CBD and South East Light Rail
The CBD and South East Light Rail will transform and improve the way Sydney moves.
When complete, it will move 18,000 people per hour between Circular Quay, along George Street to Central, then Moore Park, Randwick and Kingsford. The new light rail connects the CBD to major sporting, employment, residential, education and health areas including the Sydney Cricket Ground and Football Stadium, Centennial Park, Royal Randwick Racecourse, University of NSW, and the Prince of Wales Hospital. 20 new stops including bus, ferry and rail interchanges will enable seamless transfer between modes with a focus on customers.
The project will remove up to 220 buses per hour from the CBD, creating George Street as a world class shared street between people and light rail, with high quality new paving, street trees, outdoor dining and new smart poles.
George Street will also feature Australia's first 'wire free' system, removing poles and overhead power wires, between Town Hall stop and Wynyard stop, preserving Sydney's unique heritage and character. New stops are designed to be customer focused, with ease of access and creating distinctive nodes for all to enjoy.
Part of the project was to investigate the broader benefits of light rail investment, including urban renewal along the corridor, as well as promoting multi modal trips, empowering people to leave the car at home and use a more integrated and well coordinated transport network. We provided advice and input into the business case, achieving a BCR of 2.5 for the project.
HASSELL, together with our partners Arup, undertook the commission for Transport for NSW, engaged in 2011 to undertake the engineering, urban design and light rail systems for the $1.6b project. The project will be procured through a public private partnership, commencing construction in 2015.
The work included designing all 20 stops and interchanges, analysing the corridor, assessing tree and public domain impacts and opportunities, urban renewal scenarios, and developing a landscape and public domain strategy – from pre-feasibility through to the final reference design.
Our client, TfNSW's Principal Transport Planner, said: "Your work has been a very valuable input to the Sydney Light Rail Strategic Plan. In particular, you have helped us to demonstrate the wider urban domain and renewal potential for this project, which often is difficult to capture but is an important complement to the projected transport benefits." - Matthew McKibbin, Project Director Light Rail Strategic Plan, Transport for New South Wales, 2012
Project Details
Client Transport for NSW
Location Sydney, Australia
Expertise
Transport and Infrastructure
Urban Design
Scale 13 km
Status Work in progress
Year 2014
Collaboration Transport Design Consultancy / Accessibility Solutions (NSW) / Stuart Pittendrigh Arborist / Philip Chun and Associates
Imagery Images by HASSELL / Transport for NSW
Process
