The Webuild Group has completed the laying of the first kilometre of tracks for the new Western Sydney Airport metro line, a sustainable mobility project that will support the industrial and demographic growth of Sydney, Australia.
Works to lay the tracks started in Luddenham, a western suburb of Sydney. This work phase will continue with the laying of more than 100 km of steel along the route, which extends from St Marys Station to Bradfield, where a new industrial hub will be headquartered.
Webuild leads the Parklife Metro consortium building the SSTOM (stations, systems, trains, operations and maintenance) with a 78% stake, constructing six stations, and steel-reinforcing and building the whole line that extends for 23 km. Webuild’s stake in the project, which overall is the largest PPP (public-private partnership) in the history of New South Wales, amounts to approximately AUD3.9 billion (USD 2.5 billion). The Group also holds a 10% stake of the project company that will manage and carry out maintenance on the line over a 15-year-period. The PPP contract allows both public and private parties to work side by side in every phase of the project, from the funding to construction and operation.
Once completed, the 23-km line will become the transport spine for Greater Western Sydney, connecting the community of one of the fastest growing areas of population in Australia, and travellers with the new Western Sydney International Airport
The Sydney Metro Western Sydney International Airport, funded by the Australian federal government and the state of New South Wales, is one of the pillars of the integrated development vision for the entire region. The Western Sydney Airport metro line y will not only connect the new airport hub to the city, but it will also add itself to the larger network of the Sydney Metro, in an area undergoing huge growth.
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