Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp) is a Government of New South Wales agency with responsibility for the administration, operation and maintenance of the Sydney suburban and interurban CityRail network. RailCorp is also responsible for operating rural passenger services, under the CountryLink brand, and provides commercial and government freight operators with access to the Sydney metropolitan area rail network.
In January 2004, after much criticism and public perceptions of blame shifting between units of the State Rail Authority for operational failings, RailCorp was formed taking over the passenger train operations of CityRail and CountryLink, and responsibility for maintaining the greater metropolitan network from the Rail Infrastructure Corporation.
The current Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp is Rob Mason, appointed in 2008 to replace the inaugural Chief Executive, Vince Graham. Initially governed by a Board of Directors, changes to the Transport Administration Act, 1988 (NSW) resulted in abolition of the Board effective 30 June 2010; making the Corporation an agency under Transport NSW. RailCorp reports to the Minister for Transport, presently Gladys Berejiklian. In November 2011 RailCorp became part of Transport for New South Wales.
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