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Issue 10 | August 2017
KEEPING OUR PEOPLE AND CUSTOMERS SAFE Rail Safety Week | Zero Harm | Happy Customers | Driving Diversity
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Message from the MD Our new contract with Auckland Transport (AT) formally started on 1 July 2017. It is the beginning of a new era that will create opportunities and benefits for many of our employees and customers. A key variation was combining ticket offices and customer service centres at five train stations. This has seen 65 of our people moving on to pastures new, with many finding new roles at Transdev and AT while others have taken the opportunity to retire after a long rail career. I would like to thank all of those affected for their professionalism during the period of change, and wish you all the very best for your next endeavours. Following 18 hours of consultation with the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) the preliminary Safety Case Variation relating to the Security and Fare Enforcement (SaFE) project was submitted to NZTA in July and subsequently approved.
will have hit the 20 million annual passenger journeys mark – that’s a 17% increase year-on-year and a whopping 71% increase in the past three years. What an achievement!
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The next stage is the Safety Case Verification, where NZTA requires confirmation that the processes and procedures submitted at the Variation stage will work in practice to deliver SaFE. This will necessitate a period of testing which Transdev and RMTU will collaborate on over the coming months.
time departures, i.e. a train departing from the relevant timetabled origin station (Britomart, Manukau, Pukekohe, Papakura or Swanson) within 60 seconds of its timetabled departure time. While we have made a good start, we will be looking for continuous improvement in this area to emulate our punctuality and reliability results.
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Our new contract includes revised monthly targets for punctuality, reliability, customer satisfaction and a new key performance indicator: right
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Our new Chief Operating Officer, Peter Lensink has vast leadership experience in both bus and rail operations and will be a great asset for us in all areas of performance and people management. We are currently organising his transfer from the UK and hope to have him here on 9 October. Customer satisfaction continues to be a feather in our caps as we remain Auckland’s no.1 mode of public transport. Read more about yet another record-breaking quarter on page 10. It shows again and again that public transport is a people business and how we treat people really matters.
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It was great to see our people getting involved with Rail Safety Week once again this year (see page 4). Thank you to those who took part, particularly to Steve Lowson who gave a driver’s perspective on the dangers of headphone use at level crossings. I hope that Steve’s NZ Herald interview will help change customer behaviours around the rail network and keep people safe. Keeping our people and customers safe remains our priority. After a frustrating start to the year, our Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) rate has plateaued. Drivers, TMs, Train Service Officers (TSOs) and the Safety team all want to do the right thing and nobody likes having a SPAD. Nonetheless, we still need to make further improvements in the
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Hopefully by now you have all had chance to see our new head office since we moved to the HSBC building. If not, please feel free to drop by whenever you can and use the floorplan on page 18 to get your bearings. And with the City Rail Link developments coming along at pace under our noses (more on page 20) you’ll also get a bird’s-eye view of the exciting works from the staff café on Level 6.
Michel Ladrak MANAGING DIRECTOR
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This year’s Rail Safety Week focussed on two major concerns – the safety of pedestrians in urban zones and motorists’ safety in rural areas across New Zealand. The increasing use of personal technology is contributing to pedestrian distraction around railway tracks. Three deaths at level crossings in the past 18 months reportedly involved the use of headphones, highlighting the need for more awareness. Armed with branded caps, pin badges and smartphone card holders, representatives from Transdev, AT, TrackSAFE and KiwiRail headed to Baldwin Avenue, Glen Innes and Britomart stations in August to encourage safer behaviours at level crossings.
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All three stations are highly frequented by the groups most at risk from using smartphones and headphones at level crossings: Auckland’s school children. Our team of safety volunteers spoke to school children and handed out educational flyers encouraging them to ‘remove your headphones, remove your risk’. Thanks to everyone who took part in Rail Safety Week to help keep our community safe!
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In 2015, one in four Transdev employees had an injury at work – close to 150 accidents in total. Things had to change. We needed to introduce and embed a new safety culture across the business to ensure our people could return home safely after work each day. It’s been a whole year since we reset our approach to health and safety with the launch of Zero Harm in August 2016. So what difference has Zero Harm made to our people over the past 12 months? All Transdev Australasia businesses measure injury severity in Recordable Injuries; those that result in lost time, restricted work and/or medical treatment, other than first aid.
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Recordable injuries have more than halved in the past year, with over 50% fewer injuries in the first year of Zero Harm (35) than the previous 12 months (71).
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In the same period we have received 30% more reports of less serious injuries. Reporting helps identify risks and enables the Zero Harm team to take action to prevent similar injuries happening to more of our people, so it’s no wonder that near misses have also reduced by nearly 50%.
