The NSW Government has awarded the EUR877,93 million (AUD1.376 billion) contract to Systems Connect (as an unincorporated Joint Venture between CPB Contractors and UGL) for the extension of the new metro railway into the CBD and beyond to Bankstown, between Chatswood and Sydenham in Sydney.

The contract includes 31 km of underground railway track to be laid in the twin railway tunnels from Chatswood to Sydenham; 31 km of overhead power equipment along with 11 new substations to power the metro from Chatswood to Bankstown; Installation of over 350km of high voltage, low voltage and tunnel service cabling; Connecting the railway tracks from the end of Sydney Metro at Chatswood to the new tracks  into the city; the expansion of the Sydney Metro Trains Facility at Rouse Hill to accommodate 37 new trains for Sydney Metro City & Southwest; the construction of the Sydney Metro Trains Facility - South at Marrickville; the  installation of tunnel equipment such as ventilation, drainage and emergency evacuation and monitoring equipment as well as the fit out of the tunnel ventilation and high voltage equipment in the seven new underground stations.

This is the seventh Sydney Metro City & Southwest contract to be awarded.

Visit https://www.sydneymetro.info  and https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au.

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additional links:-

https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/1376-billion-line-wide-contract-awarded

https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/metro-on-track-as-1376-billion-contract-awarded