April 29, 2025
Webuild: the first kilometre of tracks laid for metro that will connect Sydney's future airport to the city
The largest Public-Private (PPP) contract in the history of the state of New South Wales
Once completed, the 23-kilometre 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
First fully carbon neutral project in Australian industry
The project includes the construction of six stations, installation of tracks and systems on 23-kilometre line
Contract includes operation and maintenance of the line for 15 years
Milan, April 29, 2025 – 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.
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 Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport metro railway 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. 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 kilometres 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 kilometres. 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. 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.
Webuild is currently working on some of the most strategic infrastructure works in with its subsidiary Clough. Among the main ongoing works is also , Australia's largest hydroelectric project, a section of the , destined to revolutionise Melbourne's transport system, the Perdaman Industries Urea Plant, one of the world's largest, and the Woodman Point Water Treatment Facility, the largest wastewater treatment plant in Western Australia.
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