Transport for NSW
{{Short description|Statutory authority of the New South Wales Government}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
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| formed = 1 November 2011
| preceding1 = Transport Construction Authority
| preceding2 = Country Rail Infrastructure Authority
| preceding3 = Roads and Maritime Services
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| jurisdiction = New South Wales
| headquarters = 231 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
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| budget = $23.11 billion (2024–2025){{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act|aa2024176|Appropriation Act 2024|17}}
| minister1_name = John Graham {{small|MLC}}
| minister1_pfo = Minister for Transport
| minister2_name = Jenny Aitchison {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
| minister2_pfo = Minister for Roads and Minister for Regional Transport
| chief1_name = Josh Murray
| chief1_position = Secretary
| agency_type = Statutory authority
| parent_agency = New South Wales Department of Transport
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| website = {{URL|http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/}}
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Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is a New South Wales Government transport services and roads agency established on 1 November 2011. The agency is a different entity to the NSW Department of Transport, which is a department of the state government of New South Wales, and the ultimate parent entity of Transport for NSW.
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The agency's function is to build transport infrastructure and manage transport services in New South Wales. Since absorbing Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) in December 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/about/news-events/roads-maritime-transport.html|title=Roads and Maritime Services has joined with TfNSW|website=Roads & Maritime Services|date=17 May 2017 |access-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204230403/https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/about/news-events/roads-maritime-transport.html|archive-date=4 December 2019|url-status=dead}} the agency is also responsible for building and maintaining road infrastructure, managing the day-to-day compliance and safety for roads and waterways and vehicle and driving license registrations.
The agency reports to the New South Wales Minister for Transport, Minister for Roads and the Minister for Regional Transport.{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|reg|aasaamo2023647|Administrative Arrangements (Public Service agencies and Ministers) Order 2023|sch=1}} The ministers are accountable to the Parliament of New South Wales.
History
=Predecessor transport departments=
==Ministry of Transport (1932–1990)==
{{See also|Department of Main Roads (New South Wales)|Department of Railways New South Wales}}
In March 1932, the first Department of Transport in New South Wales was formed by the Lang Government.{{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000655|title=AGY-536 Department of Transport [I]|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071638/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000655|url-status=live}} Following the dismissal of the Lang government and the appointment of the Stevens Government in May, in December 1932, the department was replaced by the Ministry of Transport, which was divided into three departments:{{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1003281|title=AGY-3819 Ministry of Transport [I] (1932–1975) Ministry of Transport and Highways (1975–1978) Ministry of Transport [II] (1978–1990)|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619220311/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1003281|url-status=live}}{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_act|tofa1932n31404|Transport (Division of Functions) Act, 1932}}
- Department of Railways (until October 1972){{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1001277|title=AGY-1166 Department of Railways|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071635/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1001277|url-status=live}}
- Department of Main Roads (until January 1989) – spun out from Ministry of Transport in March 1956{{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000125|title=AGY-2 Department of Main Roads|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620173625/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000125|url-status=live}}
- Department of Road Transport and Tramways (until June 1952){{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000656&context=L|title=AGY-537 Department of Road Transport and Tramways|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=21 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621042932/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000656&context=L|url-status=live}}
In June 1952, the Department of Road Transport and Tramways was further split into:
- Department of Transport and Highways, soon renamed the Department of Motor Transport (June 1952 – January 1989){{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000126|title=AGY-3 Department of Transport and Highways (1952) / Department of Motor Transport (1952–1989)|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071634/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000126|url-status=live}}
- Department of Government Tram and Omnibus Services, soon renamed Department of Government Transport (June 1952 – October 1972){{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000657|title=AGY-538 Department of Government Tram and Omnibus Services (1952) / Department of Government Transport (1952–1972)|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071636/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000657|url-status=live}}
In October 1972, the Department of Government Transport and Department of Railways were abolished and were replaced by the Public Transport Commission, which continued to be part of the Ministry of Transport. The Ministry of Transport was later briefly known as Ministry of Transport and Highway between January 1975 and October 1978. In January 1989, the Department of Main Roads, Department of Motor Transport, and Traffic Authority of New South Wales merged to form Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA).{{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000130|title=AGY-7 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071633/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1000130|url-status=live}}
