RailConnect NSW (RailConnect), an unincorporated joint venture formed by
The New Intercity Fleet is a UIS$1.748 billion (AU$ 2.3 billion) NSW Government project to replace trains carrying customers between Sydney and the Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast. The contract includes the railway systems, such as variable voltage variable frequency inverters, traction motors and train monitoring systems.
RailConnect will design and build 512 passenger cars, with the first trains to be delivered by the year 2019. The joint venture will provide maintenance and asset management services to the new fleet commencing on delivery of the first train in 2019 for a period of 15 years.
The passenger cars will be designed, manufactured, tested and commissioned by Hyundai Rotem, with Mitsubishi Electric Australia as technology provider and UGL supporting design and maintaining the fleet.