Parramatta Light Rail track works complete

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roads reopen as parramatta light rail track works is completed — Roads reopen as Parramatta Light Rail track works wrap up. Image: NSW Government.

Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail project has reached an important milestone with the completion of its two-way track installation.

Installation of the 12-kilometre stretch of track began in November 2020 at Westmead, with the final section completed last month at Tramway Avenue in Parramatta.

The construction and installation process has used an estimated 1250 tonnes of reinforcing steel, 3300 aluminothermic welds, and 18,000 cubic metres of concrete.

The project has engaged approximately 600 workers each day and 100 workers each night to build the track network, which comprises a combination of concrete track, ballasted track, and green track, which features grass or ground cover between and beside the rails.

With track installation now complete, Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street between Darcy Road and Park Avenue have been reopened to traffic in both directions.

Ongoing finishing works including road improvements, kerbing, footpath paving, tree planting and landscaping will continue as preliminary works on rail stop construction get underway.

The milestone comes following the New South Wales Government’s $602.4 million commitment to the second stage of the project, which will begin with the construction of the Wentworth Point Bridge.

Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail is expected to commence passenger services in 2023.

For more information, visit: www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov.au