Kulwinder Singh Bajwa has been working with Sydney Trains for nearly two decades now.
He is one of the members of ‘Rail Safety Week project team’ that recently won prestigious 2016 Transport Award.
The award ceremony is a premier event recognising the outstanding achievements by individuals and teams across the NSW Transport network.
Expressing his delight over the award, Mr Singh told SBS, "It was team effort and everyone involved deserve a big pat on the back. I never expected it, it was unbelievable.”
“It is part of routine work and we hope to keep high standards on the line of duty,” says Mr Singh.
2016 Transport Award Winners!
The 2016 Rail Safety Week team of Candice Heine, Damien Batancs, Janene Browning, Stephen Hewitt, Melanie Hodges, Wayne Simpson, Kulwinder Singh, Jenny Symes, Ros Ryan and Adeline Soo won the award for Safety. 
2016 NSW Transport Awards were held on Tuesday 28 February at the Australian Turf Club, Royal Randwick.
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Over 220 staff gathered to celebrate the achievements of the teams and individuals selected as the ‘best of the best’ from across Transport.
Also there to recognise the outstanding performers were Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, and Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight, Melinda Pavey.
Born in Punjab, India Mr Singh has completed almost 20 years in Australia.
Mr Singh completed his post graduate studies in Agriculture and immigrated to Australia in 1995. He started working the railways in 1996 in Sydney.
In 2015, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally congratulated Mr Singh - for saving an elderly person's life.
The PM promptly posted a photo of himself with Kulwinder on his own Facebook page, writing, “whenever I bump into people working at Sydney trains they are friendly and professional but I am so proud we have people like Kulwinder looking after passengers."
At that time, Mr Singh used a defibrillator to help save the life of Michael Williams who had a cardiac arrest at Central Station in 2011.
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Kulwinder first gave him CPR and first aid, going on to revive him with a defibrillator, and looking after him until the paramedics arrived.
In this previous interview with SBS Punjabi’s Manpreet K Singh, Kulwinder shared his memories of the day, which he says was purely "in the line of duty".
Mr Singh is also one of the few Punjabis who regularly participate at Sydney City 2 Surf run (14km route) from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach.
