Arcadis awarded Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Southwest Metro Design Services contract
12 July 2019
A $26 million contract has been awarded
to help deliver the metro upgrade of the T3
Bankstown Line between
Sydenham and Bankstown.
Metron T2M, a joint venture between
Arcadis Australia Pacific Pty Ltd –
the leading global Design & Consultancy for natural and built assets -
and
Mott MacDonald Australia Pty Ltd, will deliver design services for
the stations and the railway corridor between Marrickville and
Punchbowl.
The metro upgrade means all 11 stations will be fully accessible,
including:
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delivering lifts for the first time at Punchbowl, Wiley Park, Canterbury, Hurlstone Park and Dulwich Hill stations;
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configuring platforms to be level with train doors, removing the step up into the train which is common at many stations on the line.
Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest
public transport project, delivering
31
stations and 66 kilometres of new metro
rail, revolutionising the way
Australia’s biggest city travels.
Sydney Metro City & Southwest extends the metro rail 30 kilometres from
the end of
Sydney Metro Northwest at Chatswood under Sydney Harbour,
through new CBD stations and south west to Bankstown.
Phil Kajewski, Managing Director Transportation Australia Pacific,
Arcadis: ‘‘This is an incredibly important piece of the Sydney Metro
project and we are very excited to help bring this to life. Being able
to easily move around our cities is critical not only to the sustainable
growth of our cities but to the quality of life of our citizens.
“Our scope of works includes the upgrade of nine train stations along
the Bankstown line to enable them to accommodate the new fleet of single
deck, frequently stopping, driver-less trains. Arcadis' scope also
includes the upgrade of the rail systems along the 14km corridor between
stations,’‘ said Kajewski.
The T3 Bankstown Line creates a significant bottleneck for the existing
rail network – it effectively slows down the network because of the way
it merges with other railway lines close to the
Sydney CBD. By moving
Bankstown Line services to the new standalone metro system, we can
remove this bottleneck and provide more reliable journeys for customers
from all across Sydney.
Community feedback helps shape Sydney Metro Bankstown Line upgrade.
Following community feedback, there will be reduced closures of the
Bankstown Line while it is being upgraded to Sydney Metro railway
standards.
The heritage character of stations along the 122-year-old T3 Bankstown
Line will also be retained following community feedback for the Sydenham
to Bankstown section of Sydney Metro. Customers in Sydney’s south west
can expect a world-class Sydney Metro service with more trains, faster
travel times and easier access to stations.
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