Metro West – Hunter Street Station and Precinct, Precinct Development Partner (PDP) – Invitation to attend an Industry Briefing and submit a Registration of Interest (ROI)

⁠⁠⁠Sydney Metro invites organisations that wish to participate in the Hunter Street Station and Precinct PDP (Interested Parties) to attend an online Industry Briefing and register their interest for the Metro West – Hunter Street Station and Precinct PDP.

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport program Services on this new stand-alone metro railway system began on the Metro North West Line between Rouse Hill and Chatswood in May 2019.

By 2024, Sydney will have 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels. Metro means a new generation of world-class fast, safe and reliable trains easily connecting customers to where they want to go. Customers don’t need timetables – they just turn up and go.

Metro West is a new 24-kilometre metro line that would connect Greater Parramatta with the Sydney CBD. Stations have been confirmed at Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock, The Bays, Pyrmont and Hunter Street (Sydney CBD).

This infrastructure project will double the rail capacity between Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD with a travel time target between the two centres of about 20 minutes.

The Hunter Street Station will be located at the northern edge of Sydney's central business district and provides access to a major employment area, and Sydney's premier tourist destination around the harbour. The Station will provide an integrated transport hub linking three stations connecting Wynyard to Martin Place through underground links and providing an interchange between heavy rail, metro, light rail and buses.

Additional information is available on the Sydney Metro website at www.sydneymetro.info.

Sydney Metro will conduct an online Industry Briefing on the Hunter Street Station and Precinct PDP on Wednesday 9 February 2022 at 08.30am AEDT. The Industry Briefing will provide further details regarding the scope, procurement process and procurement timeframes for the Hunter Street Station and Precinct PDP.

Sydney Metro will release the ROI on Wednesday 9 February 2022 after the Industry Briefing. Attendance at the Industry Briefing is not a pre-requisite for registration.

Hunter Street Station and Precinct

The Sydney Metro West Hunter Street Station and Precinct is intended to include an underground station and two over station development (OSD) buildings over both the east and west station entries.

The Hunter Street Station and Precinct would include underground walkways to allow for easy transit all the way from Martin Place to Barangaroo providing an activated precinct that would prioritise pedestrians and support a vibrant public domain in the heart of the Sydney CBD.

Sydney Metro is interested in working with organisations that can bring innovative placemaking solutions including enhanced customer, connectivity or public domain outcomes within a value for money framework.

PDP Procurement Process

The PDP procurement process comprises the following distinct components:

• Station: Construction of the Station and OSD enabling works up to the transfer level of the OSD;
• East OSD: Responsibility for the delivery of an OSD building above the Station entrance on Bligh and O’Connell Streets.
• East Additional Land: Organisations are invited to bring additional land which may change the design of the developments, precinct outcomes, connectivity and value for money;
• West OSD: Responsibility for the delivery of an OSD building above the Station entrance on George and Hunter Streets.
• West Additional Land: Organisations are invited to bring additional land which may change the design of the developments, precinct outcomes, connectivity and value for money; and
• Integration Role: Responsibility for the coordination, management, integration and financing of contracts to deliver the Station, OSDs and potential development(s) on additional land.

Sydney Metro is interested in working with organisations that can provide a component or multiple components of the Hunter Street Station and Precinct.

Full details of the ROI process for the Metro West – Hunter Street Station and Precinct PDP will be set out in the ‘Invitation to Submit a Registration of Interest’ document which will be available via the tender website on Wednesday 9 February 2022.