Sydney Metro City & Southwest PPP

A world-class metro rail network

Sydney Metro is Australia's biggest public transport project, revolutionising the way the city moves with a world-class, automated train service.

Pacific Partnerships and UGL, as part of the Northwest Rapid Transit Consortium (NRT), will operate and maintain the full metro railway M1 Northwest & Bankstown Line from Tallawong to Bankstown when complete - in total 66km of rail and 31 metro stations.

The NRT Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract, which was awarded in 2014 for Sydney Metro Northwest (Stage 1), has been extended to Stage 2 (Sydney Metro City & Southwest) to deliver a seamless customer experience on the new metro system.  

Sydney Metro achieved a major milestone when services opened on the Sydney Metro City section on 19 August 2024. The M1 Northwest & Bankstown Line connects Tallawong in the city's booming northwest, through the city to Sydenham in the southwest.

As an existing investor in the Metro North West Line operations contract, Pacific Partnerships will provide a further equity investment to the OTS2 PPP.

The OTS2 PPP contract includes UGL delivering the radio system and through its stake in Metro Trains Sydney, extending the existing metro services to the recently opened Sydney Metro City and the southwest section, which is under construction. UGL will provide this service for a period of 10 years, commencing from 2024.

The 31km Linewide Works, from Chatswood, under Sydney Harbour and the CBD and beyond to Bankstown in the Southwest, is being jointly delivered by CIMIC Group companies CPB Contractors and UGL.

An innovative multi-billion-dollar infrastructure program of many firsts, Sydney Metro is delivering Australia’s first driverless trains, Australia’s first fully-accessible railway and Australian-first customer safety technology like platform screen doors.