The Diplomat
Acciona has won a new contract in Australia to refurbish a railway line in Perth, in the west of the country, which includes removing six level crossings and building five new stations for 701 million Australian dollars (485 million euros).
The Spanish company will carry out these works as part of a consortium also made up of the American company Aecon, the Canadian company WSP and the Australian company BMB Constructions, according to the public company in charge of transport in the region.
This is the ‘Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project’, which will work on the Armadale metropolitan railway line after 129 years of construction and which, together with another contract awarded to local firms, will contribute to creating 8,500 jobs in the area.
Specifically, Acciona will remove six level crossings at Mint, Oats, Welshpool, Hamilton, Wharf and William Streets, which will be replaced by a flyover, with five new stations: Carlisle, Oats Street, Queens Park, Cannington and Beckenham.
This will relieve traffic congestion, while creating a safer environment for both cars and pedestrians, who will no longer have to cross the tracks at these level crossings as they will be elevated. Around six hectares of public space will also be created.
In 2020, Coleman, a subsidiary of Acciona, was also awarded a 161 million euro contract to upgrade Bayswater station, also on the Metronet network. In the same region, Acciona won a 21 million contract for urban regeneration in 2021.
On the other side of the country, it also won a similar 330 million contract that year to remove two level crossings and build a new station in Melbourne. Together with Ferrovial, it won a 1.24 billion Sydney Metro project and, with ACS, two more: a 750 million project to develop a line between Melbourne and Brisbane and a 328 million project to build a runway in Sydney.