==Subsequent departments (1990–2011)==
In January 1990, the Ministry of Transport was abolished and replaced by a new Department of Transport and its successors:
- Department of Transport (January 1990 – April 2003){{cite web|url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1003282|title=AGY-3820 Department of Transport [II]|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=15 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415110440/https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1003282|url-status=live}} – briefly branded as Transport NSW between 2001 and April 2003{{cite web|url=https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/9e/79/b7/88/b6/27/14/22/24/c2/6f/0f/4d/52/ef/07/obj/document.pdf|title=NSW Department of Transport Annual Report 2001|website=OpenGov NSW|publisher=Department of Transport|page=2|access-date=20 March 2020|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320023117/https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/9e/79/b7/88/b6/27/14/22/24/c2/6f/0f/4d/52/ef/07/obj/document.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/ad/93/d0/79/cf/c2/34/4d/b5/33/a6/77/2d/9d/37/e6/obj/document.pdf|title=Transport NSW Annual Report 2002|website=OpenGov NSW|publisher=Department of Transport|access-date=20 March 2020|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320023116/https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/ad/93/d0/79/cf/c2/34/4d/b5/33/a6/77/2d/9d/37/e6/obj/document.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- Transport Co-Ordination Authority (April 2003 – July 2003) – interim{{cite web|url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/3528|title=AGY-3528 Transport Co-ordination Authority (2003) Ministry of Transport (2003-2009)|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140420/https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/3528|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/09/88/3f/a6/09/2f/c5/54/28/2f/a1/6a/dc/2b/14/6f/obj/document.pdf|title=Ministry of Transport Annual Report 2001|website=OpenGov NSW|publisher=Department of Transport|pages=4, 24|access-date=20 March 2020|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320023119/https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/09/88/3f/a6/09/2f/c5/54/28/2f/a1/6a/dc/2b/14/6f/obj/document.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- Ministry of Transport (July 2003 – July 2009)
- Department of Transport and Infrastructure (July 2009 – July 2010) – branded as NSW Transport and Infrastructure (NSWTI){{cite web|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325134233/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/|archive-date=25 March 2010|title=Welcome to NSW Transport and Infrastructure|website=NSW Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=25 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/6326|title=Department of Transport and Infrastructure (2009–2010) Transport NSW (2010–2011) Department of Transport [III] (2011–)|website=NSW State Archives & Records|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140501/https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/6326|url-status=live}}
- Transport NSW (July 2010 – April 2011)
=Creation of Transport for NSW=
After winning the 2011 state election, the new Liberal-Nationals government under Barry O'Farrell renamed the transport department from Transport NSW back to Department of Transport.{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_reg|pseamo20112011184l3a2011621|Public Sector Employment and Management (Departments) Order 2011 (2011-184) LW 3 April 2011}} Later that year, in November 2011, the Transport for NSW was formed as a government agency and subsumed the Transport Construction Authority and the Country Rail Infrastructure Authority, and took over the planning and coordination functions of RailCorp, the State Transit Authority and Roads and Maritime Services from the Department of Transport.{{cite news |last=Saulwick |first=Jacob |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/synchronised-timetables-for-travellers--but-not-yet-20110715-1hi53.html |title=Synchronised timetables for travellers-but not yet |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818070249/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/synchronised-timetables-for-travellers--but-not-yet-20110715-1hi53.html |url-status=live }} It also absorbed the functions, assets and liabilities of Sydney Metro Authority, Public Transport Ticketing Corporation as well as some functions from the NSW Department of Planning & Infrastructure.{{cite web|url=https://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/257/15_Volume_Eight_2012_Transport_for_NSW.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y|title=NSW Auditor-General's Report to Parliament (Volume Eight 2012)|publisher=NSW Auditor-General|date=2012|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203002128/https://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/257/15_Volume_Eight_2012_Transport_for_NSW.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y|archive-date=3 February 2018|url-status=live}} Howard Collins {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}, the former head of Sydney Trains appointed in 2013, is credited with remodelling the transport system after Transport for London.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2013 |title=Collins moves to Sydney |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/people/collins-moves-to-sydney/38346.article |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bajkowski |first=Julian |date=2023-04-14 |title=Minns culls Treasury, Transport and Education chiefs in public sector purge |url=https://www.themandarin.com.au/217548-minns-culls-treasury-transport-education-chiefs/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=The Mandarin |language=en-US}}
The entities that were under Transport for NSW upon its creation, as underlined in the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2011, were:{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_act|tlaa2011n41372|Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2011}}
{{as of|2023|03}}, the Department of Transport continues to exist as a government department and the ultimate parent entity of Transport for NSW and its entities.
