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What We Do

The Ministry of Transport was established in 2003 as a lead agency of the transport portfolio group, and is responsible for:

  • developing and coordinating high level transport priorities in NSW
  • providing funding for NSW public transport services and major capital works
  • planning and implementing NSW transport priorities in collaboration with other agencies
  • integrating policies, regulations and service initiatives across metropolitan and rural and regional NSW
  • regulating the NSW bus, taxi and hire car industries
  • managing NSW bus and ferry contracts.

To achieve its results, the Ministry of Transport operates through the following service groups:

Policy and Strategic Coordination Group
Transport Policy
Rail and Freight Policy
Transport Planning
Ministerial Coordination
Transport Services Group
Transport Operations
Local and Community Transport
Finance and Corporate Services

The Ministry of Transport employs 296 people in four offices in Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle and Wollongong as well as metropolitan transport coordinators and eleven regional transport coordinators across rural and regional NSW.