Sydney Light Rail

Contract for design, construction, finance, operate and maintain a new light rail line that will have a double track 12-km route (“CBD and South East Light Rail”) and operate and maintain a 13-km existing line (Inner West Light Rail).

The new infrastructure will have 19 stops, a bridge over Eastern Corridor Highway and a section in a tunnel (cut and cover), Control Centre facilities, garages for light rail trains, substations and other buildings along the line. The project incorporates the relocation of important infrastructure services and an extensive urban regeneration.

It will run every four minutes during peak hours in the CBD and every eight minutes from Randwick and Kingsford. Each service will carry up to 450 passengers, the equivalent of nine standard buses.

General information

Location

Sydney. Australia

Contract

Design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the new CSELR (CBD and South East Light Rail) light rail line and operation and maintenance of the existing IWLR (Inner West Light Rail) line for 19.5 years.

Infrastructure

The scope of the contract comprises a total of 24.8 km of track. The CSELR line includes 12 km of track, 19 stops, a bridge over the Eastern Distributor motorway, a tunnel under Moore Park, Control Centre facilities, garages for light rail train carriages, a maintenance warehouse and substations and other service buildings along the route. On the other hand, the existing IWLR line is 12.8 km long.

Estimated completion date

CSELR line in 2019