=Sydney Ferries=
{{Main|Sydney Ferries}}
Transport for NSW contracted the Sydney ferry services to Harbour City Ferries in 2011, who started operations in 2012 and then Transdev Sydney Ferries in 2019. Transport for NSW continues to own the ferry fleet and the Balmain shipyard through its entity "Sydney Ferries". This entity is not to be confused with the branding of ferries in Sydney, which also uses the brand "Sydney Ferries".
=Purchase of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail=
{{Main|Metro Transport Sydney}}
Transport for NSW established the "MTS Holding Company" on 12 March 2012, and through the holding company, purchased Metro Transport Sydney, the owner of the Sydney Light Rail and the Sydney Monorail, on 23 March 2012 for $19.8 million. The company, light rail and the monorail also became under control of Transport for NSW and the government.{{cite web|url=http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/edition/5_july_2012/20120705/light_rail_strategy_for_sydney.page|title=Light rail strategy for Sydney|publisher=Clayton Utz|work=Clayton Utz Insights|date=5 July 2012|access-date=6 July 2012|author1=Cosgriff, Stuart|author2=Griffiths, Emily|archive-date=14 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714054448/http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/edition/5_july_2012/20120705/light_rail_strategy_for_sydney.page|url-status=live}} The Sydney Monorail was closed down on 1 July 2013, and on the same day, the Metro Light Rail brand was phased out as part of a broader rebranding and reorganisation of public transport services in New South Wales.{{cite news|last1=Saulwick|first1=Jacob|title=All together now: Sydney's public transport united under one 'brand'|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/all-together-now-sydneys-public-transport-united-under-one-brand-20130418-2i1zt.html|access-date=5 April 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 April 2013|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074216/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/all-together-now-sydneys-public-transport-united-under-one-brand-20130418-2i1zt.html|url-status=live}} The light rail also became under direct ownership of Transport for NSW.[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/D0814F07F6268D32CA2578F500245FF7 Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193913/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/D0814F07F6268D32CA2578F500245FF7 |date=2 January 2014 }} Parliament of New South Wales 13 September 2011{{cite web|title=Notice of Proposed Deregistration – Voluntary|url=https://insolvencynotices.asic.gov.au/browsesearch-notices/notice-details/METRO-TRANSPORT-SYDNEY-PTY-LIMITED-082564510/b78bc886-0724-4f41-b654-eae049c98d11|publisher=ASIC|access-date=17 July 2013|archive-date=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327235043/https://insolvencynotices.asic.gov.au/browsesearch-notices/notice-details/METRO-TRANSPORT-SYDNEY-PTY-LIMITED-082564510/b78bc886-0724-4f41-b654-eae049c98d11|url-status=live}} The process of shutting down Metro Transport Sydney and transferring assets to Transport for NSW was completed in September 2014 with the deregistration of MTS Holding Company.{{cite web|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/annual_reports/tfnsw-annual-report-2013-14.pdf |title=Transport for NSW 2013/14 Annual Report |publisher=Transport for NSW |access-date=1 January 2015 |pages=329, 344 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205164711/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/annual_reports/tfnsw-annual-report-2013-14.pdf |archive-date= 5 December 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/panelSearch.jspx?searchText=156211906&searchType=OrgAndBusNm&_adf.ctrl-state=gd1odxkrs_137|title=MTS HOLDING COMPANY PTY LIMITED|publisher=ASIC|access-date=3 February 2018}}
=New railway agencies=
The operations and maintenance functions of RailCorp were passed on to two newly formed government agencies, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains in July 2013, initially as subsidiaries of RailCorp. However, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains are not controlled entities of RailCorp, but are instead controlled by Transport for NSW.{{cite web|title=Railcorp Annual Report 2013–14|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/railcorp-annual-report-2013-14.pdf|page=15|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913074031/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/railcorp-annual-report-2013-14.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=live}} The suburban services of CityRail (also a part of RailCorp) were transferred to Sydney Trains, while CountryLink (also a part of RailCorp) and the intercity services of CityRail were passed on to NSW Trains, trading as NSW TrainLink. As a result, CityRail and CountryLink were abolished.
