Editing RailCorp (section)

==History==
In January 2004, after much criticism, and public perceptions of blame-shifting between units of the [[State Rail Authority]] relating to operational failings, RailCorp was formed, taking over the passenger train operations of [[CityRail]] and [[CountryLink]], and assuming responsibility for maintaining the greater metropolitan network from the [[Rail Infrastructure Corporation]].<ref>[http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Agency\3840 Rail Corporation of New South Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429110313/http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=%5CAgency%5C3840 |date=29 April 2013 }} NSW Government State Records</ref><ref>[http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/file/0015/1329/RailCorp_Annual_Report-2003-2004.pdf Annual Report 30 June 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325055249/http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/file/0015/1329/RailCorp_Annual_Report-2003-2004.pdf |date=25 March 2013 }} RailCorp</ref>

Initially governed by a Board of Directors as a state-owned corporation, changes to the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Transport Administration Act, 1988}} resulted in RailCorp ceasing to be a state-owned corporation and becoming a NSW [[statutory authority]] on 1 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2008/98/|title=Transport Administration Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities) Act 2008 No 98|website=NSW Legislation|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=3 December 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203110721/https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2008/98/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/7875/RailCorp_Annual_Report_2008-2009.pdf|title=Annual Report 2008–2009|date=30 October 2009|page=3|publisher=Rail Corporation of New South Wales|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217183924/http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/7875/RailCorp_Annual_Report_2008-2009.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Further changes to the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Transport Administration Act, 1988}} resulted in abolition of the Board effective 1 July 2010 and the repositioning of RailCorp as an agency of [[Transport NSW]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/9179/RailCorp_Annual_Report_2009-2010.pdf|title=Annual Report 2009–2010|journal=Annual Report|date=29 October 2010|page=3|publisher=Rail Corporation of New South Wales|issn=1835-2928|access-date=7 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217183713/http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/9179/RailCorp_Annual_Report_2009-2010.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by further structural changes under the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2011, which saw Transport NSW replaced by [[Transport for NSW]], which was established as a controlled entity of the Department of Transport, with Rail Corporation New South Wales a controlled entity of Transport for NSW.<ref>[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/D0814F07F6268D32CA2578F500245FF7 Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193913/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/D0814F07F6268D32CA2578F500245FF7 |date=2 January 2014 }} Parliament of New South Wales 13 September 2011</ref> RailCorp reports to the [[Minister for Transport (New South Wales)|Minister for Transport]].

===Restructure===
In May 2012, the [[Minister for Transport (New South Wales)|Minister for Transport]] announced a restructure of RailCorp from July 2013 that would:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/railcorp-job-cuts-first-of-many-unions-20120515-1yo93.html#ixzz1uwKcuUpH|title=RailCorp job cuts first of many: unions|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 May 2012|author=Saulwick, Jacob|access-date=15 May 2012|archive-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227163802/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/railcorp-job-cuts-first-of-many-unions-20120515-1yo93.html#ixzz1uwKcuUpH|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/ruthless-railcorp-reforms-planned-as-middle-management-axed/story-fnb5f12x-1226355250747|title=Ruthless RailCorp reforms planned as middle management axed|author=Clennell, Andrew|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=15 May 2012|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/7021/RailCorp_Corporate_Plan.pdf Corporate Plan 2012/13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325052252/http://www.railcorp.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/7021/RailCorp_Corporate_Plan.pdf |date=25 March 2013 }} RailCorp</ref><ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/jobs-to-go-as-railcorp-gets-the-axe/story-e6freuy9-1226517985059 700 jobs to go as RailCorp gets the axe] ''Daily Telegraph'' 16 November 2012</ref>
 
* establish [[Sydney Trains]] to operate services in the Sydney Metropolitan area bounded by [[Berowra, New South Wales|Berowra]], [[Richmond, New South Wales|Richmond]], [[Emu Plains, New South Wales|Emu Plains]], [[Macarthur, New South Wales|Macarthur]] and [[Waterfall, New South Wales|Waterfall]]
* establish [[NSW TrainLink]] to operate all other passenger services including those of [[CountryLink]]  
* transfer capital projects and planning functions to [[Transport for NSW]]
* establish Transport Cleaning Services, a specialist division responsible for train cleaning
* establish a customer service division
* reduce RailCorp's function to asset owner
* offer voluntary redundancies to 750 management and support staff

The restructure resulted in [[Sydney Trains]] and [[NSW TrainLink|NSW Trains]], which were subsidiaries of RailCorp, operating railway passenger services in New South Wales under the Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink brands. While being subsidiaries of Railcorp, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains were not controlled entities of RailCorp, but were instead controlled by [[Transport for NSW]].<ref name=railcorp2014>{{cite web|title=Railcorp Annual Report 2013–14|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/railcorp-annual-report-2013-14.pdf|page=15|publisher=Transport for NSW|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913074031/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/railcorp-annual-report-2013-14.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the restructure, [[CityRail]] and [[CountryLink]] were also abolished. In July 2017, Sydney Trains and NSW Trains ceased to be subsidiaries of RailCorp and became standalone and independent agencies of [[Transport for NSW]].<ref name=report2018/>

===Transition into the Transport Asset Holding Entity=== 
RailCorp was converted into a [[State-owned enterprise|state-owned corporation]] and renamed [[Transport Asset Holding Entity]] (TAHE) on 1 July 2020.<ref name=tahe/><ref name="transport.nsw.gov.au"/><ref name="classic.austlii.edu.au"/> The new entity would continue to own assets on behalf of Transport for NSW. The Residual Transport Corporation (RTC), which was formed in July 2017, would then own assets not suitable for TAHE ownership.<ref name=report2018/>