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URBAN PASSENGER RAIL Metros
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Riding Metropolitan
Railways
Into the Future
Cities around the world are fueling the resurgence of importance of transport systems that enable safe, reliable,
passenger rail as they modernize aging transportation flexible and comfortable journeys.
systems and build new systems to serve rising urban
populations. Advanced passenger railways benefit the Passenger rail is already considered a safe and sustainable
public and position urban centers and nearby areas for form of transport. Yet, current needs and issues challenge
growth and livability. the industry to progress even further. The worldwide
mandate to reduce carbon footprints calls for metros to
Efforts to create pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly utilize innovative strategies and techniques to transition
places are bringing greater attention to metropolitan to zero emission for the whole of their operations.
passenger railways, or metros, which increase capacity Determining how new mobility technology can help
and strengthen a city’s ability to thrive. Metros, having shape customer-centric services is essential for the
subterranean dedicated routes, provide an effective development of future-ready passenger rail systems
transport solution to relieve traffic in highly congested that will work for today’s populations and tomorrow’s
areas where roadway expansion is not an option. generations. Designing resilience into metros will allow
these intricate, far-reaching systems to endure and
As cities focus on realizing their vision of desirable perform in the face of climate change impacts and rapid
places to work, play, live and move about, they are technological development. Keeping people and their
turning away from traditional car-centric planning, needs at the forefront of planning and decision-making
establishing rail as the backbone of an emerging public will enable the best use of resources.
transport network or updating their existing rail systems.
Whatever the current approach may be, one goal is shared WSP has developed and earned a strong presence
by cities the world over — to manage traffic congestion in the metro domain for over 100 years, advising as
and improve mobility, thus facilitating long-term urban well as contributing diverse technical expertise to
development and economic growth. Upgrading and long-established and new systems. Building on that
expanding metro systems — aka tube, underground, and experience, our collaborative and multidisciplinary
subway — will help provide the necessary infrastructure international teams are addressing evolving public
to reach these objectives. transport needs and expectations through infrastructure
projects and large-scale programs across the rail
Understanding how metro systems can support and spectrum.
progress identified priorities in cities throughout the
world is fundamental to delivering each city’s vision Here is an in-depth look at our work in metros toward
and defining its own character. Smart City initiatives, delivering envisioned outcomes for cities around the
which foresee an integrated system of people, vehicles world. Enjoy the ride.
and physical and digital infrastructure, highlight the
Table of Contents
Atlanta, United States New York, United States Sydney, Australia
MARTA Transit System 6 New York Subway 34 Sydney Metro City & Southwest 74
New York City Subway No.7 Line Extension 36 Sydney Metro Northwest 76
Second Avenue Subway 38 Sydney Metro West 78
Baltimore, United States
Baltimore Metro-Section C 8
Oslo, Norway Toronto, Canada
The Follo Line 40 GO Transit Train Control 80
Bangkok, Thailand Fornebu Line 42 Metrolinx Regional Express Rail Program (GO
Transit System Silom Line Extension 9 The Østensjø Line 43 Expansion) 82
Mass Transit System Sukhumvit Line Extension 10 Toronto Transit Commission Subway Extension
Line 1 and Line 2 84
MRT Yellow Line Monorail 11 Panama Union Station Rail Corridor Signalling
The Green Line South Extension 12
Panama Metro Line 2 44 System Project 86
Caracas, Venezuela
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Caracas Metro 13
Riyadh Metro - Package 3 46 Tyne and Wear Metro 88
Doha, Qatar San Francisco, United States Virginia, United States
Doha Metro 14
Bay Area Rapid Transit 48 Dulles Corridor Metrorail 90
BART Warm Springs Extension 50
Espoo, Finland Our Urban Passenger Rail Community
West Metro Extension Matinkylä-Kivenlahti Line 16 San Juan, Puerto Rico 95
Tren Urbano 52
Helsinki, Finland
The City Rail Loop, Pisara 17 Santiago, Chile
Santiago Metro Line 7 54
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 18 Seoul, South Korea
Incheon International Airport Railroad 56
Seoul Metro Line 9 - phase 1 58
Hong Kong
Shinbundang DX Line 60
South Island Line 20
West Rail 22
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Metro Line 3 62
London, United Kingdom
East London Line Extension 24
Thameslink Programme 26
Singapore
Thomson East Coast Line 64
Singapore Circle Line 66
Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles Metro Rail 28
Stockholm, Sweden
LA Metro Westside Purple Line Extension 30
Roslag Line 67
City Line 68
Melbourne, Australia Cross Link 70
Metro Tunnel 32 Stockholm Metro Extension Yellow Line 72
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MARTA
Transit System
WSP’s association with the Metropolitan Atlanta In November 1994, a new joint venture was
Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) began in 1966 formed to serve as GEC for a five-year contract
when the firm established a joint venture to to accomplish the extension of the North Line
assist the newly created agency with the planning to Sandy Springs and North Springs Stations,
and development of a rapid transit system. The design and procurement of 100 new rail
plans for the system have evolved since then to cars, and assist MARTA in its development
encompass 96.6 km (60 mi.) of rapid transit lines, of the new rail maintenance facility.
Location a 6 km (3.7-mi.) express busway corridor, 45 metro
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES In July 2001, a new WSP-led joint venture,
rail stations, and park-and-ride facilities for more
than 33,000 automobiles. Services provided by Regional Transit Partners, was selected by
Client
the WSP-led general engineering consultant (GEC) MARTA for negotiation of a new five-year
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT
AUTHORITY joint venture for the heavy rail system included contract. The new GEC Team assisted MARTA
project management, engineering, development of in its transformation from a new and expanding
Status design criteria, design of system-wide features and system into a mature one whose primary focus
COMPLETED IN 2013 is on maintenance, rehabilitation and improved
specific stations and line sections, quality control,
and procurement and construction management. customer service. Assignments included project
management, design and construction management
The joint venture employed partnering, total of track rehabilitation, capital asset cataloging
STATIONS
quality management, value engineering, and and evaluation, capital improvement program
38 "look-ahead scheduling" to cut 15 months off
normal construction durations to open MARTA's
development, design services and construction
management for a new rail maintenance and
11 km (7-mi) North Line extension in time for overhaul facility, bus radio replacement, and
LENGTH Atlanta to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. information technology system improvements.
