The Transport Construction Authority (TCA), formerly Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (TIDC) prior to July 2010, was an agency of the Government of New South Wales that was responsible for new railway projects in the city of Sydney, Australia. On 1 November 2011 the Transport Construction Authority was subsumed into the newly-formed

Transport for NSW Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales, ...

History

The Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (TIDC) was formed as part of the Transport portfolio and was charged with delivering a number of major public transport, in particular

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...

, construction projects across the greater Sydney metropolitan area. The authority oversaw the process of planning, design, regulatory approval and community relations for its projects. Construction was performed by private-sector construction companies. When built, the infrastructure was turned over for management by

CityRail CityRail was a passenger railway brand operated by the State Rail Authority from 1989 to 2003 and by RailCorp from 2003 to 2013 with services in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities in New South Wales, Australi ...

. The former chairman of TIDC was Ron Finlay, who served the role for 5 years. In 2006-2007 the TIDC was responsible for 11 projects under construction, collectively worth over billion, with another nine projects in the planning phase. Project expenditure for the year totaled A$629 million. The TIDC was renamed the Transport Construction Authority on 1 July 2010. On 1 November 2011, the Transport Construction Authority was abolished and subsumed into

Projects

Transferred to Transport for New South Wales

Rail Clearways Program The Rail Clearways Programme was conceived in 2004 with the aim of easing congestion of Sydney's suburban railway network, by reducing the amount of infrastructure shared by multiple services. The disparate projects at pinch points througho ...

**Macarthur turnback **Liverpool turnback **Kingsgrove to Revesby quadruplication **Schofields to Vineyard duplication *

South West Rail Link The South West Rail Link is a railway line serving the developing suburbs of south-western Sydney, Australia between Glenfield and Leppington. Services form part of the Sydney Trains commuter rail network. It opened on 8 February 2015. Descr ...

* Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program *Auburn stabling *Commuter Car Park and Interchange Program (remaining projects)

Completed

*Rail Clearways Program **Bondi Junction turnback **Berowra third platform **Macdonaldtown stabling **Revesby turnback **Hornsby fifth platform **Lidcombe turnback **Sutherland to Cronulla duplication **Homebush turnback **Quakers Hill to Schofields duplication * Parramatta Transport Interchange *

Epping to Chatswood railway line The Epping to Chatswood rail link (ECRL) (originally a part of the Parramatta Rail Link (PRL) proposal) is a railway line in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, which connects Epping station on the Northern line with Chatswood on the N ...

* Chatswood Transport Interchange * North Sydney station upgrade *Commuter Car Park and Interchange Program (some projects)

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