House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-04-28 Daily Xml

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TRANSADELAIDE CLEANING CONTRACT

247 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (21 October 2008).

1. Who is the cleaning contractor for TransAdelaide trains?

2. How much is the cleaning contract valued at?

3. How often are the trains cleaned and what cleaning is involved?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy): I provide the following information:

1. Bombardier Transportation.

2. The cleaning obligation is covered by the wheel rate paid to Bombardier for each kilometre run by a railcar and is not identified as a separate component.

3. Spot cleaning is performed whenever possible at the Adelaide Railway Station whilst railcars are in service; a major internal clean is undertaken each evening prior to service the following day and a major internal and external clean is undertaken when railcars undergo a full maintenance service.