overview formed 1 january 2004 preceding agencies state rail authority rail infrastructure corporation superseding agency sydney trains nsw trainlink transport for new south wales jurisdiction new south wales headquarters sydney minister responsible andrew constance minister for transport state owned corporation executive howard collins acting chief executive key documents transport administration act 1988 nsw rail safety act 2008 nsw passenger transport act 1990 nsw state owned corporations act 1989 nsw website www.railcorp.info rail corporation new south wales railcorp is a state owned corporation of the state of new south wales established under the transport administration act 1988 in 2004 . from 2004 until 2013 railcorp operated passenger train services in new south wales and maintained rail infrastructure within the new south wales metropolitan rail area . from 2013 operation and maintenance functions were transferred to the new sydney trains and nsw trainlink agencies leaving railcorp as the legal owner of a portfolio of 28.6 billion of railway property mostly within metropolitan area . other functions include network access leasing and managing the nsw government s contract with airport link company . the acting chief executive of railcorp is sydney trains chief executive howard collins . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 restructure 2013 2 corruption investigation 3 emergency response 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in january 2004 after much criticism and public perceptions of blame shifting between units of the state rail authority for operational failings railcorp was formed taking over the passenger train operations of cityrail and countrylink and responsibility for maintaining the greater metropolitan network from the rail infrastructure corporation . 2 3 initially governed by a board of directors as a state owned corporation railcorp was reconstituted as a statutory authority on 1 january 2009 . changes to the transport administration act 1988 nsw resulted in abolition of the board effective 1 july 2010 and the repositioning of railcorp as an entity under transport nsw . 4 this was followed by further structural changes under the transport legislation amendment act 2011 which saw transport nsw replaced by transport for nsw which was established as a controlled entity of the department of transport with rail corporation new south wales a controlled entity of transport for nsw . 5 railcorp reports to the minister for transport . restructure 2013 edit in may 2012 the minister for transport announced a restructure of railcorp from july 2013 that would 6 7 8 9 establish sydney trains to operate services in the sydney metropolitan area bounded by berowra richmond emu plains macarthur and waterfall establish nsw trainlink to operate all other passenger services including those of countrylink transfer capital projects and planning functions to transport for new south wales establish transport cleaning services a specialist division responsible for train cleaning establish a customer service division reduce railcorp s function to asset owner offer voluntary redundancies to 750 management and support staff corruption investigation edit in 2007 and 2008 railcorp was investigated by the independent commission against corruption . in a series of seven reports released during 2008 10 the icac reported that more than 21 million in improper contracts and deals through the procurement of services in just three years . 11 12 13 14 in june 2009 railcorp terminated the contract of vicki coleman its chief information officer and it was claimed that she was at the centre of claims of dishonesty and corruption . 15 the icac recommended charges against 33 people ; yet by april 2012 only eight people had faced the courts . those that received custodial sentences included allan michael blackstock 4 years and renea hughes 3 years . youssef joe madrajat was directed to undertake community service . further charges are expected to be laid on others and several are still waiting the outcome of criminal proceedings . 16 emergency response edit railcorp maintains a statewide emergency response unit . the function of this unit is to attend incidents such as derailments . formerly known as the state rail fire service the unit is based in sydney and respond to emergency incidents involving the rail network including automatic fire alarms within the underground and nearby stations . 17 the unit also undertakes cross training with fire and rescue nsw . 18 the unit is currently equipped with a number of vehicles including mercedes and international pumpers and a specialist rapid rail response unit which is able to travel via the road and rail network for rescue operations . 19 the unit s motto is semper paratus translated from latin to mean always ready . see also edit new south wales portal sydney portal railways portal rail transport in new south wales railways in sydney references edit transport for new south wales 2014 . railcorp 2014 annual report pdf . rail corporation of new south wales nsw government state records annual report 30 june 2004 railcorp annual report 2009 2010 pdf . rail corporation of new south wales . 29 october 2010 . p. 3 . issn 1835 2928 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . transport legislation amendment bill 2011 parliament of new south wales 13 september 2011 saulwick jacob 15 may 2012 . railcorp job cuts first of many unions . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 15 may 2012 . clennell andrew 15 may 2012 . ruthless railcorp reforms planned as middle management axed . daily telegraph . sydney . retrieved 15 may 2012 . corporate plan 2012 13 railcorp 700 jobs to go as railcorp gets the axe daily telegraph 16 november 2012 individuals adversely named by icac . contracts and procurement . rail corporation new south wales . retrieved 7 april 2012 . railcorp corruption inquiry transcript . the 7.30 report . australia australian broadcasting corporation . 22 may 2008 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . besser linton 15 december 2008 . railcorp corruption extraordinary report finds . sydney morning herald . aap . retrieved 6 april 2012 . icac recommends further 10 charges over railcorp fraud . the australian . aap . 8 september 2008 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . besser linton 3 april 2009 . railcorp s scrutineer one of its own executives . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 6 april 2012 . walters adam 9 june 2009 . railcorp boss escorted from her office by security . daily telegraph . australia . retrieved 7 april 2012 . plenty of loot but convictions harder to come by . sydney morning herald . 7 april 2012 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . robertson john 1 june 2010 . railcorp city circle derailment response . questions without notice hansard . legislative council of new south wales . retrieved 7 april 2012 . annual report 2006 2007 pdf . rail corporation new south wales . october 2007 . p. 16 . issn 1835 2936 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . rapid rail response unit pdf . sem fire and rescue . retrieved 7 april 2012 . external links edit railcorp v t e administrating government agencies for rail transport in new south wales sydney tramroad and railway company provisional committee 1848 1849 sydney railway company 1849 1854 and hunter river railway company 1853 1854 commissioners of sydney and hunter river railways 1854 1858 commissioner for railways 1858 1888 railway commissioners of new south wales 1888 1907 chief commissioner of railways and tramways 1907 1932 transport commissioners of new south wales 1932 department of railways 1932 1972 public transport commission 1972 1980 state rail authority 1980 2003 railcorp 2004 2013 transport for new south wales 2013 present v t e railway infrastructure companies africa algeria anesrif asia japan japan railway construction transport and technology agency railway technical research institute south korea korea rail network authority iran railway services and technical construction engineering company rstc co. europe austria bb infrastruktur belgium infrabel bulgaria nric croatia hz infrastruktura czech republic spr va elezni n dopravn cesty denmark banedanmark estonia evr infra france sncf r seau rff eurotunnel finland finnish rail administration germany db netze greece hellenic railways organisation hungary magyar llamvasutak italy rete ferroviaria italiana lithuania ldz infrastrukt ra luxembourg communaut de transports acc s r seau montenegro icg netherlands prorail keyrail infraspeed norway norwegian national rail administration poland polskie linie kolejowe pcc l skie linie kolejowe portugal rede ferrovi ria nacional romania compania national de c i ferate slovakia railways of slovak republic sr slovenia a p spain administrador de infraestructuras ferroviarias sweden swedish transport administration united kingdom network rail eurotunnel oceania australia australian rail track corporation brookfield rail railcorp victrack new zealand kiwirail network new zealand railways corporation 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