Sydney Metro Stations Package West: design and delivery notes for engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on Tunnelling Journal – News
30 Second Briefing
Gamuda Engineering has secured the Sydney Metro Stations Package West as principal contractor, covering design and construction of five new underground stations at Westmead, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock and The Bays on the 24km Sydney Metro West line between Greater Parramatta and the CBD. The scope includes deep station boxes, entrances and access points, full station fit-out and integration with surrounding precincts, with Laing O’Rourke and DT Infrastructure joining as MetroVista delivery partners. Site works are scheduled to start on Monday, 5 January 2026.
Technical Brief
- Contract places Gamuda Engineering as Principal Contractor, coordinating all design, civil, structural and fit-out packages.
- Scope explicitly includes deep underground station boxes, requiring complex excavation support and groundwater management strategies.
- Integration with surrounding precincts implies extensive utility diversions, streetscape works and interface with existing surface transport.
- Package follows Gamuda’s 2022 Western Tunnelling Package award, enabling design and construction continuity along Sydney Metro West.
- Delivery team branded “MetroVista”, combining Gamuda with Laing O’Rourke and DT Infrastructure under a single governance structure.
- Repeat-client relationship with Sydney Metro and NSW Government suggests reuse of established specifications, standards and assurance processes.
- For other Sydney Metro packages, this contract sequencing reduces interface risk between tunnelling and station fit-out contractors.
Our Take
Sydney Metro West is one of the larger urban rail items in our 344 Infrastructure stories, and its 24 km scale means interface risk between the Western Tunnelling Package (awarded in 2022) and the new Stations Package West will be a key delivery issue for Gamuda and partners.
With works on the Sydney Metro Stations Package West not commencing until 2026, contractors like Laing O’Rourke and DT Infrastructure are likely to be locking in long-lead M&E and precast supply chains now, which is notable given the tight labour and materials market flagged across other Australian urban rail pieces in our database.
The concentration of new underground stations between Westmead and The Bays reinforces the shift of transport capacity towards the Greater Parramatta–Sydney CBD axis, which in our coverage has tended to drive follow-on precinct development and utility upgrade work around nodes such as Burwood North and Five Dock.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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