The long distance train project of the NSW risks losing the expiry of the worst scenario

The highly confidential relationship of infrastructure NSW several years ago revealed that the project team developed a series of dates for the first passenger service that considered “optimistic”, “realistic” and “pessimistic”. As part of the worst scenario, the first train will enter the passenger service in December.

Three of the 29 new trains have arrived in the new South Wales from Spain, while transport officials provide that six others are shipped here by the end of the year.

However, the project has already lost the optimistic and realistic scenarios of last September and last December for the first passenger service respectively.

As part of the so -called dynamic tests, the trains will be first tested on the electrified railway network of Sydney, followed by lines throughout the state and Melbourne and Brisbane using diesel engines.

“It is a long and complex process. It is a two -way train, so we have to test them both on the electrified network and even on the non -electrified, where they work under diesel power,” Drover said.

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“At the test, there will be identified problems. They may request corrections in some cases, but we will not do hurry up to the process. (Tests) will be many, many months – it is not a matter of weeks.”

A commercial process to resolve the dispute between the government and the consortium led by the CAF Design changes, who have been sought by transport for the new South Wales, he is in parallel with arbitration before the courts.

“That preparation for that arbitration process is taking place, but the question has not yet been listened to in the courts, in addition to the preliminary hearings,” said Drover.

The transport for the new South Wales based some representatives in Spain to face the new fleet, while Drover said that some engineers were transported to Europe for specialist test activities “from time to time”.

Regional transport minister Jenny Aitchison said that it was a “very complicated” project and that the previous government was unable to deliver in eight years in terms of obtaining trains on the tracks.

“One thing I don’t want to do is to make commitments on time,” he said to the hearing.

The delay of years of the project forced the Government of Minns to extend the working life of passenger trains Xpt decades of the state, which the new Spanish fleet was purchased to replace. The $ 40 million update to the XPT fleet should start this month and take about a year to be completed.

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