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Record series

General Files, Corporate Development Division

VPRS 12809
1978 - 1997
Closed, Open
North Melbourne
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Agencies

This record series was created by:
Victorian Railways (also Victorian Railways Commissioners 1883-1973, Victorian Railways Board 1973-1983) ( VA2876 ): 1978 - 1983
State Transport Authority ( VA1038 ): 1983 - 1989
Metropolitan Transit Authority ( VA1044 ): 1983 - 1989
Public Transport Corporation ( VA2984 ): 1989 - 1997
Agencies responsible for this record series:
Public Transport Victoria ( VA 4968 ): 2014 - present

Date Range

Series date range: 1978 - 1997
Series in custody: 1978 - 1997
Contents in custody: 1970 - 1997

Function / Content

This series is a collection of records created/collected by various Groups within the Corporate Development Division of the Public Transport Corporation (PTC) for the period 1989 to 1997. The series also contains records of the previous branches of the Victorian Railways VA 2876, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, VA 1044 and the State Transport Authority VA 1038.

The Corporate Development Division was responsible for:

-The preparation of the Corporate Plan and the Business Plan.

- The development of PTC policies with regard to investment, concessions, customer commitment, pricing, cost recovery, staff issues, and overall Corporate Strategy and direction.

- The conduct of studies of major strategic nature to determine feasibility prior to full development. These studies covered all operational and infrastructure aspects of the Corporation.

- Adequate assessment of all investment proposals including those related to network or service rationalisation. All investment evaluation reports and requests for capital monies were assessed by the Corporate Investment Panel (CIP) which comprised: Chief Executive Officer, Director, Planning and Marketing, Managing Director, V/Line Freight, a representative of the Department of Transport and the company Secretary.

- The preparation of an appraised and approved project listing each year for incorporation in the annual budget and undertook post construction audits. Capital budgeting and planning activities were integrated and the Division provided five year forward capital budgets.

- Evaluation of a number of projects which had impact on the Corporation's business, including the Docklands redevelopment, the Western and Southern bypasses, the Federation Square redevelopment and a major study into the potential for consolidating the PTC's suburban and country passenger train operations at Flinders Street Station.

The series comprises files relating to special studies, major projects, corporate policy issues, heritage and tourist railways.

How to use the records

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Recordkeeping system

This is an artificially created series comprising collection of records of officers of the Strategic Planning and Development Group. The officers include John Close, Western Longford, Jim North and John Lind.