South-West. John Holland wins rail contract

The John Holland Group has been awarded the contract for the next phase for the $2.1 billion South West Rail Link project, with construction well underway and already supporting 1500 jobs. Work is expected to start work in early 2011. The contract includes construction of an 11.4 kilometre rail line between the existing Glenfield station and East Rossmore, two new stations at Edmondson Park and Leppington, a train stabling facility at East Rossmore. The link is expected to be completed in 2015, with rail services integrated into the CityRail network by 2016.