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While any assault to a member of our team is unacceptable, staff assaults have also decreased by 40% since Security was incorporated into Zero Harm. These reductions are all thanks to you without your input these improvements wouldn’t have been possible.
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Please continue to help us become a Zero Harm workplace by reporting any hazards, accidents and incidents.
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We’ve gone and done it again – broken AT’s rail customer satisfaction record for the SIXTH consecutive quarter and retained our place as Auckland’s favourite public transport mode!
Our customers are clearly big fans of the service you deliver, with Personal safety during trip (95%) and Staff friendliness/ helpfulness (94%) two of the top three attributes behind Vehicle overall (97%).
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Likelihood of a customer recommending a trip – also known as the Net Promoter Score (NPS) – is an even better indication of how happy customers are with public transport modes. The NPS calculation deducts % of ‘Detractors’ (scoring 0-6) from % of ‘Promoters’ (scoring 9-10) when asked: How likely or unlikely would you be to recommend this trip to others? Those scoring 7-8 are considered ‘Passively satisfied’, but less likely to actively promote a service by word of mouth.
53% INCREASE SINCE 2013
Another sign of customer satisfaction is the number of compliments received. In May, 21 customers took the time to contact us and praise our service or a staff member – the most we’ve ever received! Keep up the great work out there – let’s beat ferry into second place next time!
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While rail’s total NPS (31%) may still be behind ferry (43%) we have seen the biggest improvement of all modes by far, with a 13% increase in the past year and a massive 53% increase since 2013.
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Shining
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We received 27 nominations for members of our team going above and beyond the call of duty in April, May and June. From reuniting lost children with their parents and providing medical assistance to covering multiple shifts and keeping our trains spick and span, all of our All Star entries were deserving of an award.
While we can only award one winner each month to take home the $250 Prezzy card bounty, we’d like to commend all of our recent All Star Award nominees:
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TICKET INSPECTOR
Ashley Fatu STATION ASSISTANT
Liz Figiel TRAIN MANAGER
HR ASSISTANT
Stuart Gratton
Carol Bennett
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TRAIN MANAGER
Neil Jones
Rachael Burnett
DRIVER TRAINER
PAYROLL MANAGER
Shane Kempa
Terry Butler
REVENUE PROTECTION TEAM LEADER
TRAIN SERVICES OFFICER
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Bee Fong Cheng
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Jeff Tu
TRAIN SERVICES OFFICER
TRAINEE TRAIN MANAGER
Michael McLaughlan
Philip Varghese
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TUTOR PLATFORM SUPERVISOR
Lui Onesi
Jim Walker
TRAIN MANAGER
TRAIN SERVICES OFFICER
Rommel Pereira
Kelly Wallace
TUTOR STATION TEAM LEADER
CUSTOMER SERVICES OFFICER
Doug Rawiri
Kerri Wanikau
DRIVER
ON-BOARD SUPERVISOR
Rointan Rostami-Asrabadi
Lyn Welsh
TRAIN MANAGER
OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR – PAPAKURA
Kristi Tarrant-Hoskins
Nigel Yorke
HEAD OFFICE RECEPTIONIST
DRIVER
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Bee Fong Cheng Ticket Inspector
Do you know an All Star? Email your nominations to allstars@transdev.co.nz by the last day of each month and help them win a $250 Prezzy card!
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( dih-vur-si-tee ) 1. The state of having or being composed of differing elements or qualities
Each of us has unique traits and characteristics which sets us apart from others, including: §§ Gender
§§ Sexual orientation
§§ Education level
§§ Marital status
§§ Age
§§ Ethnicity
§§ Race
§§ Religious beliefs
§§ Life/work experience
§§ Disability
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( in-kloo-zhuh n) 1. The act of including different types of people in a group or structure We’re proud of our people and what they do. We want to celebrate our diversity to create an even more inclusive working environment. And we need your help! Join the Auckland Diversity Council and support underrepresented groups at Transdev. The group will meet regularly to promote cultural initiatives, provide more flexible work opportunities and build strong relationships with our local communities.
If you are interested in joining the Auckland Diversity Council, please submit your expression of interest to Kelly.Tang@transdev.co.nz by 5pm on Friday 25 August 2017.
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Driving Diversity & Inclusion
a fortnight - overtime optional
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LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT? TRUCK YEAH. CALL TRANSDEV TODAY!
SWITCH LANES AND GET YOUR DRIVING CAREER ON TRACK CONTACT jobs@transdev.co.nz | transdev.co.nz/careers
Driving diversity
The Women in Rail project aims to increase the number of female applications for all Transdev Auckland vacancies, giving us a bigger pool of quality applicants from which to recruit the best.
The number of women applying to become Drivers has already increased, with six female Drivers hired so far in 2017 compared with just one recruited in each of the previous two years.
