SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST LOCATION , New South Wales CLIENT Transport for New South SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Wales SIZE 36km, 22 Trains, 8 Railway Stations VALUE (NPV) AU$3.7 billion BUILDER John Holland Group, Leighton Contractors, MTR and UGL Rail Services (4 way joint venture) OPERATIONS MTR Corporation (with John Holland and UGL Rail Financial Sponsor Services) Equity Investor FINANCIAL 18 September 2014 Capital Arranger CLOSE COMPLETION 2019 DURATION 15 years, Design-Build- Finance-Maintain and Operate

THE AU$8.3 BILLION NORTHWEST IS AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

The project, at 36km in length, is also the first stage With 98 per cent on-time running, Sydney Metro of the new Sydney Rapid Transit network and will be Northwest will be Australia’s first ‘turn up and go’ Australia’s first fully-automated railway network. rapid transit network and will deliver a level of customer service and safety never before seen in The AU$3.7 billion Operations, Trains and Systems Australian public transport. Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract – being delivered by the Northwest Rapid Transit Work on the new greenfield section between Rouse consortium – is the largest of the three major Hill and Epping will include: contracts awarded by Transport for NSW to deliver –– installation of 23km of new rail track, signalling the . The PPP is required and mechanical and electrical systems to interface with the two other major contracts – a tunnels contract and a viaduct contract. –– eight new railway stations and 4,000 associated car parking spaces The PPP is the largest awarded in the history of the state of New South Wales. –– platform screen doors running the full length of platforms Sydney Metro Northwest will revolutionise transportation in the North West region of –– construction of the Rapid Transit Rail Facility to Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, which also has the house and maintain the rapid transit fleet, and nation’s highest private car ownership – with many –– an Operations Control Centre, within this facility, households having three or more vehicles. to monitor the entire railway, ensuring safe and The Project includes eight new railway stations, five reliable running. existing railway stations converted to rapid transit These works will be complemented by the upgrade standard and 4,000 new commuter car parking and conversion of 13km of existing railway including spaces. five existing stations to bring them up to rapid Services will start in the first half of 2019 with a train transit status. This will include computer based train every four minutes in the peak, or 15 an hour. control, full length platform screen doors, improved information displays and upgrades to fire and life safety systems. SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

AWARDS Infrastructiure Investor Awards - Global Deal of the Year, Global PPP Deal of the Year, 2015 PPP Bulletin 2015 Best Transit Project PPP Bulletin 2015 the Judges Award for Projects Grand Prix

“WITH 98 PERCENT ON-TIME RUNNING, SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST WILL BE AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ‘TURN UP AND GO’ RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK.”

DESIGN FEATURES video analytics for crowd management and a The project involves: radio system with optimised frequencies and redundancy –– the delivery of 22 six car new generation, fully automated Metropolis rapid transit –– lifts and escalators that are safe, accessible for trains. all passengers and strategically positioned to optimise passenger flow, and –– The delivery of new railway stations and precincts that are both visually striking and –– platform screen doors that are proven in service exceptionally functional to enhance the globally and designed with fail-safe principles customer experience. The new stations and and full redundancy. precincts are located at Cherrybrook, Castle INNOVATIONS Hill, Showground, Norwest, Bella Vista, Kellyville, Rouse Hill and Cudgegong Road. The stations –– The project introduces to Sydney a world class, will be a mixture of underground, elevated and fully automated train system, using proven cut in stations. The station design features technology and trains/systems which are at the expansive entry plazas, tall vaulted station forefront of innovation,. With a commitment canopies, uninterrupted gatelines, full width to achieving 98 per cent on time running with concourse entries and complete cross- trains available 99.5 per cent of the time, and a concourse visual surveillance for safety and train every 4 minutes during peak periods. security. –– Innovative station and precinct design achieves –– The facility has been designed to be as sustainability (the stations are inherently low advanced and refined as possible to optimise carbon, low energy and low waste), scalability efficiency, maximise redundancy and increase (the stations are designed to safeguard for the safety of all personnel. The design also future expansion), embed social infrastructure locates the maintenance building adjacent and provide for an efficient door to door journey to the Operations Control Centre, providing for the customer. better connectivity between operations and –– The Rapid Transit Rail Facility will set a new maintenance functions. benchmark in rail design in Australia, being the Design features of the key systems to be delivered first fully automated depot, supported by CBTC include: technology. –– track work using new track form technology and –– Plenary structured its financing of the Sydney highly mechanised construction methods, with Metro Northwest with both a government proven asset protection strategies contribution and a conditional debt pay down, delivering significant value for money, including –– a signalling and train control system using both cost efficiencies and balance sheet Alstom Urbalis™400 Communications Based treatment efficiencies to the State for the Train Control (CBTC) technology to integrate project. with Alstom Metropolis trains and interface with communications systems LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS –– an environmental control system for spot Through the construction phase of the contract, cooling in underground stations, stair the Northwest Rapid Transit Consortium will employ pressurisation and temperature control in hundreds of local workers to deliver the Project critical equipment rooms and will look to employ local staff in the 15 year operations phase. –– a communications system with dynamic passenger information displays, CCTV with