Construction is well underway on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel, with Arden Station completed in early 2024. This project will create capacity on the network to enable more than half a million additional passengers per week across Melbourne’s train network.
The Metro Tunnel Project features an end-to-end rail line from Sunbury in the West to Cranbourne/Pakenham in the South East, incorporating high-capacity trains and five new underground stations.
The Project Scope includes:
- Twin nine-kilometre rail tunnels from the West of the city to the South-East as part of a new Sunbury to Cranbourne/Pakenham line.
- Five new underground stations with connectivity to prominent local precincts. The two stations under Swanston Street—State Library and Town Hall—will be directly connected to the City Loop at Melbourne Central and Flinders Street.
- A train/tram interchange between Anzac Station and the Domain Interchange on St Kilda Road.
DCWC is providing cost planning assurance through the measurement and cost estimation of around 400 design packages for the five new underground stations. These design packages will progress through two levels of design, namely concept and detailed design, before entering the ‘Issued for Construction’ phase. DCWC is delivering detailed cost plans for each of the three levels of design in Architectural, Civil/Structural, and MEP design packages across the five new underground stations.
“DCWC have been assisting CYP Design and Construction joint venture on the Metro Tunnel Project. Their selection was based on their strong and solid background in the mechanical and electrical engineering field. Their expertise, forward thinking and ongoing ability to support us in this space has been a key part of the project preparing to move into the design, procurement and construction phase”
- Greg Nichols, CYP Design and Construction
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