When finding new people to join our team, we follow recruitment best practice where the most suitable candidate will always be chosen for the role.
Our first area of focus was Driver roles, which have traditionally been filled by men. Gina Pihema recently appeared in a recruitment advertising campaign alongside Paul Carroll.
If you know anyone who’d like to follow Gina’s lead, please contact jobs@transdev.co.nz
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Innovation station INNOV’CLUSTER provides an opportunity for all Transdev employees – regardless of role or location – to come together and share their passion and enthusiasm for innovation. This year Lianne Maskell, who leads our recruitment team, was selected along with colleagues from Wellington, Melbourne and Western Australia to represent Transdev Australasia in the finals at Transdev HQ in Paris. Each team was required to create a video that gave an overview of their innovative idea. This was further refined during a three-day workshop in Sydney in May before submitting their final pitch to Transdev Group for shortlisting ahead of the finals in Paris. In early July, Lianne’s team won joint first place (alongside the USA team) with their proposal to implement a flexible working framework in all Transdev Australasia businesses over three years, starting with 12-month pilots in Perth and Auckland. We look forward to sharing details of the pilot once details are confirmed. 16
Innovation at Transdev
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Pitch perfect Having made the finals of the Australasian Railway Association’s Young Rail Professionals’ pitching competition, Service Delivery Manager Andrew James presented his ideas for improving safety during manual safe working to the New Zealand Rail conference at the end of June. Facing strong competition from Metro Trains Melbourne, Siemens and KiwiRail, Andrew’s ideas – including the development of software and in-cab technology – provoked some lively debate in the audience and some excellent feedback from industry colleagues at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland.
Transdev’s Thought-leaders
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Community service
Safer stations Electronic gates began operating at Henderson and Ōtāhuhu stations in August, with customers now required to have a valid AT HOP card or paper ticket to board trains. The new gates were installed as part of AT’s plans to improve public safety and provide a better experience for rail customers by reducing fare evasion and vandalism. Next up on the gating schedule are Manurewa, Papatoetoe, Middlemore, Parnell, Papakura, and Glen Innes stations. Once completed, 90% of train trips will be through a gated station.
At the end of May, Michel Ladrak travelled to Henderson to meet representatives from Zeal, a charitable trust running youth services across New Zealand. Zeal is working closely with Police in West Auckland on an intervention and support programme to help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. Zeal youth workers often meet groups of 13-18 year olds who congregate at train stations. 18
Transdev is supporting this important work in our community by providing pre-paid AT HOP cards for Zeal youth workers, who can now continue their conversations with the young people on board trains when the groups decide to move on. For more details about Zeal visit zeal.nz.
For more info about the gating project, visit at.govt.nz.
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Welcome aboard! Our latest Trainee Train Drivers joined the team in July, hoping to become our next Journey Makers. Best of luck to Ricky Pendigrast, Jason Longhurst, Julia Williams, Julia James, Tim Watt and Greg McEvoy as they begin their training, and to Whitney Chung (pictured centre) who has moved from her Customer Service Officer role to Crew Coordinator.
Departure time At the end of July we bid a fond farewell to Iosefa Tamatimu, Dave Kalolo (pictured right), Earnest Dass and Bryce Quedley, who have decided to retire after a combined 64 years in rail. Dave claimed bragging rights over his fellow retirees, having first joined the industry in 1973 – that’s an incredible 43 years in the industry!
On behalf of everyone at Transdev and our customers – we thank Dave, Iosefa, Earnest and Bryce for their
dedication and wish them all the best in retirement.
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Duty Control Manager, Prabu Ramachandran reports from the frontline of the recent Transdev Operations Centre social event.
Twenty of us booked in for a day of adrenaline-fuelled action at Delta Force Paintball battlefield in Woodhill Forest on 1 July. Our warriors ducked and weaved between the giant movie-quality Tomb Raider and Tropic Thunder props before firing under the cover of the nearest bunker – it was a perfect teambuilding and fun-filled day! Once geared-up and safety-briefed, we were split in to two teams: Brown and Green. The goal of our first game – Tomb Raider – was for each team to get into the tomb, secure the artefact and use the giant Sphinxes as cover to escape with the idol. Tomb Raider finished with both teams tied. After a quick break we started with our next game: Tropic Thunder. The Brown team’s mission was to bring the flags down while the Greens had to raise the flags and prevent them being let down by the opposing side. The Brown team claimed two tough wins and overall bragging rights, but we all had an amazing experience. A happy team is a successful team. 21
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Moving on up MD & COO
FINANCE & IT
CONTRACTS
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CUSTOMER SERVICES
FIRE EXTINGUI FIRE EXTINGUISHER
IT STORE FIRE EXIT
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It was out with the old and in with the new on Monday 19 June as we swapped Citigroup for HSBC – not for our bank account, but as our new Head Office location. The new open-plan setup has already significantly improved communication and workflow, and once the final finishing touches have been completed over the next few weeks our shiny new meeting and training rooms will be available for everyone’s benefit.
