Regional Rail Fleet (NSW) Project: A Project Management Case Study

This case study examines the NSW Regional Rail Fleet Project, initiated by the NSW government to replace its aging XPT, XPLORER, and Endeavor trains with a modern fleet. Awarded to Momentum Trains, the project aims to enhance safety, accessibility, and comfort for passengers traveling between Sydney and various regional destinations, including Melbourne, Canberra, and Brisbane. The project encompasses designing, financing, building, maintaining, and operating a new maintenance facility in Dubbo, creating job opportunities and boosting skills in the region. Key benefits include improved availability, upgraded security, spacious seating, charging ports, dedicated spaces for luggage, prams, and bikes, enhanced accessibility, digital information screens, CCTV, and modern climate control. The project addresses issues of overcrowding and customer dissatisfaction by increasing the fleet's capacity and incorporating user-friendly design elements. The analysis includes a risk framework identifying potential market, natural, political-legal, and economic risks, alongside strategies for their mitigation. Overall, the project's feasibility is supported by a substantial budget allocation of $2.8 billion, highlighting the NSW government's commitment to modernizing its rail infrastructure and improving passenger experience. Desklib provides access to similar case studies and solved assignments for students.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management
Assignment 1, Case Study: Project - Regional Rail Fleet (NSW)
Name of the Student
Name of the University

2
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Background......................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review............................................................................................................................3
Risk framework and Identification of Risk.................................................................................4
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project...........................................................6
The feasibility of the project............................................................................................................7
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario............................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Background
There has been demand of urban rail passenger transport in Australia has been increasing
and configured rail systems have been experiencing heavy computer traffic in morning and
afternoon peak periods catering from standard CBD workday. Traditional passenger rail system
have been investing in new infrastructure and stock services (Balendran et al., 2017). This
project has been initiated by NSW government for replacing old NSW rail fleet of XPT,
XPLORER and Endeavor trains. This project has been initiated to increase job opportunities and
skills in the country. The old trains have been overcrowded during office hours. Passengers feel
discomfort in travelling with old trains. Crowding of services has led to dissatisfaction of
customers and pressurizing rail operators and government for solving this crowding issue. The
expense for improving the infrastructure for meeting demand of passengers have been initiated
with this new project of NSW. The NSW government has provided the contract to deliver
Regional rail Fleet Project to Momentum Trains.
Literature Review
The Australian Railway system has been facing a lot of problems regarding overcrowding
and discomfort of passengers. The trains have been old and made up of traditional design and
infrastructure. Therefore, during peak time, trains suffered form overcrowding. This create a
huge issue in the travelling of the individuals in the railways (Dunnett & Gregory, 2017).
Various accidents and incidents might occur due to overcrowding. Therefore, Australian
government has taken an initiative to transform all old model trains into new model. A project
has been initiated under NSW government. The NSW government has been replacing all ageing
NSW regional rail fleet into new models. These new trains will help in improving safety,
accessibility and comfort for customers who used to travel from Sydney to different part of NSW

4
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
including Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane (Kaewunruen & Remennikov, 2016). The NSW
government has provided the contract to Momentum Trains. Momentum Trains is an internal
consortium that include UGL, CAF rail services, CAF Investment Projects and DIF
Infrastructure V Cooperatief. This project include designing, project financing, building,
maintaining and operating new purpose built fleet maintenance in Dubbo. The new fleet of
intercity trains will be come in service in 2019 running from Sydney to Central Coast,
Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast. There have been various benefits of this
project including Improved availability, upgraded security, improved solace and present day
highlights including: more extensive, progressively roomy two-by-two seating for additional
room and solace with arm rests, plate tables, and high seat backs, charging ports for cell phones,
and committed spaces for baggage, prams and bikes, improved availability including wheelchair
get to and open toilets, improved client data through advanced data screens and declarations,
CCTV and help focuses, and present day warming, ventilation and cooling (Anderson et al.,
2018). Increasingly agreeable and utilitarian plan including reversible seating, open smorgasbord
vehicles and overhead gear stock, Open toilets on each train, more extensive entryways, single-
deck carriages, need seating and available help focuses, Programmed particular entryway
opening for stations with short stages and current CCTV hardware, Electronic gadget charging
focuses, plate tables reasonable for workstations and roomy seat pockets. For satisfy future
increments in need, the New Intercity Fleet will increment to an aggregate of 554 carriages with
the buy of an additional 42 carriages. The majority of the new carriages will keep running on the
South Coast Line to help top hour administrations from 8 carriage trains to 10 carriages and will
enter task from 2021 (Li et al., 2017).
Risk framework and Identification of Risk

