Final two major contracts awarded for WA’s Armadale Line transformation

Final two major contracts awarded for the WA’s Armadale Line transformation — Image courtesy of the Western Australian Government.

The 129-year-old Armadale Line’s transformation is another step closer with contracts awarded for the METRONET Byford Rail Extension and Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal projects in Western Australia.

The Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project will see replacement of six level crossings at Mint Street, Oats Street, Welshpool Road, Hamilton Street, Wharf Street and William Street with elevated rail. It will also see five new elevated stations built at Carlisle, Oats Street, Queens Park, Cannington and Beckenham..

The project is expected to create around six hectares of versatile public space and better community connections through elevated rail.

The Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project, to be delivered by the Armadale Line Upgrade Alliance (Acciona Construction, BMD Constructions, WSP and AECOM), will also include removing William Street level crossing and building a new elevated Beckenham Station after federal funding was committed to the project.

The Byford Rail Extension contract has been awarded to MetCONNX Alliance (Laing O’Rourke, Pritchard Francis Consulting and Kellogg Brown & Root) and will help create better transport connections for Serpentine Jarrahdale.

This will be achieved through a new ground-level Byford Station with around 400 parking bays, a bus interchange, and pedestrian connections; elevating rail through Armadale, with a new Armadale Station and removing eight level crossings at Armadale Road, Forrest Road, Church Avenue, Seventh Road, Byron Road, Eleventh Road, Thomas Road and Larsen Road – with works already underway on the Thomas Road project.

These projects are expected to support around 8500 jobs and will see Perth’s first major elevated rail through sections of Victoria Park, Canning and Armadale, with up to 14 level crossings removed for good along the Armadale Line.

An 18-month Armadale Line Shutdown will start in late-2023, to aid construction.

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