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Level 6, HSBC Building 1 Queen Street, Auckland 1010 QUAY ST
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Room divider can be folded back to make larger meeting room for up to 20 people
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If you haven’t had chance to visit the new office please feel free to drop by and say hello! Here’s how you can find the Head Office teams:
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City Rail Link With a new website providing insights into Auckland’s biggest construction project, here’s an overview of what’s been happening around Britomart and Head Office over the past few months.
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Chief Post Office (CPO) building interior prepared for tunnel excavation.
Work begins on the Galway Street utility trench to house various services which connect to the new station.
Bentonite slurry pumped into trenches excavated for diaphragm walls to ensure sides don’t cave in before steel reinforced concrete is added. It is then pumped back to the red silos to be re-used. This method minimises impact on heritage buildings.
This video shows the work being completed inside.
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For more information, check out cityraillink.co.nz
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Concrete panels placed over the top of the 3.5m-deep utility services trench and a structural topping applied to form a concrete slab lid.
First two concrete base slabs for the CRL twin-tunnels are laid under Lower Queen Street walkway. The 700mm-thick concrete slabs are the first eight metres of CRL tunnel box floor to be poured out of the total 3.45km of tunnel to be constructed.
640m of capping beams installed on top of 362 piles to form the perimeter of the CRL tunnel box.
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Tick TOC KiwiRail’s National Train Control Centre – based in Wellington and commonly referred to as ‘Train Control’ – is the only agency that controls railway movements on the national railway network. To avoid confusion when contacting those responsible for the controlled railway network (KiwiRail) and the Auckland passenger rail operation (us), Transdev Auckland’s Control Room has been renamed as the Transdev Operations Centre, abbreviated to TOC. When required to relocate to the alternative room within the HSBC
building, it will be referred to as the Emergency Transdev Operations Centre (ETOC). The name change in no way diminishes the important work undertaken within TOC or changes its normal duties; this is a safety-orientated initiative to avoid uncertainty. All Promapp processes, training materials and other documentation referring to Control Room should be updated by the respective process/document owners at the earliest opportunity.
17,000 thank yous Following the sudden passing away of Operations Supervisor, Steven Coulter in July, the combined generosity from his colleagues from across Transdev Auckland enabled us to present a cheque for over $17,000 after tax to Steven’s young family. Very special thanks to everyone who contributed, and in particular to Payroll Manager, Rachael Burnett whose quick thinking and implementation of payroll donation schemes enabled even more people to show their support.
Strand & deliver It may have been a cold winter here in Auckland but the charitable efforts of our people across the city have been warming the cockles of our community partners’ heart. Thanks to those of you who contributed canned goods to the 26
Auckland City Mission’s One Can Two Can appeal, Aucklanders in need have been given a helping hand through the winter months. Special mention goes to our team at The Strand who delivered the most cans across the business.
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Lions tamed “Well done to the whole team on a great transport experience.” MARK LAMBERT CHIEF AT METRO OFFICER
Rugby fans from the northern hemisphere put our services through their paces recently but – like the All Blacks – we handled the customer scrums with skill to pass the test with flying colours.
Thanks to everyone who entered our Lion Tamer photo competition – it was a close call but the ref has given the win to Ticket Inspector, Carleena Green who also receives a $25 Prezzy card.
Three British & Irish Lions fixtures saw us move 150,000 customers to 19 events across Auckland between May and July, taking our Special Events figures to over half a million customers this year.
We’ll need to keep our eyes on the ball over the coming months as the Warriors conclude their 2017 season, the Mitre 10 Cup kicks off and the ABs tackle South Africa; but with teamwork like ours, we’re a match for anything!
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Auckland v Northland
27 AUG
Warriors v Sea Eagles
EDEN PARK* MT SMART
Auckland Fashion Week
28 AUG -3 SEP
VIADUCT EVENTS CENTRE
30 AUG
EDEN PARK*
Auckland v Waikato
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All Whites v Solomon Islands
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Ariana Grande SPARK ARENA
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QBE STADIUM
Auckland v Taranaki
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Midnight Oil
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All Blacks v South Africa
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SPARK ARENA QBE STADIUM*
Partial BOL Auckland v Bay of Plenty
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EDEN PARK*
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SPARK ARENA
28 SEP -1 OCT
VIADUCT HARBOUR
London Grammar Auckland on Water Boat Show
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