77 km The joint venture also fast-tracked the design
and construction of the Perry Boulevard bus Since 2013, WSP has continued to provide planning
facility, a combined operating garage and and technical services, supporting MARTA on
ANNUAL RIDERSHIP fueling station for compressed natural gas- a variety of task orders for operational analysis,
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environmental documentation, transit expansion
72,030,500
fueled vehicles, for opening in June 1996.
studies, and transit-oriented development.
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Baltimore
Metro –
Section C
© 1995 David Sailors
WSP, in joint venture with two other consulting A joint development with the Johns Hopkins
firms, provided final design and construction- Hospital enabled the team to design an underground
related services to Maryland's Mass Transit passageway that connected the campus on either
Administration for the extension of the side of Broadway with the Johns Hopkins Station.
Baltimore Metro system – Section C.
The team implemented a remediation plan
The project included 2.4-km-long (1.5 miles) during construction to remove petroleum
circular tunnels for both the inbound and contaminants from the groundwater emanating
outbound tracks, two underground stations, two from abandoned fuel tanks. At one point,
permanent shafts and a double crossover. The more than eight tonnes of hydrocarbons were
tunnels were driven in soft ground in both free and removed per day through vacuum extraction.
compressed air, while the stations (located near
the Shot Tower and at Johns Hopkins Hospital) The CAD 350 million extension is now servicing
were constructed by the cut-and-cover method. an additional 3,000 to 5,000 passengers daily.
Location
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES
Without a disruption in service, the team modified
Client the operations control center, structurally and
MARYLAND MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION functionally, and relocated an existing 252-cm-
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diameter (99-inch-diameter) sewer line.
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COMPLETED IN 1996
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Bangkok
Transit System
Silom Line
Extension
Bangkok Transit System is an elevated rapid transit - to certify that the operations and maintenance
system in Bangkok, Thailand. Previously, the system services provider is competent and ready
consisted of two lines: the Sukhumvit Line from to provide services for the extension.
Mo Chit Station (N8) to Bearing Station (E14) and
the Silom Line from National Stadium Station (W1) - to ensure that the risks of major safety
to Wongwian Yai Station (S8). The Silom Line has incidents during operations have been
been extended 5.3 km from Wongwian Yai Station minimized by applying a structured risk
(S8) to Bang Wah Station (S12). The extension management process from the commencement
has been open for revenue service since 2013. of the project through to revenue service.
WSP was engaged by the Bangkok Metropolitan - to ensure that the system as delivered will
Administration as the lead company of the achieve reliability, availability, maintainability
consortium to provide independent certification and safety performance as specified.
engineering and operation management
services for the 5.3-km extension. The - to ensure the complete functionality
scope of work included the following: of the extension and its seamless
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interface with the existing system
BANGKOK, THAILAND - to certify that the works including civil, structure,
architecture, building services, track and railway - to ensure that the remaining and remedial
Client systems are safe and ready for revenue service. works at the commencement of revenue service
BANGKOK METROPOLITAN ADMINISTRATION do not affect the opening of the extension
and are not related to safety critical issues.
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COMPLETED IN 2013
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Bangkok
Mass Transit
System
Sukhumvit Line
Extension
The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly The railway systems expanded from
known as the BTS Skytrain, became the first the BTS existing system are:
electric mass transit railway system to commence
operations in Thailand. This elevated rapid transit - signalling and train control system
system is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit - backbone communications system
System PCL (BTSC), a subsidiary of BTS Group
Holdings, under a concession granted by the - radio system
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
- public address system
For the BTS Sukhumvit Line Extension, from - telephone system
Station E9 (On Nut) to Station E14 (Bearing),
BMA was responsible for the construction of the - closed-circuit television system
civil infrastructure together with procurement
and installation of the railway systems to extend - master clock system
the service route approximately 5.25 km - power supply system (traction and stations)
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BANGKOK, THAILAND
with the addition of five new stations.
- SCADA System
WSP was appointed by BMA as the lead consultant
Client
KRUNGTHEP TANAKOM in association with MAA Consultants Co., Ltd., the
railway systems consultant for the procurement
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Status and installation of railway systems for this
COMPLETED IN 2011 section, which opened revenue service in 2011.
10MRT
Yellow Line
Monorail
The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand WSP’s main responsibility is primarily rail as well as
(MRTA), Ministry of Transport, the Kingdom mechanical and electrical systems and overall system
of Thailand, is implementing the public-private safety certification, and included tasks related to:
partnership net cost scheme for the monorail
- design review, approval and coordination
system of the MRT Yellow Line Project, Lat Phrao
- Samrong section. The concession period will be - project management and coordination
33 years and three months (with the construction
period lasting three years and three months, and - systems integration
the operation period extending 30 years).
- rail systems safety
MRTA has engaged Eastern Bangkok Monorail
- inspection, testing and commissioning support
Company Limited (EBM), the concessionaire for
design-build and supply of civil works, monitoring - quality assurance
and evaluation systems, including monorail rolling
stock, operations and maintenance services and other
Location related systems of the MRTA Yellow Line Monorail
BANGKOK, THAILAND project, Lat Phrao-Samrong section. The first monorail
project to be implemented in Thailand, the Yellow
Client Line is 30.4-km long running from Lat Phrao to
MASS RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF Samrong in Bangkok. Twenty stations plus one depot
THAILAND and one park-and-ride building are being built. (Three
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additional stations are planned for future expansion.)
