Overview
- The Minns government announced a $12 billion program to build a next-generation Tangara fleet over 15 years and to establish a new manufacturing hub in the Hunter region.
- Teralba, a former Glencore coal site, and Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot have been shortlisted as factory locations with final site choice to follow due diligence.
- Officials say the project could support up to 780 construction jobs and about 550 ongoing roles in the facility and its supply chain, and that a private manufacturer would run the site.
- No specific budget appropriation or funding source was disclosed in the current state budget and formal procurement steps, including an expression of interest, are still to be launched.
- The pledge builds on earlier commitments to replace the 55 Tangara sets built in 1987 and to target substantial local content, and it arrives in the run-up to the 2027 state election.