In July 2017, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains became independent and standalone agencies under Transport for NSW, and ceased to be subsidiaries of RailCorp.{{cite web|title=Transport for NSW Annual Report 2017–18 Volume 1|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2018/TfNSW-Annual-Report-2017%E2%80%9318-Volume-1.pdf|page=49|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709010418/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2018/TfNSW-Annual-Report-2017%E2%80%9318-Volume-1.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_act|taaea2017n12637|Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act 2017}} At the same time, the Residual Transport Corporation (RTC) was formed. RailCorp continued to exist as the railway asset owner until 1 July 2020, when it was converted into a state-owned corporation and renamed Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE).{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/transport-asset-holding-entity-of-new-south-wales|title=Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales|website=Transport for NSW|access-date=1 July 2020|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701001204/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/transport-asset-holding-entity-of-new-south-wales|url-status=live}}[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf Transport for NSW Annual Report 2016–17 page 142,237] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722043838/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf |date=22 July 2021 }}, Transport for NSW, retrieved 18 January 2018[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/railcorp RailCorp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318121220/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/railcorp |date=18 March 2020 }}, Transport for NSW, retrieved 16 January 2018 The RTC will then own assets that are not suitable for TAHE ownership.
In July 2018, the Sydney Metro Delivery Office, which was formed in 2011, was converted into a standalone Sydney Metro operating agency under Transport for NSW, similar to Sydney Trains and NSW Trains.{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/all-aboard-sydney-metro|title=All aboard Sydney Metro|publisher=Transport for NSW|date=18 May 2018|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218054640/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/all-aboard-sydney-metro|url-status=live}}
=Amalgamation of Transport and Road agencies=
After the 2019 state election, the government announced they would be merging Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) into Transport for NSW, to integrate roads and transport into a single agency.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-road-and-transport-agencies-merged-reshuffle-in-senior-bureaucracy-20190401-p519p1.html|title=NSW road and transport agencies merged; reshuffle in senior bureaucracy|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 April 2019|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102090810/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-road-and-transport-agencies-merged-reshuffle-in-senior-bureaucracy-20190401-p519p1.html|url-status=live}} Legislation to dissolve RMS and transfer its functions to Transport for NSW was passed in the NSW Parliament and granted royal assent in November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/historic-reforms-for-better-transport|title=Historic Reforms for Better Transport|publisher=Transport for NSW|date=19 November 2019|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120022812/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/historic-reforms-for-better-transport|archive-date=20 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3656|title=Transport Administration Amendment (RMS Dissolution) Bill 2019|website=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228094250/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3656|url-status=live}} RMS was dissolved and merged into Transport for NSW on 1 December 2019.