ONGOING
11The Green Line
South Extension
There are two extensions to the existing Green The works under the design-and-build railway
Line: the south extension from Bearing to Samut systems contract were supervised by WSP and include
Prakarn and the north extension from Mo Chit the supply of all railway systems: signalling and
to Khu Khot. These extensions are operated train control, traction and auxiliary power supply,
as an integral part of the complete Green Line communications systems, automatic fare collection
system with uninterrupted passenger services system, platform screen doors, SCADA, depot and
running from Khu Khot to Samut Prakarn. workshop equipment as well as additional civil
enabling works required for railway operations.
This Green Line will help relieve traffic congestion as
well as population congestion within Bangkok. The The construction supervision scope of services for
city will be able to spread to Samut Prakarn province, the design-build railway systems contract includes
resulting in a decrease in traffic and population project control and contract administration, review
density in Bangkok while providing communities and approval of all engineering submissions, interface
in Samut Prakarn with a better quality of life. and coordination management with other contractors,
Location inspection of works, providing engineering advice
BANGKOK, THAILAND The Green Line south extension route is elevated to the client and the contractor, and coordination
starting at the end of the existing Bearing with the independent safety certification engineer in
Client Station and ending in front of the Bangping certifying the system prior to commercial operation.
KRUNGTHEP TANAKOM electrical substation. The total distance of this
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project is 12.8 km with 9 elevated stations, 1
Status
depot and workshop, and 1 park and ride.
COMPLETED IN 2019
12Caracas
Metro
WSP has played a significant role in the development services to help maintain and improve surface
of the CAD 1.3 billion Caracas Metro project traffic operations during the metro construction,
from its inception. Caracas Metro helped relieve resulting in significant construction cost savings
the main freeway in Venezuela's capital, one of and accelerated construction in difficult areas.
the most congested cities in South America. The
complex project included design and construction Following a WSP environmental study which
services for the 55.8-km-long network of tracks, identified problems with the heat balance
street improvements and training programs. within the entire metro system, our team
developed an exhaust system for the tracks which
Throughout the project, our team provided feasibility reduced the heat buildup on the platform.
and preliminary studies such as, ventilation and
metro environmental control development, land
use analyses, traffic and pedestrian circulation
planning and train controls and communications.
We designed the concrete tunnel liners used in
Location twin-tunnel sections between Propatria and Agua
CARACAS, VENEZUELA Salud and Fuerzas Armadas and Bellas Artes.
Client Construction of such a large-scale project in
C. A. METRO DE CARACAS a city as congested as Caracas posed many
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problems both to the construction team and to
Status residents. WSP provided traffic management
COMPLETED
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13Doha
Metro
The Government of Qatar has launched a major rail- with specific milestones have been identified for
based mobility and transportation program known as developing the Doha metro. Phase 1 is planned to
the Qatar Integrated Rail Program (QIRP), developed be completed and operational by 2022, in time for
by the Qatar Rail Company (QRail). The broad goals the FIFA World Cup that will be hosted in Doha.
of the Qatar Rail Development Program (QRDP)
will be to deliver a world class, environmentally WSP, in a joint venture consortium with Egis Rail,
friendly, safe and reliable rail network for Qatar, and has been selected by QRail for providing project
Location also to support the Qatar 2030 Vision for achieving management consultancy services for the 14.4-km
DOHA, QATAR the highest economic, social and environmental long Gold Line, the Msheireb and Education City
development standards for the Qatar community stations, and the elevated and at-grade packages
Client
QATAR RAILWAYS COMPANY through a sustainable urban development plan. of phase 1 of the Doha Metro Program.
Status Qatar needed to upgrade its infrastructure in order Located in the centre of Downtown Doha,
ONGOING to attract businesses to the region and prepare the Msheireb Station - the major interchange
for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The country had a station for the Red, Green and Gold Lines -
modern highway system, but no rail network. Qatar will be the hub of the Metro network. As for
approved construction of the QIRP, encompassing the Education City Station, it is located in the
LENGTH educational part of the city and was originally
four metro lines, a people-mover system, light
230 km rail, high-speed rail and mixed-traffic lines. designed to be an interchange station to link the
Green Line with the future high speed, trans-
A key part of the QIRP is the Doha Metro Program, Gulf long-distance passenger rail network.
STATIONS which is a proposed network of metro corridors to
The elevated and at-grade package includes
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be constructed at-grade, elevated and underground
- consisting of four lines, namely: the Red Line, three 6-km viaducts for the Red Line South, Red
Green Line, Gold Line and Blue Line. Furthermore, Line North and Green Line, in addition to six
this metro network requires multimodal station aboveground stations and depot enabling works.
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structures that are to be developed along various
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4 proposed metro lines. Four construction phases
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15West Metro
Extension
Matinkylä -
Kivenlahti Line
The second phase of the West Metro project
includes the construction of 7 km of rail
line and five new stations: Finnoo, Kaitaa,
Soukka, Espoonlahti and Kivenlahti.
WSP’s scope of structural engineering as part of a
designer group includes the metro line extension of
Finnoo, Kaitaa and Soukka. The metro line is under
the sea level, having -30 m as its lowest point.
The metro will travel entirely underground in
two parallel tunnels. Design work started in
December 2014 and will continue to June 2020.
Construction work is scheduled from 2018 to 2022.
Location
ESPOO, FINLAND
Client
CITY OF HELSINKI
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Status
ONGOING
16The City Rail
Loop, Pisara
The City Rail Loop is a planned urban railway
line for commuter trains in Helsinki. According
to the plan, the loop-shaped railway would start
in Pasila and run in a tunnel via Töölö, Helsinki
city center, Hakaniemi and back to Pasila.
WSP’s scope in the project included
structural engineering in the design phase
for Hakaniemi station and bridges.
The public transport system must be able
to accommodate a continuously growing
number of passengers. Now there are nearly
1.4 million inhabitants in the Helsinki region.
Location
HELSINKI, FINLAND This number is expected to increase by
40,000 by the end of 2030 and by more than
Client 400,000 during the next few decades.
