Acciona is awarded a contract in Australia for 500 million euros to rehabilitate a train line

MADRID, 29 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Acciona has won a new contract in Australia to reform a train 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 Aecon, the Canadian WSP and the Australian BMB Constructions, as reported by the public company in charge of transport in the region.

This is the 'Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project', which will act on the Armadale metropolitan train line after 129 years of its construction and which, together with another contract awarded to local firms, will contribute to creating 8,500 jobs in the zone.

Specifically, Acciona will eliminate six level crossings at Mint, Oats, Welshpool, Hamilton, Wharf and William streets, which will now circulate through an overpass, with five new stations: Carlisle, Oats Street, Queens Park, Cannington and Beckenham.

This will allow traffic to be decongested, while at the same time creating a safer environment for both cars and pedestrians, who will not have to cross the tracks at these level crossings, as these are elevated. Around six hectares of public spaces will also be created.

In 2020, Coleman - a subsidiary of Acciona - was also awarded a €161 million contract to undertake the improvement tasks of the Bayswater station, also part of the Metronet network. In the same region, Acciona won a 21 million urban regeneration contract in 2021.

Across 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 took over a 1,240 million euro project in the Sydney metro and, together with ACS, two more: one of 750 million for the development of a line between Melbourne and Brisbane and another of 328 million for the construction of a landing in Sydney.