5
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The NSW government has been supplanting all maturing NSW provincial rail armada
into new models. These new trains will help in improving wellbeing, openness and solace for
clients who used to venture out from Sydney to various piece of NSW including Melbourne,
Canberra and Brisbane (Liu & Liu, 2017). The NSW government has given the agreement to
Momentum Trains. Energy Trains is an inside consortium that incorporate UGL, CAF rail
administrations, CAF Investment Projects and DIF Infrastructure V Cooperative (Reich & Wee,
2019). This venture incorporate planning, venture financing, fabricating, keeping up and working
new reason constructed armada upkeep in Dubbo (Varajão, Colomo-Palacios & Silva, 2017).
The new armada of intercity trains will be come in administration in 2019 running from Sydney
to Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast.
Risk categories
Subcategories Risk examples Probability Impact
Market Foreign currency debts
External indices that reflect inflation
Losses due to investments in share
H M
Natural Risks related to the weather (hurricanes,
earthquakes, floods, long periods of rain).
M H
Political-legal Government Change priority
Investment lack
Changes in legislation - labor, commercial,
tax, foreign exchange and intellectual
property.
H H
Economy Crises in partner countries
Inflation
Tax increases
Credit volume reduction
Increase in interest rates
Blocking funds in banks
Exchange rate variations
M M
Private Sector (bank,
dealers, construction
companies,
environmental
stakeholders, railway
Industries)
Minimal private area investment in the
railroad venture;
Little venture to improve the framework
activity;
Traveler volume underneath projections;
Loss of clients because of high costs as well as
L M

6
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
the low administration quality;
Inaccessibility of land
Government
(Transport Ministry,
Regulators)
Danger of expenses and activities consumed
by the State if there should be an occurrence
of disappointment of the private administrator;
Dangers of postponements and expenses past
the planned and commitments from getting
earlier authorizing and establishment;
Danger of intensity supply interference to the
HST activity by disappointment which isn't
the Concessionaire's duty
M L
Population (Civil
entities and affected
owners)
Low cost paid for seizure of structures;
Deferral in accepting the seizure cash;
Protection from leave the neighborhood;
High estimation of ticket; low nature of
administration; framework poor dependability;
Significant neighborhood resistance at the
formal proceedings
L L
Emerging Phase No monetary assention
Stoppage of the procedure
Absence of political help
Restriction of natural halls
M L
Feasibility Phase Defective information of the market;
Excessively cynical or hopeful traffic gauge;
Refusal by the administration specialist to
approve a task in light of issues with the
nature of the information or potentially thinks
about submitted
Troubles with land securing
H H
Design phase Questionable learning;
Absence of information;
Rising specialized hardware inaccessible in
time;
Out of date quality of specialized hardware;
Change in principles amid structure lifecycle;
Unseemly specialized arrangements
H H
Construction phase Absence of power and water;
Dangers of contamination of the surface water
because of draining
brought about by water from earthworks
territories, or contamination squander from
works apparatus;
Dangers of harm to the beds and banks of
water courses amid work on structure connects
over waterways or while redirecting the course
of streams and streams;
M H

7
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Dangers of characteristic living spaces being
harmed by worksite squander
Operation phase Danger of impacts;
Expanded costs: an expansion in costs raises
task and
support costs;
Deficiency of ecological measures;
Low practicality;
Low unwavering quality;
Harm caused to the concession property
M H
Probability
Impact
High Medium Low
High (10,9,3) 1,
Medium 2 4 5,
Low 6,8 7
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project
The NSW Government is supplanting the maturing provincial rail armada of XPT,
XPLORER and Endeavor prepares and assembling another reason fabricated support office to
support the armada in Dubbo. An Expression of Interest process was held in 2017 to waitlist
potential givers, with Momentum Trains, Regional Futures and the Bombardier Consortium
welcomed to take part in a Request for Proposal in December 2017.The Bombardier Consortium
pulled back from the procedure in May 2018 (Kaewunruen & Mirza, 2017).Proposals were
evaluated against the accompanying criteria: client centered results; train arrangement; upkeep
office and resource the board arrangement; employments, aptitudes and industry support;
business arrangement; budgetary structure and limit; and cost. Transport for NSW has a Jobs,