CITY OF HELSINKI
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ONGOING
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17Ho Chi Minh City
Metro Line 1
Location The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Metro Line 1 extends WSP’s primary responsibilities included:
HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC), VIETNAM from downtown Ben Thanh Market to Suoi Tien in
District 9. The route is approximately 20 km long - overall project management
Client with 3 underground stations, 11 elevated stations
HCMC MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR URBAN - preliminary design of viaducts
and a depot. The system includes a major balanced and elevated stations
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cantilever bridge crossing the Saigon River.
Status - preliminary design of all MEP
COMPLETED IN 2018
The system was produced for heavy rail, is systems and tunnel ventilation
powered by a 1.5k V dc overhead catenary system,
and is based on the Japanese Standard Urban - preliminary design of the depot
Railway System for Asia (STRASYA) specification and depot equipment
LENGTH with a top design speed of 110 km/h.
- review of contractors’ design submissions
20 km The entire HCMC rapid transit system has
6 lines and a total of 107 km of track.
- systems integration
- planning and schedule control
STATIONS In this Japanese funded project, the consortium of
WSP together with seven Japanese and Vietnamese
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- preparation of contract documentation
firms was appointed by MAUR in December 2007 and construction specifications
as the general consultant responsible for design,
procurement, construction, commissioning and - construction management
SPEED operation and maintenance planning of the railway.
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- testing and commissioning
110 km/h
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19South Island Line
(East)
The South Island Line (East) is about 7-km long Consultancy Agreement C903
running from Admiralty in tunnel to Nam Fung
Road of Aberdeen, then on viaduct to Ocean WSP served as the lead mechanical and electrical
Park and Wong Chuk Hang stations, crossing consultant within a multidisciplinary team,
the Aberdeen Channel to Ap Lei Chau. The with responsibility for the detailed design of:
railway on Ap Lei Chau, including stations at
Wong Chuk Hang, an elevated station; Ocean
Lei Tung and South Horizons, is underground.
Park elevated stations and associated entrances,
Consultancy Agreement C902 footbridges, ancillary and ventilation facilities
and property enabling works; viaducts from
WSP was responsible for developing and preparing Nam Fung Portal to Ap Lei Chau, totalling
Location the detailed design of the tunnels as well as civil, 3.7 km in length, connecting bridges, public
HONG KONG structural and mechanical and electrical design interchanges, and park-and-ride facilities.
for the stations. Project elements included:
Client Consultancy Agreement C956
MTR CORPORATION LTD. Lei Tung Estate Station – a two-level cavern
station, constructed by drill and blast and (20- WSP served as the lead consultant with
Status
COMPLETED IN 2017 m wide, 160-m long, 20-m high) located 40 responsibility for the detailed design of the
m below ground. The upper level serves as trackside auxiliaries services including:
the concourse with two entrances, and the
- design of tunnel engineering and mechanical
lower level comprises an Island platform.
LENGTH services including a tunnel hydrant system,
7 km
South Horizons Station – a two-level cable/pipe supporting system, trackside
underground station (20 m wide, 160 m long, lighting and small power, trackside
20 m high) constructed by the cut-and-cover sump pump system and earthing.
STATIONS
method. The station is located 10 m below
- coordination of services by means of
ground and will have two entrances.
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combined services drawings and structural
Nam Fung Tunnel – a 3.3-km drill-and-blast engineering and mechanical drawings
twin-track tunnel, drill-and-blast tunnel at Lei including system-wide services in the
CAPACITY Tung, cut-and-cover tunnel at Ap Lei Chau tunnels, such as signalling, communications,
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Drive, ventilation buildings at Hong Kong overhead line, main control system, power
Park, Nam Fung, and Lee Wing Street. supply, tunnel drainage and trackwork.
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21West Rail
West Rail, completed in December 2003, was at As lead consultant for the systemwide tunnel
its time Hong Kong's largest civil construction ventilation system design, we carried out:
project. This strategically placed 30.5-km domestic
passenger railway provides a much-needed link - the technical study
for areas of increasing population in the North
- detailed design
West New Territories and urban Kowloon.
- subway environment simulation modelling
Linking Sham Shui Po with Tuen Mun,
West Rail consists of nine stations and - computational fluid dynamics modelling
Asia’s largest maintenance facility.
- system safety and risk management
As lead consultant and project manager for
the Pat Heung Maintenance Centre, Kam - telecommunications, data and control
Sheung Road Station, and the West Rail systems front-end design
Headquarters Building, we carried out:
- fibre-optic transmission system
- the technical study and preliminary engineering
- SCADA system for power, environment
Location - full engineering detailed design and other sub-system status
HONG KONG
- construction supervision - telephone system
Client
MTR CORPORATION LTD. - safety and risk management - mobile radio system
- all aspects of engineering, including civil, - public address system
Status
COMPLETED IN 2003 structural, electrical and mechanical, railway
- passenger information display system
engineering interface and alignment
- closed-circuit television system
- maintenance planning, traffic, environmental,
LENGTH town planning implications and cost control Additional services included:
30.5 km As lead mechanical and electrical consultant
for the Tuen Mun Station and Siu Hong
- vehicle inspection services
Station, we delivered the station services - design for the viaduct between the Tin
STATIONS and design and construction supervision Shui Wai Station and Siu Hong Station
9 of mechanical and electrical systems.
- reprovision of two light rail stops
- reprovision of a school, parks, playground,
OPERATING SPEED amenity buildings, pump rooms and footbridges
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130 km/h
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23East London
Line Extension
When it officially opened in 2010, the extended Appointed by TfL in 2005, WSP supplied the
East London line introduced a new rail route program management services for phase one, our
for London and with it a new range of travel experts co-locating and integrating seamlessly
possibilities for millions of passengers, offering with the client team to achieve every key milestone
fast and frequent train services between the and deliver this transformative project. Our remit
capital’s eastern and southern suburbs. included redeveloping and extending the existing
East London Line system, providing four new
At CAD +2.44 billion (+£1.5 billion), the East stations, managing interfaces and agreements with
London Line Extension (ELLX) was the largest Network Rail and London Underground for their
Location transit transport project the capital city had seen
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM related works, and introducing new rolling stock.
in over a decade. It involved the reconstruction By applying a progressive systems integration
Client and extension of existing and redundant lines — approach to every stage of the design-and-build
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON including the historic 1843 Thames Tunnel river process, we delivered the project early and on budget
crossing — and the introduction of new track, with high levels of performance from day one.
