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Siemens Mobility delivers turnkey metro system for Sydney
The contract will include driverless trains and infrastructure for the line between Western Sydney International Airport and Western Sydney Aerotropolis.
A €900m contract for the delivery of a turnkey metro system for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport has been awarded to Siemens Mobility.
Under the terms, Siemens will deliver 12 automated, driverless three-car metro trains, and a purpose-built depot. The new metro railway line will service between St Marys, the new Western Sydney International Airport, and the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.
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In addition, the company will provide rail assets including the digital rail infrastructure, signalling, electrification, telecoms and platform screen doors as well as system integration, testing and commissioning. The company will also undertake a 15-year maintenance contract.
Siemens Mobility is delivering the turnkey project as a member of the Parklife Metro consortium with partners Webuild, RATP Dev, Siemens Financial Services and Plenary Group.
The new airport is forecast to have 10 million passengers by the early 2030s and will be Sydney’s first 24-7 airport. Siemens Mobility reports the “city-shaping rail link” will support access to the new Western Sydney Aerotropolis that will create approximately 200,000 new jobs, providing a major economic stimulus for the Western Sydney, New South Wales and national economies.
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“We are excited to win and deliver this important project to help connecting communities and travellers with the new Western Sydney International Airport and the growing region. This project will give the people of Sydney sustainable transport with new rail services, offering quick, reliable and CO2-free journeys,” said Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility.
“We will provide the full suite of our latest digital technology, platforms and portfolio solutions. Our Railigent X digital asset management applications will ensure highest reliability and availability of the assets.”
“This project will give the people of Sydney sustainable transport with new rail services, offering quick, reliable and CO2-free journeys”
Siemens Mobility will implement Railigent X – the mobility application suite for digital services – to help gain valuable data insights in operation to enable greater reliability and availability for the assets.
Railigent X will provide an optimised maintenance regime as a result of failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (Fracas) and reliability centred maintenance (RCM) analysis.
Siemens has played a part in Australia’s transformation plans for more than 150 years. In 1893, Siemens completed construction of the Hobart Tramway in Tasmania, the first electric tramway to be established in the Southern Hemisphere.
The company’s core business areas are rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems, as well as related services.
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