OTTAWA 

Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit is the first stage in Canada’s capital city future rail network. The 12.5KM electric light rail system will provide rapid transit between the east and the west.

WSP is part of an engineering joint venture within the Rideau Transit Group design-build consortium.

• Client: City of Ottawa
• Project value: $4.66b
• Scope of service:  Development of business case, project management, analysis and recommendation of PPP delivery models, financial and economic viability and value for money analysis, procurement support and strategies, development of procurement tools, RFQ and RFP preparation, evaluation of submissions, design lead.

SCANDINAVIA

UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRALIA

Stockholm Tramway City

Tramway City is expected to carry 63,000 passengers per day by 2030 and will supply the new Royal Seaport district with efficient and environmentally friendly public transport.

It will provide a climate-smart, high-capacity connection reaching the central hub of Stockholm's public transport. Changing between commuter train, subway, bus, and tram lines will be easy and efficient once the extension is completed.

• Client: Stockholm Public Transport
• Scope of services: Preliminary and detailed design, permanent way, road design landscape, architecture, geotechnics, rock engineering, land development, surveying and mapping, cable ducting, acoustics, traffic, water, sewerage, environmental impact assessment, risk and safety, 3D model cost estimates, project management.

Parramatta 

Parramatta’s 20 KM Light Rail project will serve Australia’s second largest city with interchangeable transport options.  Its integrated systems will connect with Parramatta’s existing transport modes such as heavy rail, bus and ferry.The Light Rail will encompass 6-stops along its route and create new transport links between key centres within the Greater Parramatta region.

• Client: Transport for NSW
• Project value: $2.4 billion
• Scope of services: Feasibility study, mode assessment, corridor assessment, transport planning.

Sydney Metro Northwest

Sydney Metro Northwest is the first stage of Australia’s largest public transportation project. Once complete, it will be the first fully-automated system in the country.

The project includes 36 KM of rail line, 8 new stations, five upgraded stations and 15 km of twin tunnels. This complex project involves the conversion of heavy rail lines into metro standards as well as transforming 4,000 commuter car spacers with new bus, park-and-ride, pedestrian and cycling facilities at all stations.

• Client: Transport for NSW
• Project value: AU $8.3 Billion
• Scope of services: Technical Advisors responsible for studies, investigations, designs and documentation required to produce the Feasibility Design Report and Product Definition Report.

Sydney Metro City and Southwest

The Sydney Metro City and Southwest project is a significant change to Sydney’s public transport landscape and the first driverless metro system in Australia. The project will deliver 30 KM of new metro rail through the heart of the CBD. It will include new twin tunnels under the Sydney Harbour, upgrades to 11 stations plus the addition of 6 new stations with underground platforms. WSP was engaged as the technical advisors for the second stage of this project.

• Client: Transport for NSW
• Project value: $12.5 b
• Scope of services: Transport for NSW engaged WSP as their technical advisor in 2014. The team worked collaboratively to provide the engineering, rail infrastructure and architectural design support to develop the reference design, tender documentation and final business case for the preferred alignment and station arrangements.

Gold Coast Light Rail 

The Gold Coast light rail is one of the largest public transport projects in Australia as well as the largest transport infrastructure project to be undertaken in the Gold Coast.

The 20.3 km light rail system has 18 stations and is serviced by 18 G: Link Trams.

TransLink first commissioned WSP to complete a comparative analysis study for a bus rapid transit (BRT) or light rail transit (LRT) operation for the Broadbeach to Parkwood corridor.

• Client: Translink
• Completion date: 2014
• Project value: $1.3 Billion
• Scope of services: Geotechnical investigation hydrogeological investigation, contaminated land investigation, detailed design of overhead systems

PERTH Metro Area Express

In September 2012, the State Government announced Metro Area Express (MAX), a 22 km light rail transit network for Perth. The AU$1.9 billion project is aimed at changing the face of the city’s transport system and help to create a vibrant and sustainable community for future generations. .

• Client: The Government for Western Australia
• Completion date: N/A
• Project value: $1.9 Billion
• Scope of services:  WSP were the lead designer for the proposed light rail project. We performed all aspects of the concept design and managed subconsultants for the traffic, urban design and cost-estimating packages of work.  In December 2013, due to critical budget pressures, the State Government announced the deferral of the project for three years and later abandoned the project. 

Newcastle Light Rail 

Newcastle Light Rail is part of the NSW Governments $650 m programme to revitalise Newcastle’s transport systems. The light rail development was split into two stages: (1) replacing the heavy rail service and (2) providing access to and connectivity within the central business district. The systems 6 trams run on a 3km long alignment from the Newcastle interchange through to the Newcastle beach. WSP was engaged as lead designer – performing all aspects of the feasibility and definition design.

• Client: Transport for NSW
• Project value: AU $250m
• Scope of services: geometric design of the light rail alignment, investigation into impacts on public utilities, assessment and appropriate response to traffic network impacts, assessment of the appropriate size of the light rail vehicle, consideration of social, environmental and heritage impacts, stakeholder consultation support, detailed cost estimates production, and road safety evaluation.

Manchester Metro Link 

Being one of Europe’s fasted growing cities, Manchester needed an integrated rapid transit system that catered to its growing population.

The The £1.85 billion public transport investment for saw the tripling of the existing network and Park & Ride facilities plus, a brand-new fleet of vehicles and new ticketing systems.

WSP has worked as the delivery partner for Transport for Greater Manchester since 2007. Operating as a fully integrated delivery team.

• Client: Transport for Greater Manchester
• Project Value: £302 MILLION
• Scope of services: WSP along with our delivery partners principally acted in the role as the client.  Participating as: programme directors, programme managers, project managers, design insurance, supplied technical support, advised technical advice for engineers, stakeholder management, approvals and consents, community engagement and communications, planning, risk management, full PMO document control.

Edinburgh Tram 

With congestion forecasted to double by 2021, Edinburgh unveiled its 14.5 KM tram system in 2013 that links from the airport to the heart of the city in less than 35 minutes.

WSP worked with Transport Initiative Edinburgh between 2005 and 2012 to deliver this project. We were later novated to the contractor consortium to support the detailed design and design changes in addition to construction support, all the way up to the testing of the commission systems. 

• Client: Transport Initiatives Edinburgh
• Project value: £700+ Million
• Scope of services: Design services, specifications for systems, system integration, pedestrian and traffic management, delivery of design, system engineering, systems assurance processes, safety and RAM, energy evaluation, procurement support. 

Helsinki Light Rail 

The Raide-Jokeri Light Rail System’s 25 km transit corridor will include 32 stations, connections, exchange stations and a depot to connect Finland’s two largest cities. The uninterrupted service will replace Helsinki’s business bus service – which see’s over 30,000 daily passengers. This is expected to rise to 100,000 per weekday by 2040. WSP joined Ramboll to develop the project plan for Helsinki Light Rail.

• Client: Helsinki City Planning Department
• Project value: 274 million euros
• Scope of services: WSP has provided a comprehensive management service, risk assessment, project controls, contract management , stakeholder engagement, Environmental impact assessment, environmental design, railway design, geotechnical engineering, structural and bridge design, quality assurance, road and street work design, rock mechanics.