Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport
Greater Sydney runs on track
The new subway is transforming Greater Sydney, reducing travel times and making it easier and faster to get around Australia's largest city. The new 23-kilometer railway will connect residential areas with business centers and transport travelers from the new airport to the rest of Sydney's public transport system.
2022 | ONGOING
The new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport rail project will be a catalyst for economic development in Western Sydney. It will connect the new Western Sydney International Airport with the rest of the city’s public transit system and residential areas in the Western Parkland City with business hubs, including the new suburb of Bradfield. It is estimated that construction of the metro line will generate 14,000 jobs - with a further 28,000 jobs to be created with the construction of the airport. The resulting development of Bradfield will in turn generate 200,000 skilled jobs in the aerospace and defence industries, and the manufacturing, cargo and logistics, tourism and research sectors. Ghella is involved in one of the three prime contracts - Station Boxes and Tunnelling Works (SBT). This project involves the excavation of five stations and the design and construction of two twin tunnels: the 4.3 kilometre northern tunnel from St Marys to Orchard Hills and the southern 5.5 kilometre tunnel between the Airport Business Park and Bradfield Stations. Western Sydney Airport will be the first rail infrastructure project in Australian history to commit to “carbon neutral” certification for the construction and operation phases, under the Australian Government’s Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard. All Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and offset.
Benefits
1. Acts as a catalyst for economic development in Western Sydney
2. Over 14,000 jobs will be created
3. Peak of 12 trains per hour in both directions
4. 100,000 fewer cars on the road by 2026
5. Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
