Case Study: Analysis of the Regional Rail Fleet Project (NSW)

This case study analyzes the Regional Rail Fleet Project, focusing on the replacement of aging trains in New South Wales (NSW) to enhance passenger safety, comfort, and accessibility. The report examines the project's background, literature review, and the Western Australian government's need for the project, highlighting the benefits of introducing new trains with innovative features like automatic doors and CCTV equipment. It explores the project's feasibility, discussing both positive and negative risk events, and concludes that the project is beneficial. The study covers project risk management, industry reports, and the positive impact on the community by improving railway services and safety. References include books and journals related to rail infrastructure and project management.

Case Study: Project -
Regional Rail Fleet (NSW)
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Background.............................................................................................................................3
Literature review....................................................................................................................3
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project..................................................4
The feasibility of the project...................................................................................................5
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario...................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Railway Regional Fleet project include the vision to replace overall trains with new ones which
are up to 36 years old in order to improve standards of rail facilities to passengers traveling from
Sydney to certain regional areas (Baker and Bagis, 2014). The present report is based on the
selected project named as Railway Regional Fleet which is proposed in Western Australia for
improving the safety of people by using innovative technology in new trains. This assignment
will focus on background of given project and project risk management framework along with
reviewing industry. It will also include need of Western Australian Government regarding this
project and feasibility of the same.
MAIN BODY
Background
The Railway Regional Fleet is all about to replace old trains by introducing new ones in order to
provide better facilities and increase security of people. However, the NSW Government is
replacing the ageing NSW regional rail fleet of XPT, XPLORER and Endeavour trains that
consists trains which are up to 36 years old. It also include the new train maintenance facility
will be developed in Dubbo in respect of stimulating the regional economy as well as provide
help for creating sustainable job opportunities. In addition to this, it has a beneficial criterion to
increasing safety of people and improves comfort level, accessibility as well as reliability for
passengers who were traveling from Sydney to several regional centres such as Canberra,
Melbourne and Brisbane. Moreover, this project include particular contract that consist
designing, building, financing and maintaining the new regional rail fleet (Amery-Gale, 2018).
Furthermore it also consist the criterion of building, designing and maintenance along with
operating the fresh purpose built fleet maintenance facility in Dubbo.
Literature review
Identifying the PM Risk framework
The project management risk framework can be described as set of several principle
which provide support manage overall activities in proper manner to complete particular project
with better outcomes. It is necessary to focus on these guidelines which facilitate to improve the
effectiveness of project by reducing risk factors in an appropriate way. In context of Railway
Regional Fleet, they also required to follow such principle of project risk management which are
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described here. Initially, it is essential to manage project within limitations of scope, quality,
resources and risk. Secondly, it is required to establish an appropriate governance and control
over the project. Thirdly, it consist better communication, quality and risk management plans for
conducting whole project. However, it is necessary to develop an appropriate authorisation and
acceptance for overall life of project and communication of stakeholder should be inclusive.
Moreover, it includes that post implementation reviews are conducted and actively used to
improve conduct of project delivery (Fleckner, 2014).
Review Industry Report and Identify Risk
The Railway industry has to invest much money to implement this project of Railway
Regional Fleet and may face loss for some time. However, this time is very crucial for this
industry as they have proposed the selected project and put efforts to engage customers by taking
their feedbacks which create a huge confusion to make appropriate decision about applying
improvements in design. At the other hand risk factors is that, project is looking as favourable
but practically if it may not much confortable then investment of government face loss.
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project
The Railway Regional Fleet project is beneficial for overall population as it is helpful to
replace old trains which have several technical problems and other related threats as well. It will
provide support introduce trains with new innovative facilities which favourable for citizens in
context of travelling on regular basis along with boosting the factor of security. However, it is
necessary to complete project to introduce new trains by replacing old trains because safety of
people is very important and it is very risky to serving railway facilities by very much old train is
responsible to take risk of lives of large number of passengers traveling in single vehicle. There
are several requirements of Western Australian Government for the project of Railway Regional
Government which are described below.
Innovative facilities to citizens – This include to provide better innovative services to
people so that they will not face much issues at the time of whole journey. It include the
utilisation of digital technology including Automatic selective door opening for stations with
short platforms and modern CCTV equipment which are helpful to people. However, CCTV are
providing support to capture every moment of each passenger along with mis-happenings which
facilitate to determine culprits easily (Morison and Graham, 2014).