Status structures, power systems, signalling and step-free
COMPLETED IN 2010 stations along a 14-km route. Its connection with Together with the North London Line upgrade,
the UK national rail network meant it was the for which WSP provided project development and
first Transport for London (TfL) project that had implementation oversight management for phase
LENGTH to meet with UK mainline railway standards. one of this two-phase project, the ELLX enabled
TfL to achieve an orbital railway that has helped to
14 km Subject to intense public scrutiny, it was critical
that the extension was delivered on time for the
regenerate some of London’s most deprived areas.
London 2012 Olympics and ready for a massive
CONNECTED BOROUGHS influx of visitors. To accomplish this, the project
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was split into three phases, the first creating the
London Overground service between Dalston
Junction and New Cross, Crystal Palace and
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TEAM
West Croydon, with the two further extensions
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to Highbury and Islington and then to Surrey
80+ Quays to complete the orbital railway.
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Thameslink
Programme
The Government-sponsored CAD 12 billion (£7 project-level systems integration and early
billion) Thameslink Programme is an ambitious construction planning to help the client define
10-year program of extensive infrastructure requirements and develop a feasible solution. To
enhancements. It will deliver 115 new trains that support delivery of KO2, which ran from 2013-
will bring faster, more frequent, more reliable, 2018, WSP contributed to track, signalling and
better connected journeys for passengers — station remodelling works at London Bridge
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transforming north-south travel through London. station, overhead line equipment, a grade-
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM separated junction at Bermondsey, and stabling
Thameslink operates on one of the busiest and most reconfiguration and design of six depots.
Client congested parts of the rail network. The program
NETWORK RAIL is delivering new infrastructure, better stations, As the fourth-busiest station in the UK, with
new technology and new trains on an expanded approximately 55 million passengers passing
Status Thameslink network, which will provide significant through each year, the station’s redevelopment
COMPLETED IN 2019
improvements that respond to the growth in was critical to the success of the Thameslink
passenger demand now and into the future. Programme. To accommodate the desired
train throughput, and enhance the commuting
NEW STATIONS As well as helping to clarify the “big picture” experience for an additional 42 million passengers
solution with early construction planning and
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per year, the station underwent a significant
systems integration services, and detailed railway transformation, realigning 15 tracks and platforms
systems and station design, WSP provided a and introducing a 92,000-square-foot retail
myriad of supporting services. This included work concourse — the UK’s largest station concourse, the
NEW TRAINS
on the “Digital Railway”, resulting in the world- size of Wembley Stadium football pitch.
115 first application of Automatic Train Operation
technology on a mainline railway. Its complex construction strategy, which involved
a phased demolition and reconstruction with
NEW MOBILITY Key Output 2 (KO2) was the largest and most over 70 sub-stages, ensured the station remained
Delivering a world-first complex part of the ambitious Thameslink operational throughout the five-year construction
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Programme. WSP provided industry-level and period to minimize disruption for passengers.
digital railway
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Los Angeles
Metro Rail
WSP, as a member of various joint ventures, has The Gold Line, which opened in 2003, extended
provided a range of services to the Los Angeles 22 km and included at-grade, elevated and
Metro Rail subway system including planning, underground sections. In 2009, Metro completed a
design and program management. The firm has 10-km extension of the Gold Line. For the Eastside
served Los Angeles Metro since its creation in 1993 Extension, WSP provided environmental clearance,
and prior to that worked for Metro’s predecessor preliminary design of the at-grade system, final
agencies. WSP led the development of tunnels and design and construction services for a 2.7-km
one of the country’s highest ridership systems with tunnel segment.
nearly 100 stations, including:
Since 2007, WSP has worked on the Purple Line
Location
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
The Blue Line is a 35-km line from Los Angeles Extension, providing program and engineering
to Long Beach. WSP also provided preliminary management services as the general engineering
Client engineering and environmental studies, and and planning consultant. The extension is nine
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN construction, which included at-grade and elevated tunnel miles, with seven underground stations and
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (METRO) sections and a .8-km underground segment, began three park-n-ride areas.
in 1985. WSP provided construction management
Status The Los Angeles Regional Connector is a 3-km
1983-ONGOING and general engineering services.
underground rail tunnel that will link three light
WSP provided program management and rail transit lines and the city’s heavy rail subway
tunnel design for all segments of the Red Line. when it is completed in 2021. WSP prepared the
LENGTH Construction on the 28-km line began in 1986 and conceptual engineering plans and is currently
127 km
was completed in 2000. The first 7-km extension providing design support services during
was opened in 1993. A 3.4-km extension opened construction.
in July 1996. A 7.4-km segment was completed in
1999. The final 10.1-km segment was completed in Expo Line Phase 2 (Expo 2) - the 10.6-km
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2000. extension of the Expo line opened - connects
4 Opened in 1995, the 26-km Green Line extends
the Westside to Santa Monica. The Expo Line
Extension to Santa Monica opened in 2016. WSP
from Norwalk in the east to Redondo Beach in the served as lead designer for the design-build team.
TUNNELS west, with a connection to the Blue Line at the
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Imperial/Wilmington/Rosa Parks station.
