe are Hon. undertaking Andrew Constance a transformation of our The Hon. Melinda Pavey We have strengthened our technology and data organisationMinister for Transport that sees us better coordinate andMinister for Roads, tools to improve real-time information so our integrateand Infrastructure services across all modes of transport,Maritime and Freight customers can better plan their journeys. We our Evolving Transport transformation have added information for walking, cycling and program.The Hon. StuartIt is aligning Ayres us with the needs of driving, along with public transport, On Demand Minister for WestConnex our customers and communities across NSW.
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