Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales (TAHE) is a
state-owned corporation
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
of the
New South Wales Government
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in
New South Wales
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Australia, established under the ''Transport Administration Act 1988''. It was converted and renamed from
RailCorp on 1 July 2020.
[Transport for NSW Annual Report 2016-17 page 142,237](_blank)
Transport for NSW, Retrieved 18 January 2018 As a state-owned corporation, it is not an agency or division of
Transport for NSW
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[Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act 2017 No 12](_blank)
Australasian Legal Information Institute, Retrieved 16 January 2018
Like its predecessor RailCorp, the TAHE holds rail property assets, rolling stock and rail infrastructure in the Sydney metropolitan area and limited country locations in the state and it makes these assets available to
Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger Railways in Sydney, rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Railways in Sydney, network is a hybrid urban rail, urban-suburban rail system with a central un ...
and
NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary inter ...
for their operations. Its asset base consists of "rail embankments, cuttings and tunnels, track, signals, power systems, rolling stock, stations and significant land holdings around stations" across the state. A sister entity, the Residual Transport Corporation (RTC), which was formed in July 2017, owns assets not suitable for TAHE ownership.
The TAHE will eventually own the state's public transport assets, including ferries.
Board of Directors
As a
statutory state-owned corporation in New South Wales, the TAHE has a board of directors that is made up of the secretary of Transport for NSW and 3 to 7 directors appointed by the voting shareholders.
The directors may also include the chief executive of TAHE, currently Benedicte Colin .
Controversies
TAHE has been the subject of an investigation by the NSW Legislative Council public accountability committee.
The Financial Review report stated: "Faced with the new accounting standards, PwC instead recommended either the whole TfNSW portfolio be fully corporatised or the TAHE proposal be dropped." noting that currently only 30% of costs were recovered.
See also
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List of New South Wales government agencies
The executive branch of the Government of New South Wales, Government of New South Wales, Australia, is made up of a number of departments, state-owned corporations and other agencies. These are identified in the ''Government Sector Employment ...
References
External links
Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales ABN 59 325 778 353- ASIC Register
{{Sydney public transport
Government agencies of New South Wales
Railway companies of New South Wales
Railway infrastructure companies of Australia
Railway companies established in 2020
Australian companies established in 2020