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LA Metro
Westside Purple Line
Extension
The Westside Subway Extension is a 14.5 -km Our modelling staff helped LA Metro enhance the
(9 miles) heavy rail line that will operate as an forecasting model to include crowding, capacity, and
extension of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan bus-bunching features. WSP helped to shape the
Transportation Authority (LA Metro) Purple Line project's design and defined a multiyear path for LA
from its current terminus at Wilshire/Western Metro and the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills
Station to a new western terminus in West Los to capture the land use benefits. Scenario testing
Angeles near the Veteran’s Administration West Los helped to frame TOD planning. WSP prepared a
Angeles Medical Center in Westwood. This extension station urban design report, recommendations on
construction, which will be completed in three station locations and portal placement, assessed
sections, includes seven underground stations. local plans and policies for transit-friendliness,
Location and developed a TOD program for the corridor.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES WSP performed conceptual engineering and
achieved consensus on alignment, mode and WSP solved complex planning and design challenges,
Client
LOS ANGELES METRO
minimum operating segments; developed such as constructing stations and tunnels below one of
environmental clearance and delivery Los Angeles’s busiest streets, Wilshire Boulevard, and
Status strategies; and provided technical solutions for working with physical and environmental constraints,
ONGOING constructing nine miles of tunnels and seven including a seismically active area, naturally occurring
underground stations in an urban area. methane hydrogen sulfide gases, tar seeps and possible
abandoned oil wells and tunneling in gassy conditions.
We worked closely with Los Angeles Metro to
LENGTH deliver station design, urban design, transit-oriented WSP provided conceptual, preliminary engineering
14.5 km
development (TOD), and engineering solutions, and to and advanced preliminary engineering services and
develop the long-term financial plan for the proposed produced request for proposal documents which
CAD 12.2 billion (USD 9.2 billion) extension of the were issued to prospective bidders for tunnels,
STATIONS project. WSP has provided program and engineering stations and systems for the three sections, including
management services as the general engineering value engineering, travel forecasting, cost estimating,
7 and planning consultant. We supported LA Metro
in developing technical provisions, and delivery
constructability reviews and risk assessments.
strategies and contract packages that include a mix WSP continues to support Metro providing
DOWNTOWN LA TO WESTWOOD of design-build and design-bid-build delivery. engineering services during construction for all
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three sections of the Westside Purple Line project.
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Tunnel
The 10.23 CAD (AUD 11 billion) Metro Tunnel is ventilation, fire and life safety, security and blast
Melbourne’s biggest rail project since the City Loop assessment, pedestrian modelling, noise and vibration,
was built in the 1970s. It includes 9 km of rail tunnels and environmental and sustainability services.
and 5 underground stations at North Melbourne,
Parkville and Anzac, with 2 new central business Metro Tunnel's two new CBD stations will be built
district (CBD) stations — State Library and Town as “trinocular” caverns whereby three overlapping
Hall — which will directly connect to the City Loop. tunnels are mined by road headers, creating a
wide-open space that allows the concourse and
Location At Parkville, Metro Tunnel will provide platforms to be integrated on a single level.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA access to the University of Melbourne and
health facilities, such as the Royal Melbourne The result will be a spacious station with vaulted
Client Hospital, the Royal Women’s Hospital and the ceilings. At 19 m, the underground metro platforms
RAIL PROJECTS VICTORIA will be among the widest in the world.
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Status The project will create:
ONGOING
The new Anzac Station in Domain will
significantly improve access to the St. Kilda
- more room on the network, enabling over
Road precinct and key Melbourne landmarks,
500,000 additional passengers per week to use
such as the Shrine of Remembrance, the Melbourne’s train network during peak periods,
TWIN-TUNNELS Royal Botanic Gardens and Albert Park. plus time savings of up to 50 minutes per day
9 km WSP, together with Arup and Arcadis, is in a
design joint venture working with CYP Design &
when travelling to Parkville and/or St Kilda Road.
- new stations (Parkville and Anzac) in areas
Construction (John Holland, Lend Lease and Bouygues not currently served by trains, improving
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Construction) to deliver the Tunnels and Stations access to a combined catchment of more than
5 package of works as a public-private partnership. 200,000 jobs, enrolled students and residents.
WSP is involved in the tunnel, civil, structure, surface - new, modern-technology trains to run every two
INCREASED CAPACITY transport, and rail infrastructure design, together with to three minutes, beginning the transformation
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the mechanical, electrical and hydraulic design. We into a “turn up and go” rail system for Melbourne.
504,000 are also delivering specialist services including tunnel
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Subway
At the turn of the 20th century, New York City and operating the system for a period of 50 years,
was finally ready to begin construction of an William Barclay Parsons, one of the original founders
underground transit system to rival those in cities of Parsons Brinckerhoff, now known as WSP, was
such as London, Glasgow, Budapest and Boston. In the mastermind of the endeavor. As chief engineer of
1900, the winning bidder, John B. McDonald, agreed the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners,
Location to build a 34-km (21-mi.) system of rapid transit, Parsons was responsible for overseeing the work
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
including terminals and stations, and to complete the of his own engineering staff of 300, as well as
Client
work in four and a half years. McDonald’s company, a dozen subcontractors and a
BOARD OF RAPID TRANSIT RAILROAD workforce variously estimated at 7,700 to 12,000.
COMMISSIONERS The subway would begin at City Hall and continue
north to 42nd Street, where it would turn west to In 1902, the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad
Status Times Square and follow Broadway up to the Bronx. Commissioners awarded a second contract, known
COMPLETED IN 1904 Above 96th Street, a second line would extend east as Contract No. 2, to Belmont’s company, for a 5-km
under Central Park, ending at what is now the site of (3.1-mi.) extension of the subway from City Hall in
the Bronx Zoo. Although it was commonly called the Manhattan, under the East River, to Atlantic Avenue
subway and included 24 km (15 mi.) of tunnel, the in Brooklyn.
SPEED
project also included nearly 6 miles of viaduct.
Up to 64 km/h August Belmont, Jr., who represented the interests of
Following the inaugural run on October 28, 1904,
the subway was opened to the public. Nearly 150,000
the Rothschild banking family in the United States, people rode the subway that first day.
PASSENGERS ON 1ST DAY agreed to arrange the financing. Belmont established
Additional segments of the subway soon opened,
150,000
the Interborough Rapid Transit Construction
Company, with himself as president and McDonald with 26 km (16 mi.) completed by the end of 1904.
as contractor, to carry out the work. The 39-km (24-mi.) subway was completed in 1908
with the opening of the line to the Atlantic Avenue
WORKFORCE Although Belmont’s company would be responsible Terminal in Brooklyn.
