{"id":39889,"date":"2024-05-10T08:48:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=116200"},"modified":"2024-05-10T08:48:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:48:42","slug":"southwest-metro-contract-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=39889","title":{"rendered":"Southwest metro contract awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Contract-latest-news-photo-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\"><figcaption>Image\/Transport for NSW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"block--field-field-news-intro-text block\" data-block-plugin-id=\"field_block:node:news:field_news_intro_text\">\n<div class=\"contextual-region field field--name-field-news-intro-text field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><strong>Metro services for communities in Sydney\u2019s southwest are one step closer with a joint venture between <a href=\"https:\/\/johnholland.com.au\/\">John Holland<\/a> Pty Ltd and Laing O&#8217;Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd to deliver the final package of works to convert the almost 130-year-old T3 Bankstown Line to modern metro standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"more-116200\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"block--field-body block\" data-block-plugin-id=\"field_block:node:news:body\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The major works to be delivered along the 13-kilometre alignment from Marrickville to Bankstown include:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Significant upgrades at Bankstown \u2013 construction of a new metro station; modifying and building new infrastructure and systems to allow for continued Sydney Trains operations at Bankstown Station when metro services commence; and precinct work for a new cross corridor plaza between The Appian Way and Restwell Street<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Completion works to convert nine stations to metro standards\u202fincluding the installation of wayfinding and upgrades to station buildings and structures<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Completion of overhead wiring and final track alignment work.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrade works are continuing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/contract-awarded-to-prepare-bankstown-line-stations-for-southwest-metro\/\">T3 Bankstown Line<\/a> with crews working around the clock during a recent 12-day school holiday closure to deliver the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneymetro.info\/article\/australian-first-technology-set-transform-bankstown-line\"  rel=\"noopener\" data-once=\"sr-external\">mechanical gap fillers<span class=\"sr-only\">\u00a0external site <\/span><\/a>at Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Canterbury and Campsie stations \u201389 of the total 170 mechanical gap fillers were installed.<\/p>\n<p>Major works were also undertaken to construct the new metro platforms at Bankstown, having installed the structural steel and precast panels, and completing a concrete pour crucial to the platform\u2019s overall structure.<\/p>\n<p>These works mark some of the major preparations needed before the final 12-month shutdown of the line starting later this year, set to take place after the launch of City metro services between Chatswood and Sydenham.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest commuters are already benefiting from metro\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneymetro.info\/article\/all-stations-128-year-old-bankstown-line-between-sydenham-bankstown-now-fully-accessible\"  rel=\"noopener\" data-once=\"sr-external\">upgrade works to their stations<span class=\"sr-only\">\u00a0external site <\/span><\/a>and when metro services are extended from Sydenham to Bankstown, commuters will have access to fast and reliable public transport with record travel times with a train arriving every four minutes in the peak.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Southwest Metro upgrades, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneymetro.info\/citysouthwest\/sydenham-bankstown\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/southwest-metro-contract-awarded\/\">Southwest metro contract awarded<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Contract-latest-news-photo-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Image\/Transport for NSW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Metro services for communities in Sydney\u2019s southwest are one step closer with a joint venture between John Holland Pty Ltd \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/southwest-metro-contract-awarded\/\">Southwest metro contract awarded<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1612,165,2251,163,906,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contracts-and-projects","category-industry-infrastructure","category-nsw","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-state","category-track-construction"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43406,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39889\/revisions\/43406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}