Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance

Delivery Agency:

Sydney Metro

Project Description:

The Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport will become a transport spine for Western Sydney and will support the growth of Western Parkland City for generations to come. This project will deliver a metro railway from St Marys to Western Sydney International and Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

Project Details:

The Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project is a jointly funded infrastructure project between the Australian Federal and NSW Government to procure from the private sector the design, construction, integration, financing, operation and maintenance.

The Project is being procured through the following five main packages: 

1. the Advanced and Enabling Works (AEW)
2. the Station Box and Tunnelling Works (SBT Works)
3. the Surface Civil and Alignment Works (SCAW Works)
4. the Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance works (SSTOM Works) and 
5. the Finalisation Auxiliary Works (FAW).

Once completed, the Western Parkland City will have six new metro stations between St Marys and the new Aerotropolis, 12 new metro trains and 23 kilometres of tunnels and surface civil structures.

The SSTOM works is a key component of the Project and will deliver the stations, rail infrastructure and systems, trains and provide the operations and maintenance for the Airport. This works package will be constructed under an availability PPP as defined in the ‘NSW PPP Guidelines’, whereby the State will retain patronage and revenue risk. A capital contribution will also be made during construction.

The principal contract for the SSTOM PPP is the SSTOM Project Deed which sets out the terms under which OpCo (the private sector counterparty to the deed) must:

• finance, or procure finance for, the SSTOM PPP;
• design and construct the SSTOM Works;
• during the term, operate and maintain Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport; and
• handback Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport to Sydney Metro at the end of the term.

Additional information is available on the Sydney Metro website: https://www.sydneymetro.info/westernsydneyairportline

Private Sector Partners:

Parklife Metro consortium comprising of Plenary Origination, Webuild, RATP Developpement, Siemens Mobility, Siemens Project Ventures and Siemens Mobility Austria.

Project Details:

Financial Close: 20 December 2022 
Contract term: 15 years from Completion

Related Documents:

Project Summary document (PDF)