A consortium of engineering and construction firms has been awarded a significant contract on one of southeast Queensland’s biggest railway construction projects.

The ActivUs Alliance has been awarded the design and preconstruction contract in respect of the main works package on the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project.

The Alliance includes CPB Contractors, UGL, ACCIONA, SMEC and WSP.

The partners will work with Queensland Rail to progress design and project planning activities.

Set to be completed in 2031 in time for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, the project will double the capacity of the Gold Coast rail line and will reduce waiting times at stations between Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast.

As things stand, the rail line between Kuraby and Beenleigh is a key capacity bottleneck on the network as trains are forced to share a single track in each direction.

During peak periods, stopping-all-stations Beenleigh trains need to be held to one site to allow Gold Coast express trains to pass through.

With the Cross River Rail project now underway to create a second crossing of the Brisbane River, the section of the rail line between Kuraby to Beenleigh section is now considered to be the next critical bottleneck to unblock – especially before the 2032 Olympic Games.

However, the new project will address this by duplicating around 20 kilometres of tracks and rail systems between Kuraby Station and Beenleigh Station.

This will increase the corridor from two to four tracks (two tracks each way) and will enable express trains and stopping all station trains to each travel along their own dedicated line in each direction.

The project will also deliver:

  • nine station accessibility upgrades
  • five road intersection upgrades and level crossing removals
  • active transport facilities and paths along the corridor
  • new signaling technology between Salisbury and Varsity Lakes, and
  • extension of the cattle siding at Holmview.

The $5.7 billion project is being jointly funded by the Queensland and Australian Governments.

The cost has increased from its original estimate of $2.6 billion.

Doug Moss, managing director of UGL, welcomed the contract awarding.

“We look forward to working alongside our Alliance partners to deliver increased capacity for local residents and visitors to South-East Queensland, which will support population growth in the area and help the region to prepare for the historic Brisbane Olympics in 2032,” Moss said.

 

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