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7,700 to 12,000 for building the subway, supplying the equipment
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35New York
City Subway No. 7
Line Extension
The Hudson Yards overbuild development (11.3-ha; terminus in Times Square to a new station at 11th
28 ac.) and No. 7 Line Subway Extension represents Avenue and West 34th Street, an extension totalling
the kind of integrated, comprehensive approach 2.4 km.
to infrastructure development that WSP can bring
to cities. In 2005, the City of New York launched Final design services included all passenger
Location facilities, right-of-way and systems work, as
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES its planned transformation of the Far West Side
of Manhattan, an area known as Hudson Yards. well as the station entrance and public spaces at
Client The No. 7 Line would support a new vision for Hudson Yards. Our firm also assisted the MTA in
MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AND MTA high-density office, commercial, and residential developing an overall construction program and
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION contract packaging plan, provided construction
development — also known as transit-oriented
development. support services, and served as systems integrator
Status
for all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.
COMPLETED IN 2015
WSP led the multidisciplinary team of planners,
engineers, architects and environmental The final configuration comprises approximately
specialists that prepared a final environmental 2.4 km of running twin tunnel-boring-machine
LENGTH OF EXTENSION impact statement for the proposed No. 7 Subway tunnels; one underground terminal station
2.4 km
Extension, the expansion and modernization constructed in rock; four ancillary/system
of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the buildings housing mechanical, electrical and
development of a new multi-sports, entertainment, communications systems; and two station
and exhibition facility (the New York Sports entrances serving the new terminal station. WSP’s
STATION DEPTH
and Convention Center), and the rezoning of the responsibilities included preparation of final design
38 m Hudson Yards area. documents including communications, utilities,
structural, geotechnical, drainage, groundwater
The project involved the completion of the control, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and
TUNNEL BORING MACHINES conceptual, preliminary and final design services environmental engineering designs.
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37Second Avenue
Subway
The Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is the first major majority of the two-track line), cut-and-cover (used
expansion of New York City’s subway system in at the 96th Street station locations), and drill-and-
more than 50 years. It is set to reduce overcrowding blast (used on two station caverns at 86th and 72nd
and delays on the Lexington Avenue line and streets and portions that were too short to make
improve access to mass transit for those living on tunnel boring cost-effective).
Manhattan’s far East Side. When fully completed,
the line will stretch 13.7 km along the East Side, WSP was responsible for the overall management
from 125th Street in Harlem to Hanover Square in of multiple interfacing construction contacts.
Location
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES Lower Manhattan. In addition, we managed all the environmental
components associated with the construction
Client The SAS project is being planned in four phases. effort, such as: soil management, dewatering, noise
MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT WSP served as a prime consultant during phase 1 mitigation, historic and archeological resource
construction totalling CAD 5.8 billion (USD 4.4 protection, asbestos abatement, waste disposal,
Status
billion). The project elements included construction storm water management, dust control and air
ONGOING
of 2.4 km of two-track tunnels along the length of monitoring.
Manhattan’s East Side (beneath Second Avenue),
three new subway stations (96th Street, 86th Street During construction, at least four lanes of Second
TUNNELS and 72nd Street), rehabilitation of the existing Avenue remained open to traffic, and efforts
2.4 km
station at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street, and were made to maintain access to businesses and
installation of transit systems through the entire residences. Structural and ground improvement
3-km length. techniques were used to minimize ground
settlement and to preserve the structural integrity
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One of the most significant challenges involved of various facilities, including utility lines,
3 an area of poor soil that was not suitable for
excavation by the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM),
buildings, tunnels, and ramps.
which is designed for hard-rock conditions. WSP Phase 2, estimated at CAD 2.25 billion (USD 1.7
WEEKDAY PASSENGERS met this construction challenge by using different billion), includes project management and controls,
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200,000 techniques for the projects: TBM (used for the complex geotechnical and tunneling design and
community-oriented design for passenger facilities.
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39The Follo Line
The Follo Line is being built to meet the cause the least amount of disruption possible,
increased demand for rail capacity south and to that end much of the work will be
Location
OSLO, NORWAY
of the Norwegian capitol of Oslo. carried out without interfering with the daily
flow of traffic to and from this busy station.
Client
As of 2016, the Follo Line project is the largest
BANE NOR infrastructure project in progress in the Trains on the new Follo Line will run directly
country. Once completed, it will include the between Oslo and the public transport hub
Status longest railway tunnel (20 km) in any of the at Ski. The Follo Line will run alongside the
ONGOING Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Østfold Line, which currently provides service
Finland and Iceland). In addition, it will be between Oslo and Ski. The Follo Line will
Norway’s first long twin-tube rail tunnel and bring improved service to passengers, as the
TRACKS one of the first tunnels to be constructed in Østfold line has reached its capacity limit.
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the country using tunnel boring machines.
Between Oslo Central Station and the tunnel,
The main construction work began in 2015, and the Follo Line must accommodate other rail
completion of the project is scheduled in 2022. traffic in and out of Oslo Central Station. The
RAILWAY TUNNEL line is being constructed so that the tracks will
20 km
The Follo Line project is comprised of four connect with several existing platforms.
tracks that run from Ski Station to Oslo Central
Station, Norway’s largest hub for public transport. In addition, we have worked rigorously
TRAVEL TIME
Constructing new rail tracks in such a densely to preserve the physical integrity of Oslo’s
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trafficked metropolitan area is a major logistical Medieval Park to respect the archaeological
11 min challenge. One of the goals of the project is to and historical significance of the area.
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The Fornebu Line, an extension of Oslo Metro, Fornebuporten Station entrances will feature two
will connect Oslo, the capital city of Norway, different civic spaces at street level. The station
to Fornebu peninsula in Bærum. It is Oslo’s will have an oval canopy toward the north side and
largest metro project in over 20 years. a layered orthogonal pavilion and public piazza
toward the south side. Atmospheric lighting within
The Fornebu Line will extend the existing Oslo the station will adjust to the changing Oslo sky.
