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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
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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.
         Status
         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
Location
                                                                                                      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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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)
         Location
         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.

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MRT
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.)
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The 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

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Caracas
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
© Credit  IN 1984

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Doha
                                  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.
         LINES
                                  structures that are to be developed along various
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         4                        proposed metro lines. Four construction phases

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West 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

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The 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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Ho 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
         RAILWAYS
                                               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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South 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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         Medium
                                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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West 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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East 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
         Location
                                    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
         70
                                                                                       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
         LINES
                                                  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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Metro
                                  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
         STATIONS
                                  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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New York
                                                  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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New 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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Second 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
         NEW STATIONS
                                                  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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The 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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Fornebu Line

                                    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.

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The 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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Status
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Panama
                                  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
         STATIONS
                                  provide project management services and technical
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Riyadh
                                           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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