New South Wales R set
class of rolling stock in New South Wales, Australia
The New South Wales R sets are a type of bi-mode multiple units (EDMUs) being built to replace NSW TrainLink's Xplorer and XPT fleets for long-distance services, as well as Sydney Trains' Endeavour fleet for diesel intercity services. The fleet is being built by CAF as part of their Civity family of trains. They were known as the Regional Rail Fleet (RRF) during procurement.
History
In the lead up to the 2015 state election, the Baird Government committed itself, if re-elected, to replacing the XPT fleet (19 power cars and 60 carriages). Having been returned to office in October 2016, the government announced it was also considering replacing the Xplorer (23 carriages) and Endeavour (28 carriages) fleets.
In August 2017, the government announced it had decided to proceed with the replacement of all three fleets, as part of the Regional Rail Project. In November 2017 three consortia, led by Bombardier, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) and Downer, were shortlisted for the contract to build the trains. In May 2018, the Bombardier Consortium withdrew from the process.
A public–private partnership (PPP) contract was signed in February 2019 with Momentum Trains, a consortium of CAF, DIF Infrastructure and Pacific Partnerships. The order comprised 117 bi-mode Civity carriages which will form a total of 29 trains:
10 long (6-car) trainsets for use on long-distance Regional services (replacing the XPT fleet)
9 short (3-car) short-distance Regional trainsets (replacing the Xplorer fleet)
10 short (3-car) Intercity sets (replacing some of the Endeavour fleet)
They have a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph), though they were described during the procurement process as “scalable” to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph).
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