Metro by adding an 8.5-km-long underground
tunnel and new stations in Oslo and Bærum. The Vækerø Station will have a long continuous
line will stretch for 5.6 km in Oslo, while the connection between two elevated entrances,
remaining 3.1-km section will be built in Bærum. connected together with a gold-finished sculptural
sky made of golden metal. The station will
Location The Fornebu Line will have six underground also have underground bicycle parking areas,
OSLO AND FORNEBU, NORWAY stations, namely Fornebu Centre Flytårnet, which will be accessible by cycle ramps.
Fornebuporten (former Arena), Lysaker, Vækerø,
Client and Skøyen. Each station will have a length
SPORVEIEN OSLO AS
of 120 m. The design concept of the Fornebu
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Status Centre Station was inspired by Norway’s
ONGOING mountainous landscapes and canyons.
42The Østensjø
Line
The Østensjø Line part of the Oslo Metro, pedestrian bridge, construction of a 280-m long
runs 9 km from Brynseng to Mortensrud pile-supported concrete slab under the metro
through the primary residential areas of Bøler, corridor, renovation of the current signalling
Østensjø and Søndre Nordstrand. It shares and interlocking systems, new substructure
track with the Lambertseter Line along the for 5.2 km of double-track metro line and new
2.5-km section from Tøyen to Brynseng. superstructure for 5.7 km of double-track metro line.
The project spans approximately 8 km, from just The upgrade of the Østensjø Line has followed
beyond Hellerud Station, where the Østensjø Line an extremely tight schedule, both in terms of the
and Furuset Line diverge, up to and including design and execution of the construction work.
Mortensrud Station. The project included the In addition, major work had to be completed on a
Location
following: upgrade of 7 metro stations to the site that was long and narrow with limited access
OSLO, NORWAY
required standard, renovation of 7 station buildings/ and restricted space for equipment and storage.
Client technical buildings, construction of 1 new technical
SPORVEIEN OSLO AS IS A MUNICIPALLY building, construction of 1 new personnel building,
OWNED PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATOR IN complete renovation of 2 tunnels, construction
OSLO, NORWAY of new walkways in 3 tunnels with a combined
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length of 1.8 km, renovation of a rectifier substation,
Status
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upgrade/repair of 12 bridges, construction of a new
43Panama
Metro Line 2
The very restricted growth capacity of the existing Overall, project management services included
road system in Panama City, due to the narrow and revising the basic and detailed architectural,
elongated configuration of the metropolitan area, structural, facilities, electromechanical systems and
determined the development of solutions with integrated rail systems designs. The services also
Location mass transport systems, including Line 2 to serve included revising the corresponding specifications,
PANAMA the east area of the capital. Before commencing calculations, and operation and maintenance
the operation of Line 2, the average travel time in manuals.
Client
public transport from outlying areas to the center of
METRO DE PANAMA, S.A. WSP’s key responsibilities focused on advisory
the city during peak hours went from as little as 90
minutes to in excess of two hours. and assistance throughout the bidding process,
Status
COMPLETED IN 2019 evaluation of proposals, and negotiation and
It is expected that by the year 2035 the population formalization of contracts necessary for correct and
of Panama East will surpass 750,000 inhabitants, timely decision-making. WSP was also responsible
with the number of daily trips to downtown for supervising the construction of the Line 2
LENGTH Panama City surpassing 400,000. Therefore, project, which involved the inspection, monitoring
21 km serving Panama East with metro Line 2 emerged
as the best option to reduce the travel times
and administration of the construction contract,
including the work program and costs.
significantly, thus ensuring a better quality of life
CAPACITY PER DIRECTION for the resident population in the area.
Max 40,000/hr In 2014, WSP, in joint venture with Ayesa and
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, was
commissioned by Metro de Panama S.A. to
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provide project management services and technical
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45Riyadh
Metro - Package 3
The city of Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of In August 2013, WSP and Hill International,
Saudi Arabia, has expanded by 500 times over the were awarded a CAD 354 million (USD 265
past 70 years and is today spread over 1,000 km². million) contract by the Riyadh Development
The city boasts 6.5 million people, and by 2030 Authority (RDA) for providing project
the population is expected to reach 8.3 million. management and construction management
Riyadh’s streets currently witness more than 9 services for Package 3 (lines 4, 5 and 6) of the
million car trips per day — raising problems of Riyadh Metro project. The contract was awarded
Location
RIYADH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA congestion, pollution and reduced mobility, all to the joint-venture Riyadh Advanced Metro
of which threaten to choke economic growth. Project Execution and Delivery (RAMPED),
Client Therefore, the development of a comprehensive in which WSP is a 55-percent majority partner
RIYADH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY public transportation system is paramount. and Hill International is a 45-percent partner.
Status The Riyadh Metro Project, commissioned by As the intermediary between RDA and the design-
ONGOING
the Riyadh Development Authority (RDA), build contractor, the RAMPED joint venture
constitutes the backbone of the future public oversees design-and-construction deliverables
transport system of the capital. With its 6 lines through the project life cycle for Package 3. Package
LENGTH totaling 176 km and 85 metro stations, the 3 includes Lines 4, 5 and 6 and covers 63.6 km of
63.6 km
metro network will cover most of the densely track, with 33.2 km of elevated alignment, 8.3 km
populated areas, public facilities, as well as at-grade, 13.3 km bored tunnel and 8.8 km of
governmental, educational, commercial and cut-and-cover tunnel, 24 stations and 2
medical institutions. The Riyadh Metro Project, a depots with one being totally underground
LINES
state-of-the-art fully automated transit network, and constructed through some of the
3 will provide all population groups in the capital
with a cost-effective way to move around the
most congested districts in Riyadh.
city, which will increase their productivity and The overall value of the Riyadh Metro
STATIONS reduce their dependency on private cars. Project is approximately CAD 31 billion
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(USD 23 billion), and Package 3 is valued
at CAD 11.5 billion (USD 8.6 billion).
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