Sydney’s long-term plan for modernising the city’s rail network includes, as a key element, the replacement of life-expired fleet and procurement of new trains to meet forecast demand. We led the development of the preliminary and final business cases for the procurement of the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) to replace aged rollingstock and provide for expansion of network capacity.

This involved coordinating inputs from the integrated project team, undertaking economic and financial analyses, and consideration of business requirements and alternative delivery strategies. We were also responsible for developing and running a fleet supply and demand model to justify the investment in the project based on fleet numbers at the time and future customer demand from the introduction of new rail infrastructure.

Our people’s involvement

• Developed the business case program implementation plan

• Developed fleet retirement and fleet cascading analysis to inform the economic and financial analyses

• Compiled and developed the need for investment, program definition and other analysis as required

• Provided financial and business case services including coordination of stakeholder input and compilation of the business cases

• Performed the financial and economic appraisals, risk assessment and options assessment in support of the business cases

• Prepared of a risk management strategy, an initial procurement strategy and a benefits realisation plan

• Coordinated inputs from the integrated project team

• Drafted and developed the preliminary business case, followed by a final business case for the NIF trains

Key achievements and value-add from our services

• Collated, analysed and interpreted a range of data inputs from TfNSW to inform the project evaluation

• Set up governance structures and working groups to ensure the receipt of key information and the timely completion of the preliminary and final business cases

• Developed and ran the economic and financial model to inform the cost profile for the project

• Developed and ran the fleet supply and demand model to justify the investment in the project based on fleet numbers at the time and future demand from new rail infrastructure and TfNSW customers

• Planned, drafted and finalised the chapters of the preliminary and final business case, within tight timeframes