8
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Skills and Industry Participation Strategy to amplify work creation and business openings in
Dubbo. The Dubbo Maintenance Facility will make reasonable business, aptitudes improvement
and business openings amid development and operation.Current gauges show the undertaking
will produce around 200 new employments amid pinnacle development, 60 new occupations for
the last train fit out, testing and charging works and 50 new progressing occupations amid tasks,
including traineeships and apprenticeships (Kaewunruen et al., 2015). A Jobs, Skills and Industry
Participation Advisory Group will give ability and assets to help catch openings, facilitate
workforce arranging and address local aptitudes shortages (Chege et al., 2019). The gathering
will incorporate applicable government accomplices, Momentum Trains and their key providers.
The feasibility of the project
The feasibility of the project has been positive in order to change the issue of
overcrowding of trains in Australia. The budget has been provided by the NSW government. The
complete spending plan for the undertaking is $2.8 billion which incorporates a capital expense
of $1.26 billion for the new armada, the new upkeep office in Dubbo, some minor system
empowering works and task costs, just as intermittent expenses related with upkeep
administrations for the initial 15 years.
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario.
Positive Negative
The weather is great. Most isolated places in Australia.
Transport management is easy. Costly place.
Government is cooperative. Government is not stable.

9
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Huge amount of land available for
construction of industry.
Wildlife danger

10
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
References
Anderson, D., Gautier, P. E., Iida, M., Nelson, J. T., Thompson, D. J., Tielkes, T., ... & Nielsen,
J. C. (Eds.). (2018). Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems:
Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Railway Noise, 12-16 September
2016, Terrigal, Australia (Vol. 139). Springer.
Balendran, P., Khampa, K., O’Neill, K., Roberts, N., & Snow, M. (2017, April). Innovative
bridge pier solution to reduce risks associated with construction adjacent to railway.
In Austroads Bridge Conference, 10th, 2017, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Chege, S. M., Wang, D., Suntu, S. L., & Bishoge, O. K. (2019). Influence of technology transfer
on performance and sustainability of standard gauge railway in developing
countries. Technology in Society, 56, 79-92.
Dunnett, B., & Gregory, M. (2017). Support requested for 1917 rail strike songs
project. Australian Socialist, 23(1), 18.
Kaewunruen, S., & Mirza, O. (2017, October). Hybrid Discrete Element-Finite Element
Simulation for Railway Bridge-Track Interaction. In IOP Conference Series: Materials
Science and Engineering (Vol. 251, No. 1, p. 012016). IOP Publishing.
Kaewunruen, S., & Remennikov, A. M. (2016). Current state of practice in railway track
vibration isolation: an Australian overview. Australian Journal of Civil
Engineering, 14(1), 63-71.

11
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Kaewunruen, S., Krezo, S., Olivia, M., He, Y., & Joseph, S. (2015). Achieving carbon efficiency
in construction & maintenance of railway turnouts, crossovers and diamonds. Pattaya,
Thailand.
Li, H. J., Carkagis, M., Hellier, A. K., Zhu, H., McLeod, J., & Pannila, S. (2017). Railway
turnout failure mode analysis.
Liu, L. X., & Liu, L. (2017, September). Evidence on Innovation in Public-Private Partnership
Project. In European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 375-383).
Academic Conferences International Limited.
Reich, B. H., & Wee, S. Y. (2019, March). Searching for knowledge management practices in
the PMBOK Guide. In Proceedings of the PMI Research Conference.
Mirza, O., Hassan, M., Pham, T. H., Assaf, E., & Stanshall, G. (2017). The Effect of Wheel
Loading on a Railway Bridge. In 8th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 27-28
November 2017, Surfers Paradise Marriott, Qld, Australia.
Varajão, J., Colomo-Palacios, R., & Silva, H. (2017). ISO 21500: 2012 and PMBoK 5 processes
in information systems project management. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 50, 216-
222.
Zhang, S. (2017). Regional detailed transport noise modelling–railway methods and outcomes.