Sydney Metro Northwest

Location: Sydney, NSW
Client: Transport for NSW
Start date: 2013
Completion date: 2019

The Sydney Metro Northwest project is a 36 kilometre rapid transit rail service from Tallawong to Chatswood that included segregating, converting and upgrading the existing 13 kilometre Epping to Chatswood Rail Link (ECRL). It is the first fully automated metro rail system in Australia and commenced operations in May 2019.

Bellgrove Advisory was part of the integrated team that won Transport for NSW’s ‘Project Team of the Year 2015’ and the ‘NSW Premier’s Awards for Public Service 2016, Building Infrastructure’. The project also won the NSW Premier's Awards Project of the Year in 2019 and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Project of the Year in 2020.

Bellgrove Advisory was engaged to carry out project, contract, and interface management services for the delivery of the tunnelling and stations civil works contract, the Epping to Chatswood Link (ECRL) conversion, and the operations, trains and systems PPP contract

Services provided:

  • Commercial management and advisory.

  • Third party interface and project management.

  • Project definition and strategic delivery advisory.

Key services our personnel provided:

  • Oversaw the successful delivery of the project into commencement of customer operations.

  • Provided commercial management and oversight of the delivery of the Operations, Trains and Systems PPP, including the transition from delivery to operations.

  • Managed the strategic and business requirements of the Northwest project, including governance and government approval processes.

  • Managed interfaces between internal and external stakeholders including delivery partners, government agencies and local authorities, utility authorities and Sydney Trains.

  • Developed project-wide strategies including product requirements and various scope and performance requirements including for third party agreements.

  • Managed and facilitated the practical completion of various third party and project works including their handover into operations.

  • Oversaw Sydney Metro, other government agencies and delivery partners fulfilling their obligations under various project deeds.

  • Established and coordinated the rail safety interface obligations of Sydney Metro in compliance with Rail Safety National Law.

  • Managed the vesting of the ECRL from Sydney Trains/RailCorp to Sydney Metro to facilitate an operational site licence for the PPP operator.

  • Managed the delivery of the temporary transport plan for the bus replacement service during the ECRL shutdown and conversion.

  • Provided and presented reports on delivery partner progress of works packages.