Station upgrade contract awarded for Southwest Sydney Metro line

A contract to upgrade three stations along the Bankstown Line in Sydney’s South West has been awarded to a joint venture.

New South Wales based companies Haslin Constructions and Stephen Edwards Constructions comprise the joint venture selected to take on the works.

Construction will include improving Marrickville, Canterbury and Lakemba stations to metro rail standards.

The existing platforms will be re-levelled to provide access to the new metro trains and eliminate the step into train carriages.

Canterbury station will be home to two new lifts and a family accessible toilet.

Each station will then receive upgrades such as improved lighting, tiling and paving, enhancements to security fencing and improvements to interchanges for bike parking, taxi spaces and kiss and ride parking.

The stations will also be prepared for the installation of platform screen doors. In early 2020, three companies were shortlisted for contracts to supply these screen doors on all of the 10 stations between Marrickville and Bankstown.

This will mark the first use of glass safety barriers at rail stations in Australia. The technology is designed to keep people safely away from the tracks.

Metro services are planned to start on the upgraded Bankstown Line in 2024, with a train every four minutes in each direction at peak hour.

Contracts for further upgrades will be awarded throughout this year.