Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport

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 Rail industry news (Australia, New Zealand), Industry Infrastructure, Tunnelling, Passenger Rail

Tunnelling and turning towards Western Sydney Airport

  Tunnelling is powering ahead to construct the 23-kilometre Western Sydney Airport metro alignment in Greater Western Sydney. Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Eileen and Peggy are building the two 5.5km southern tunnels from Airport Business Park to the Aerotropolis and are respectively 1.8 and 1.5km into their journey. Read More
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TBM named after women’s rights advocate

A third tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been launched for the Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport project, named after a prominent women’s rights advocate. The machine will be used at Orchard Hills in a major milestone towards the delivery of world-class metro services. This is the first Sydney Metro project to use earth pressure balance TBMs, which are designed to support the ground as they excavate through shale rock and clay along the northern section of the line. Read More
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Eileen breaks through for Sydney Airport project

Mega tunnel boring machine (TBM) Eileen has crushed through a wall of rock to arrive at the Airport Terminal metro station site, marking the first tunnel breakthrough for the city-shaping Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport project. Since launching at Airport Business Park in April 2023, Eileen has worked around the clock to excavate around 112,000 tonnes of rock – enough to fill about 18 Olympic swimming pools. Read More
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Siemens system integrator for Sydney Airport project

Siemens Mobility will be the system integrator and reliable partner for on-time delivery of the city-shaping project Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport, the new metro railway line that will service between St Mary’s, the new Western Sydney International Airport and the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.
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Contracts for Western Sydney Airport metro line

Major works are set to commence on the new Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport metro line after a $1.8 billion contract was awarded to CPB Contractors and Ghella to build the new twin metro rail tunnels. The first of four mega tunnel boring machines will be in the ground by early 2023 to deliver 9.8 kilometres of twin metro rail tunnels in two sections, under the first major contract to be awarded as part of the project. Read More