After the worst rail disaster in Australian history, who was legislated as the combat authority for responding to major structural collapse incidents within the state of New South Wales?
Urban Search and Rescue New South Wales AUS-2 New South Wales Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (or NSWTF/1) was first established as a USAR capability in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After earlier large-scale collapses including the 1977 Granville Train Disaster, 1989 Newcastle earthquake and 1997 Thredbo landslide, Fire & Rescue NSW was legislated as the combat authority for responding to major structural collapse incidents within the state of New South Wales.
Light rail in Sydney The Sydney light rail network is a light rail system serving the Australian city of Sydney, New South Wales. The network currently consists of a single 12.8 km line of 23 stations. A second line is under construction and two further lines serving Western Sydney have been announced. The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW, and is part of the authority's Opal ticketing system. In 2016-17, 9.1 million passenger journeys were made on the network.