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Media Release: Transport Minister confirms NSW infrastructure future

On 8 February, 2013

While construction on Sydney’s much-awaited North West Rail Link is set to start mid-2014, commuters will have to wait to use the service until 2020 at the earliest.

The timetable for the $8 billion-plus project was confirmed by NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian today as part of a summary presentation of the NSW Government’s 20-year Long Term Transport Master Plan.

The combined result of the transport master plan would effectively remove the equivalent of 220 buses from Sydney roads each hour, she said.

Ms Berejiklian made the presentation at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s (CEDA) first Transport Series event of 2013.

She also confirmed:

Railcorp will cease to exist from July 1. Responsibility for rail system to be split into Sydney Trains and NSW Trains to better reflect metropolitan, regional and country customer bases;
North West Rail Link – 22 major tenders released, with 44 key contracts awarded so far;
CBD & East Light Rail – part of a plan to unclog the CBD, improve travel times between Circular Quay through George Street to Central Station and towards the University of NSW via Anzac Parade and Alison Road;
Second Harbour tunnel crossing, new CBD line (between Redfern and Chatswood, delivering a 60% increase in services across the rail network);
Tunnel contract for the North West Rail Line would be announced mid-2013;
From this month 60 buses would be diverted from the Harbour Bridge, freeing up the Cahill Expressway;
A trial of double decker buses in Sydney;
Single-deck rapid transit services to the Bankstown, Hurstville and the Illawarra;
Real-time apps currently operating for buses, with rail and ferry apps in development;
Franchising Sydney Ferries to improve services

WestConnex – 33km motorway to be completed in 2022, linking Sydney’s west with airport and Port Botany precincts. Includes extension of M4 Motorway, east of North Strathfield and duplication of M5 East to King Georges Road.
Northern Sydney Freight Corridor – planning underway to boost freight train capacity and reliability, reduce crowding on passenger services and take more than 200,000 heavy vehicles of the road;
Completion of Pacific Highway, with almost two thirds being widened to four lanes by 2014;
Precinct Improvement Plan for Port Botany & Sydney Airport – plans to unlock transport movements around international gateways, more trains, 24-hour bus routes, new interchanges for each airline
Roll-out of ‘Opal’, an electronic ticketing system incorporating rail, ferry & bus transport. Will cover Sydney, the Hunter, Central Coast, the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and the Blue Mountains.
CBD station upgrades

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