{"id":12030,"date":"2021-07-05T22:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12030"},"modified":"2021-07-05T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T22:50:12","slug":"waratah-series-2-fleet-roll-out-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/waratah-series-2-fleet-roll-out-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Waratah Series 2 fleet roll out complete"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last of the NSW Government\u2019s 41 Waratah Series 2 trains has entered service, on the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the original Waratah series hitting the tracks.
\nMinister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said the new trains will help support future patronage growth across the network, and will be more comfortable and reliable for passengers.
\n\u201cWe based the design of our Waratah Series 2 trains on the original Waratahs which meant we could get the new trains on the network in record time,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\n\u201cThe introduction of the Waratah Series 2 fleet also led to the retirement of the S-Sets after almost 50 years in service, which means 100 per cent of the Sydney Trains fleet is now air conditioned.\u201d
\n\u201cThe new Waratah also feature high definition customer information screens, internal and external CCTV, priority seating, wheelchair spaces and hearing aid loops.\u201d
\nSydney Trains Chief Executive Matt Longland said the initial order of 24 trains Waratah Series 2 trains was placed in late 2016, before the size of the fleet was increased to 41 in February 2019.
\n\u201cThe time between the delivery of the first and the last of the additional 17 Waratah Series 2 trains was just 302 days,\u201d Mr Longland said.
\n\u201cThis Waratah fleet is the workhorse of our network and has not only proven to be the most reliable double deck train in Australia but is clearly a favourite with our customers.
\n\u201cWe want to thank those behind the scenes at the Auburn Maintenance Centre, who have played a huge part in this successful rollout, as well as the ongoing maintenance and training of our crew.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last of the NSW Government\u2019s 41 Waratah Series 2 trains has entered service, on the 10th\u00a0anniversary of the original Waratah series hitting the tracks. Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said the new trains will help support future patronage growth across the network, and will be more comfortable and reliable for passengers. \u201cWe … Continue reading “Waratah Series 2 fleet roll out complete”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}