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Safety and security – The CCTV equipment are helpful to secure people from problems
and new trains have innovative technical system which facilitate to provide safety in proper
manner. Meanwhile, it consists to provide more effective facilities such as comfortable and
functional design including reversible seating, spacious buffet cars as well as overhead luggage
storage.
Improve Railway services – This can be described as improvement in various railway
facilities which are mandatory to be comfortable for passengers accordingly. However, the
introduction of new trains by replacing old ones facilitate to provide accessible toilets on every
train, wider doors, single-deck carriages, priority seating and accessible help points.
Furthermore, Electronic device charging points, tray tables suitable for laptops and spacious seat
pockets are also necessary to be provided.
The feasibility of the project
The feasibility can be considered as a possibility of anything in order to easily or conveniently
done. It includes the particular project to be completed in proper manner with easy efforts and
gain proper outcomes of the same respectively. However, the feasibility of Railway Regional
Fleet project is favourable that means there is much possibility to complete the same as it will be
easily acceptable by people. In addition to this, this project is responsible for providing safety
and innovative facilities if passengers which provide help to make their journey mote
confortable. The innovative design of compartments and appropriate design of other things for
boost up level of services is suitable to improve security and reduce risk of accidents by
replacing old trains with previous technical systems. Moreover, digital technology has render
facility of providing automatic doors and CCTV equipment which has capability tp capture each
and movement which is helpful to decrease rate of crimes also (Cinque, 2015).
At the other hand, new project is feasible because sit will reduce much the rate of train
accidents due to old technical systems which can be replaced by introducing Railway Regional
project. This project will become successful because it has overall criteria to improve facilities
and safety of citizens while they are travelling from one place to another. However, the other
facilities such as reversible seating, spacious buffet cars and overhead luggage store with creative
idea to make journey of people more comfortable and safe. This project is easily accepted
because it is responsible removing a major risk of train accidents by replacing old vehicles on
track which is very important to introduce Railway Regional Fleet project in proper manner.
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Other innovative facilities include accessible toilets on every train, wider doors, single-deck
carriages, priority seating and accessible help points which are also responsible for increasing
feasibility of given project in Australia.
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario
The Railway Regional Fleet create positive situation by introducing this project as it is helpful
for people in order to provide better facilities including reversible seating, spacious buffets cars
and overhead luggage storage. However, it also provide facility of automatic doors and CCTV
equipment which provide support to increase security of passengers from criminal activity of
other misshapen. In addition to this, this project has been created positive environment in
Western Australian because it is favourable for common people by removing risk of train
accidents along with facilitating new innovative techniques for providing appropriate services to
increase comfort ability of citizens. In contrary to this, they put efforts to gather feedbacks of
customers regarding proposed design including vision of the selected project (Morison and
Graham, 2014). Meanwhile, the intension to gain views of clients is not incorrect but it create a
lot of confusion because every individual has different requirements then it will generate
difficulty to consider appropriate comments of people from different types of opinions given by
citizens. Moreover, this project is required to invest large amount of money which may create
situation of loss for railway industry for some time.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that Railway Regional Fleet project is a
contract to replace old trains by new ones in order to secure passenger through providing better
facilities. However, it include several innovative services including spacious buffet cars,
overhead luggage store, reversible seating, CCTV equipment, automatic doors and many more.
The major beneficial aspect is to apply new creative technology system of train which facilitate
to reduce risks of accidents and other injuries along with improving comfort ability of people at
the time of travelling.
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REFRENCES
Books and journals
Baker, T. and Bagis, A., 2014. Maldon to Dombarton rail link-design development of the Avon
tunnel. In 15th Australasian Tunnelling Conference 2014: Underground Space-
Solutions for the Future (p. 487). Engineers Australia and Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy.
Amery-Gale, J., 2018. Australia ramps up arms exports to Indonesia. Green Left Weekly, (1191),
p.6.
Fleckner, A., 2014. Modernising road rail vehicle operations in Victoria. CORE 2014: Rail
Transport For A Vital Economy, p.395.
Morison, A. and Graham, L., 2014. EPA management of air quality in the Hunter Region. Air
Quality and Climate Change, 48(4), p.45.
de Cinque, K., 2015. Barnett aims to bring in anti-protest law. Green Left Weekly, (1046), p.6.
Morison, A. and Graham, L., 2014. EPA management of air quality in Region. Air Quality &
Climate Change, 48(4).
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