=Parklands=
On 1 April 2022, the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust was transferred from the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) to Transport for NSW. The trust comprised Centennial Parklands (including Moore Park and Queens Park), Western Sydney Parklands, Parramatta Park, Callan Park and Fernhill Estate, and their individual park trusts.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/open-space/50-year-vision-for-greater-sydney-parklands|title=50-Year Vision for Greater Sydney's Open Space and Parklands|website=Department of Planning and Environment|access-date=19 November 2022|archive-date=11 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111012608/https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/open-space/50-year-vision-for-greater-sydney-parklands|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/open-space/greater-sydney-parklands|title=Greater Sydney Parklands|website=Department of Planning and Environment|access-date=19 November 2022|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127014422/https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/open-space/greater-sydney-parklands|url-status=live}} The Luna Park Reserve Trust, Place Management NSW and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and Smart Places Strategy were also transferred from DPE to Transport for NSW.{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|num_reg|aaco22022202284l16m2022761|Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes-Miscellaneous) Order (No 2) 2022 (2022-84) LW 16 March 2022}} Section 7
Purpose
The authority develops regulations, policies and legislation to ensure that transport is delivered to a high standard, meets community needs, protects assets and public money, minimises environmental impact, and ensures the community is safe. The authority manages an annual multibillion-dollar transport budget and in partnership with the transport operating agencies manages more than $106 billion in property, plant and equipment assets. Funding is provided for rail, bus, ferry, light rail, roads and community transport services and related infrastructure. The authority also funds concession schemes such as the School Student Transport Scheme, the Private Vehicle Conveyance Scheme, the School Drive Subsidy and the Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme.{{cite web |url=https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=transportnsw.info |publisher=Transport for NSW |title=School student travel}}{{cite web |url=https://transportnsw.info/taxi-transport-subsidy-scheme |access-date=23 March 2025 |title=Taxi Transport Subsisy Scheme |website=transportnsw.info |publisher=Transport for NSW}}
Organisational structure
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The authority was initially created as an integrated transport authority with six divisions, each headed by a deputy director general:{{cite press release |url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/releases/110715_transport_for_nsw_takes_shape.pdf |date=15 July 2011 |title=RTA abolished as Transport for NSW takes shape |author1=Berejiklian, Gladys |author-link1=Gladys Berejiklian |author2=Gay, Duncan |author-link2=Duncan Gay |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=16 November 2011 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325053259/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/releases/110715_transport_for_nsw_takes_shape.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Customer experience – to ensure journeys are as simple and seamless as possible;
- Planning and programs – to consolidate planning for all modes and develop a comprehensive transport masterplan;
- Transport services – to ensure transport services cost-effectively meet the current and future needs of customers;
- Transport projects – to manage major projects;
- Freight and regional development – to coordinate freight services and facilities, with particular focus on regional NSW; and
- Policy and regulation – to develop and oversight policies and laws pertaining to transport across the state
{{As of|2025|01}}, Transport for NSW is structured as follows:
- Operational divisions
- Coordinator General
- Road Maintenance and Resilience
- Sydney Trains
- NSW TrainLink
- Sydney Metro
- Enabling divisions
- Finance, Technology and Commercial
- People, Communication and Workplaces
- Policy/Regulatory divisions
- Safety, Policy, Environment and Regulation
- Delivery division
- Infrastructure Projects and Engineering
- Voice of Customer division
- Planning, Integration and Passenger
- Secretary-led branches
- Legal and Governance
- Strategy
- Security, Crisis and Emergency Management
=Entities=
The NSW Department of Transport comprises the following entities:[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf Transport for NSW 2016–17 Annual Report page 142] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722043838/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf |date=22 July 2021 }}, Transport for NSW, retrieved 18 January 2018
- Transport Service of New South Wales
- Transport for NSW and its divisions and entities
Transport Service of NSW is an agency created in November 2011, in charge of employing staff for Transport for NSW, which cannot directly employ staff, to undertake its functions. The Transport Service also directly employs staff for State Transit Authority (STA), as well as senior executives of Sydney Trains and NSW Trains.[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf Transport for NSW 2016–17 Annual Report page 124] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722043838/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf |date=22 July 2021 }}, Transport for NSW, retrieved 18 January 2018
{{As of|2025}}, the entities of the Transport for NSW, as detailed in Transport Administration Act 1988, are:{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act|taa1988305|Transport Administration Act 1988|3G}}
- NSW Trains
- Sydney Ferries
- State Transit Authority (STA)
- Sydney Trains
- NSW Trains
- Residual Transport Corporation (RTC) – created in July 2017
- Sydney Metro – created in July 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/new-transport-era-sydney-metro-authority-comes-effect|title=New transport era as Sydney Metro authority comes into effect|date=5 July 2018|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711152017/https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/new-transport-era-sydney-metro-authority-comes-effect|url-status=live}}
Out of these, STA, Sydney Trains, Sydney Metro, and NSW Trains are government transport agencies.[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/our-organisation Our Organisation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203125322/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/our-organisation |date=3 February 2018 }}, Transport for NSW, retrieved 8 January 2025
= Departmental leadership =
The following individuals have served as Secretary of Transport for NSW, or any precedent titles:
The Secretary of Transport for NSW is responsible to the Ministers (currently John Graham and Jenny Aitchison).
