FUTURE OF RAILWAY HERITAGE IN NSW Reece McDougall Director NSW Heritage Office Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 1 m1 Railway Heritage Estate CHARACTERISTICS • Covers a broad range of buildings, works, sites and movable heritage items • Has high community interest and support • Bulk of items are under the ownership and control of Government Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 2 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 1 Slide 2 m1 mcdougr, 6/09/2005 Statutory Listings – Railway items HO Database (HOD) • (LEP’s, S.170 + SHR) total 1702 Railway items • S.170 Railway listings 854 (Government owned) SHR • 272 items • 236 in Government ownership Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 3 Listing Consequences STATE HERITAGE REGISTER • Heritage Council Approval • Minimum Maintenance Standards SECTION 170 HERITAGE REGISTER • Ministerial Principles and Heritage Council Guidelines •HAMS • Register Finalised LEP HERITAGE SCHEDULE • Notification to local council Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 4 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 2 STATE HERITAGE REGISTER – Railway items • SHR was established 1996 • Announced through “NSW Government Heritage Policy” Minister Knowles • Included previous PCOs 1937 Rail Paybus. SHR 2003. RTM Thirlmere Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 5 Celebration ! eg Commissioners Carriages, SHR 2003 Albury Station. SHR 1999 Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 6 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 3 Celebration ! eg Commissioners Carriages, SHR 2003 Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 7 Government Management NSW Heritage Act 1977 • S.170 provisions established 1987 • NSW government owns + manages bulk of heritage items in NSW • NSW government agencies to conserve and manage heritage assets and ‘lead by example and demonstrate exemplary heritage management’ (Refshauge 2000 Heritage Policy) Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 8 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 4 Section 170 –NSW Heritage Act 1977 1999 changes • obliged government agencies to do more than list significant heritage assets in their ownership; • to effectively conserve and manage their heritage (Section 170(A); 2004 update • Release of State Heritage Guide Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 9 Section 170 – State Heritage Guide •provides clarification to NSW agencies about heritage issues and opportunities when managing its assets •consistent with NSW Government Total Asset Management (TAM) policy 2006 January: Completion date for HAMS 2009: Completion date for S.170(6) Heritage & Conservation Registers Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 10 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 5 KEY ISSUES • Complexity of ownership • Upgrade requirements vs heritage • Redundancy and adaptive reuse • Movable heritage and rolling stock Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 11 Government Rail Entities – a ever changing environment? • Rail Corp • RIC • State Rail demise • Freight Corp • Australian Rail Track Corporation Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 12 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 6 UPGRADES VS HERITAGE • Modernisation of stations • Providing for disabled access and security • New technologies Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 13 REDUNDANCY AND ADAPTIVE REUSE • Maintenance and security of orphan assets • Ownership and management • Adaptive reuse options • Funding, insurance and liability Issues Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 14 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 7 MOVABLE HERITAGE & ROLLING STOCK • Ownership and Control • Inventory and Disposal Policy • Basic needs, funding, maintenance and long term conservation Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 15 NSW Rail Preservation Entities • Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere • The Rail Motor Society Inc. Peak Organisations: • 3801 Limited • Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd, Lithgow • The Rail Motor Society, Paterson • Historic Electric Traction (HET) •Rail Heritage Australia (NSW) Inc • Central West Railway Preservation • Sydney Electric Train Society (SETS) • Richmond Vale Railway Society, Orange •Association Of Railway • Cooma Monaro Railway Inc. • Silverton Railway Museum Preservation Groups • Dumaresq Railway Preservation • Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum (NSW) Incorporated Society • Tocumwal Railway Preservation • Glenreagh Mountain Railway Committee •Australian Railway • Hunter Valley Railway Trust • Rothbury Riot Railway And Steam Historical Society, ACT • Illawarra Light Railway Museum Museum Group Ltd • Lachlan Valley Railway Society Co- • Yass Railway Museum operative Limited, Cowra • Canberra Railway Museum • Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway • Lithgow State Mine & Railway • Sydney Tramway Museum • Steam Tram & Railway Preservation Society Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 16 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 8 RailCorp Movable Heritage assets • 28 April 2004, RailCorp, Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC) and State Rail endorsed the process for developing a Heritage Asset Management Strategy. • Including establishment of Heritage Asset Management Strategy Steering Committee. • establishment of Rolling Stock Selection Committee – to review S.170 movable heritage register and identify core collection Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 17 Basic Needs • Adequate Storage Facility • Workshop • Available Skills • Sydney Metropolitan Base • Regional Support Areas • Appropriate Management Entity • Marketing Tourism Plan Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 18 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 9 Funding Maintenance and Long Term Conservation • Government involvement • Viability of business • Partnerships and integrated approaches • Heritage Council role Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 19 Where to from here • Heritage Office/ Heritage Council • Government • Private Organisations Future of Rail Heritage in NSW 20 NSW Heritage Office - Working together to preserve our heritage 10.