Description

Sydney Metro Greater West 

You have been contracted by Transport for NSW to evaluate the feasibility of Sydney Metro Greater West (“SMGW”) and formulate a delivery strategy. The case project is a large, complex project with substantial civil engineering components, and has not yet been built. SMGW represents an urban rail transport infrastructure project that is intended to meet the transport and economic growth requirements for Western Sydney. You are required to understand the construction industry and recommend a preferred delivery strategy to enable the project to move efficiently into procurement.

Background 

Sydney Metro is an urban rail project providing public transport services to Sydney’s residents. The first stage of the project, Sydney Metro Northwest, provides a new rail service utilising metro-style trains between Chatswood and North West Sydney. The second stage, Sydney Metro City and Southwest, extends the rail service from Chatswood to the City under the harbour and onwards to Sydenham and Bankstown. The first stage is now operational and the second stage under construction. Sydney Metro West project is the third stage of Sydney Metro and will deliver a direct connection between the CBDs of Parramatta and Sydney and is in the final development of the business case and delivery strategy.

The Australian Government announced that Badgerys Creek would be the site for Western Sydney Airport in 2014. In May 2017, the Australian Government announced that it will invest up to $5.3 billion to establish WSA Co to build and operate Western Sydney Airport. The first construction on the airport has commenced, with operations to start in 2026. The airport will initially have a single 3.7 kilometre runway and will be a full-service airport capable of handling the full range of international, domestic and freight aircraft. The airport is expected to serve approximately 10 million passengers a year within five years after opening. As it grows over time, a second runway will be needed when demand approaches around 37 million passengers a year, which is expected around 2050. Around 2063, Western Sydney Airport could cater to approximately 80 million people per year.

Planning for the Western Sydney Airport site includes safeguarding space for future rail stations and has identified a rail corridor through the airport site. This corridor can cater for up to two independent rail lines (including up to four lines of track).