=Ministers=
The following ministers are responsible for administering the Transport cluster:{{Gazette NSW |title=Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police |issue=161 |date=5 April 2023|url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2023_2023-161.pdf}}
- Minister for Transport, currently The Honourable John Graham {{small|MLC}}
- Minister for Roads and Minister for Regional Transport, currently The Hon. Jenny Aitchison {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
Ultimately, the Ministers are answerable to the Parliament of New South Wales.
Public transport services
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Transport for NSW directly manages most train, bus, ferry and light rail services in New South Wales. The authority manages the route design, timetabling and branding of these services and also provides passenger information via printed material, a telephone service and a website.{{cite web|title=About transportnsw.info|url=http://www.transportnsw.info/en/about/about-us.page?|website=transportnsw.info|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629065427/http://www.transportnsw.info/en/about/about-us.page|archive-date=29 June 2015}} Operation of the services is contracted out to a mixture of other government-owned organisations and private enterprise.{{cite web|title=The Transport Cluster|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about/transport-agencies|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911005225/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about/transport-agencies|url-status=live}}
Transport for NSW public transport services are simply branded Transport. The following sub-brands are used depending on the type of service:
- Sydney Metro – rapid transit services in Sydney
- Sydney Trains – suburban train services in Sydney
- NSW TrainLink – medium and long distance train and coach services throughout the state and extending interstate into Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland
- Buses – bus services in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong
- Sydney Ferries – ferry services in Sydney
- Sydney Light Rail – light rail services in Sydney
- Newcastle Transport – bus, ferry and light rail services in Newcastle
Passengers made 765 million public transport journeys in the 2017-18 financial year.{{cite web|title=Transport for NSW 2017–18 Annual Report Volume 1|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2018/TfNSW-Annual-Report-2017%E2%80%9318-Volume-1.pdf|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=10 November 2019|page=17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621000811/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2018/TfNSW-Annual-Report-2017%E2%80%9318-Volume-1.pdf|archive-date=21 June 2019}} Patronage on the Sydney rail network increased during this period–customer patronage grew by 10.5 per cent, while intercity patronage grew by 11 per cent.{{cite web|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydney-trains-annual-report-2015-16-volume-1.pdf|title=Annual Report (Sydney Trains)|date=2016|access-date=25 November 2016|work=Transport for NSW|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510111141/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydney-trains-annual-report-2015-16-volume-1.pdf}}{{Cite web|title=Annual Report (NSW Trains)|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/annual_reports/nsw-trains-annual-report-2015-16-volume-1.pdf|date=2016|access-date=25 November 2016|work=Transport for NSW|archive-date=18 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118163050/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/annual_reports/nsw-trains-annual-report-2015-16-volume-1.pdf|url-status=live}}
= Transport NSW Info =
Transport for NSW provides a trip planner and transport service information on its customer service website, {{URL|transportnsw.info}}, and via its 24-hour information line, 131 500. These services, outsourced to Serco since July 2010, were previously known as the Transport InfoLine or simply 131500.[http://www.serco-ap.com.au/our-services/our-work/integrated-transport-and-information-services/ Integrated Transport and Information Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901183704/http://www.serco-ap.com.au/our-services/our-work/integrated-transport-and-information-services/ |date=1 September 2012 }} Serco Asia Pacific A parallel Teletype service for hearing and speech impaired passengers is available on 1800 637 500.
Infrastructure
=Public transport projects=
==Current==
==Completed==
=Roads=
==Current==
==Completed==
References
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External links
- [https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/ Transport for NSW] (main website)
- [https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/ Roads and Waterways – Transport for NSW]
- [https://transportnsw.info/ transportnsw.info] (public transport website)
{{List of public transport operators in Sydney}}
{{Regional NSW public transport}}
{{Road infrastructure in Sydney}}
{{New South Wales Government Departments}}
{{Road authorities in Australia}}
{{Authority control}}
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