{"id":27403,"date":"2024-06-25T00:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T00:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=27403"},"modified":"2024-06-25T00:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T00:44:52","slug":"nsw-budget-2024-25-new-and-more-reliable-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/nsw-budget-2024-25-new-and-more-reliable-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Budget 2024-25: New and More Reliable Public Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NSW Budget 2024-25: New and More Reliable Public Tra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is building better communities with city-shaping projects that&nbsp;are supporting more homes for people across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024-25 NSW Budget invests $22.09 billion to build and improve transport services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Western Sydney, $2.1 billion is being provisioned for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2&nbsp;construction to accelerate the delivery of better-connected communities in Western Sydney.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will connect the growing communities in Western Sydney along the 12-kilometre alignment&nbsp;between Ermington, Melrose Park, Parramatta and Olympic Park, and includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>14 new stops between at Camellia and Carter Street, Olympic Park.<\/li><li>Dedicated 8.5km active transport corridor.<\/li><li>New river crossings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The iconic NSW made Tangara trains will also receive critical upgrades, while the Minns&nbsp;Labor Government forges ahead with a Future Fleet Program to return domestic&nbsp;manufacturing to NSW and build the next generation of Tangaras here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$447 million will keep the current Tangara fleet on the tracks for approximately 12 more&nbsp;years to ensure passengers have safe and reliable services while the new fleet is built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An additional $17.5 million will fund the Future Fleet Program, developing a Strategic&nbsp;Business Case to build the next generation Tangara fleet here in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024-25 Budget also commits $75.2 million to the continued reliability, resilience, and&nbsp;future of the rail network across NSW.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding focuses on the key areas of procurement, safety and the workforce, this includes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A new digital train radio system.<\/li><li>The Illawarra Rail Resilience Plan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A further $24.7 million will boost bus services in Western Sydney. This will specifically target&nbsp;bus service improvements in areas including Penrith, Mount Druitt, Blacktown, St Marys, Kemps Creek, Eastern Creek and Arndell Park to deliver bus services that communities can rely on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$23.8 million is allocated to a State-Wide Medium Term Bus Plan and supporting business case to identify future bus network enhancements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funding also supports service improvements to bus routes in regional areas to improve access to key destinations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reliability of bus services will be improved across the Opal network, with $91 million allocated to a new Bus Transport Management system. This will improve real-time information for passengers and make buses more accessible, with onboard audio and visual next stop information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW Budget 2024-25: New and More Reliable Public Tra The Minns Labor Government is building better communities with city-shaping projects that&nbsp;are supporting more homes for people across the state. The 2024-25 NSW Budget invests $22.09 billion to build and improve transport services. In Western Sydney, $2.1 billion is being provisioned for Parramatta Light Rail Stage &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/nsw-budget-2024-25-new-and-more-reliable-public-transport\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW Budget 2024-25: New and More Reliable Public Transport&#8221;<\/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-27403","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\/27403","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=27403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27404,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions\/27404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}