NSW Government orders 17 more Waratah trains

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Media/ASX and NZX Release
6 February 2019
NSW GOVERNMENT ORDERS 17 MORE WARATAH TRAINS
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) announced today that the NSW Government had ordered 17 more
Waratah Series 2 trains as part of the Sydney Growth Trains contract.
Seventy eight Waratah Series 1 trains entered passenger service on the Sydney network between
July 2011 and June 2014. In December 2016 the NSW Government ordered 24 Waratah Series 2
trains under its Sydney Growth Trains Project and 12 of these are now in passenger service.
The contract announced today for an additional 17 Waratah Series 2 trains is valued at
approximately $900 million, including maintenance of the trains.
The new trains feature:

 double deck carriages;
 air -conditioning with temperature control;
 high definition customer information screens;
 internal and external CCTV and customer help points; and
 priority seating, wheelchair spaces and hearing aid loops.

The Chief Executive Officer of Downer, Grant Fenn, said he was delighted to build further on the
proven success of the Waratah trains.

“The Waratahs are exceptionally reliable and very popular with commuters and train drivers,” Mr
Fenn said.

“We look forward to working closely with Transport for NSW to provide more outstanding trains for
the Sydney network.”


About Downer
Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand and customers are at the
heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work
closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build
and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. Downer employs more than 53,000 people across more than
300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and
Southern Africa. It also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited. For more information visit
downergroup.com.

For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61 439 470 145
Downer EDI Limited
ABN 97 003 872 848
Triniti Business Campus
39 Delhi Road
North Ryde NSW 2113
1800 DOW NER
www.downergroup.com