Who is NRT Group?

NRT Group is an infrastructure business enabling city transformation.

The NRT Group is managed by direct employees, led by its CEO, Steve Herman, and his senior management team. NRT’s experienced team is focused on supporting all partners in achieving contract objectives, stakeholder outcomes and tangible benefits for the Sydney community.

Board

The Board of the NRT Group comprises representatives of all five shareholders, as well as the independent Chair, Michael Rose AM, appointed in May 2020.

Leadership

Sydney Metro is revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels

Metro means a new generation of world-class fast, safe and reliable metro trains easily connecting customers to where they want to go. Customers don’t need timetables – they just turn up and go.

Sydney’s first phase of the metro and Australia’s first driverless railway, the Metro North West Line, opened on 26 May 2019.

On 19 August 2024, the extension of the Metro North West Line under Sydney’s harbour and through the CBD opened. Services, now called the M1 Northwest & Bankstown Line, run from Tallawong to Sydenham with a total of 21 stations and 51.5km of track, travelling end to end in less than an hour. Contracted under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) NRT Group is responsible for delivery and operations of the M1 Northwest and Bankstown Line.

For more information about Sydney Metro visit www.sydneymetro.info

Operations Trains and Systems OTS – Public Private Partnership (PPP) overview

In 2014 the Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) consortium was contracted by the NSW Government to deliver the A$3.7 billion Sydney Metro Northwest Operations, Trains and Systems (OTS) Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract, the largest of the three major delivery contracts for the project and the largest PPP awarded in the State of NSW at the time (September 2014).

NRT Pty Ltd, part of NRT Group, was established for Metro North West Line and is responsible for the performance of its obligations under the OTS Project Deed to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the Metro North West Line.

Just six months after opening the Metro North West Line, NRT Group were awarded, by an augmentation to the OTS Project Deed, the Trains, Systems, Operations and Maintenance (TSOM) contract for Sydney Metro City & Southwest. This OTS2 package is the largest augmentation of a PPP in Australia by some way.

Bringing the infrastructure to life, the new contract package includes A$1.7 billion for additional metro trains and the integration of core rail systems such as signalling and platform screen doors. The contract package also includes a A$2 billion operations and maintenance component for NRT to operate the combined North West and City and Southwest lines until 2034.

NRT CSW Pty Ltd, part of NRT Group, was awarded the OTS2 augmentation, with Contractual Close of the OTS2 Project Deed, occurring on 21 November 2019 and Financial Close on 4 December 2019.

The scope of OTS2 includes:

• The design, delivery and integration of the OTS2 packages including Trains, Signalling (CBTC), Central Control System & Communications (CCS & Comms), Platform Screen Doors (PSD) (Phase 1 only) and Radio Communications Systems (Radio).
• Leading and managing the overall process of systems integration and testing and commissioning of Sydney Metro City & Southwest.
• Undertaking the operation and maintenance of Sydney Metro Northwest and City & Southwest from the start of operations (2024) to the end of the Term in May 2034.

The key partners of OpCo2 for delivery of the OTS2 scope are:

• MTR, as Integrator (i.e. Design and Construct Contractor); and
• Metro Trains Sydney (MTS), as Operations & Maintenance Contractor.