Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1
March 28, 2023
Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1
CONTEXT is providing urban and landscape design services for Stage 1 of Parramatta Light Rail (PLR), comprising a 12km alignment with 16 stops between Westmead and Carlingford via Camellia.
CONTEXT, in conjunction with COX Architecture was engaged by the CPB/ Downer Joint Venture as the Urban Design team for PLR Stage 1. Following successful completion of the tender phase, CONTEXT led the development of the detailed design and construction documentation for the public domain associated with the alignment and stops.
Location:
Parramatta, NSW
Client:
CPB / Downer Joint Venture for Transport NSW
Duration:
2017 – ongoing
Phase:
Tender to Construction
PLR Stage 1 serves as a catalyst for the revitalisation and renewal of the Greater Parramatta region, connecting several key locations including the Westmead health precinct, the Parramatta North Urban Transformation area, the new Western Sydney Stadium, the Parramatta CBD, the new Powerhouse Museum and Riverside Theatre Cultural Hub, the Camellia precinct, Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, the private and social housing redevelopment at Telopea, and the three Western Sydney University campuses.
The Project could catalyse further investment and urban renewal, attract new jobs and residents, improve residential amenity and provide a range of city-shaping, place-making and transport benefits. It will also provide a new, iconic transport mode that is direct, fast, reliable and integrated into the surrounding transport network.
Parramatta Light Rail has won a number of high-profile awards including:
NSW Sustainability Awards 2023: Placemaking Award, Winner
Australian Construction Achievement Award 2023: Infrastructure Works, Finalist
Australian Urban Design Awards 2022: Leadership, Advocacy and Research City and Regional Scale – Infrastructure Works
Infrastructure Sustainability Council Awards 2022: Award for a Leading as Built Rating – Infrastructure Works.
CONTEXT is extremely proud to have been involved with the design and documentation of the Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 project, in collaboration with COX Architecture and many other great partners. The next stage of construction is taking shape, with CPB Contractors selected by the NSW Government to build Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail project in a 50:50 joint venture with Downer.
The project will connect Westmead to Carlingford via the Parramatta CBD and Camellia with a 12-kilometre, two-way track. The project includes construction of:
- Light rail track, roadworks and stop platforms
- Transport interchanges at Westmead, Parramatta CBD and Carlingford; and
- New light rail and pedestrian zones along Church and Macquarie Streets in the Parramatta CBD, and urban design.
Construction will commence in 2019, with services scheduled to begin in 2023.
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