Contract awarded for the $5.7bn Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail (LGC)

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The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail (LGC) is gaining momentum, with a major design and preconstruction contract now officially awarded.

The ActivUs consortium, comprised of Acciona, CPB and UGL with SMEC and WSP, will form the LGC Rail Alliance with the Department of Transport and Main Roads and Queensland Rail.

The scope of works for the LGC Rail Package includes duplicating the number of rail tracks between Kuraby and Beenleigh from two to four, removing level crossings, modern station upgrades, and improving access and connectivity along the complex 20-kilometre project corridor.

The LGC Rail Alliance will now commence the design process and project planning activities, and undertake further site investigations.

The LGC Rail Alliance will also engage with the community and key stakeholders throughout 2025 to seek further feedback on the design and provide an update on future project activities.

This announcement of the preferred Proponent for the LGC Rail Package follows the contract award of the LGC Open Level Crossing Removal and the Loganlea Station Relocation project in September 2024.

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Key features

Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail will deliver:

  • accessibility upgrades to stations at Kuraby, Trinder Park, Woodridge, Kingston, Loganlea, Bethania, Edens Landing, Holmview, and Beenleigh
  • upgraded tracks, structures and rail systems between Kuraby station and Beenleigh station, providing 4 tracks through the 20km corridor
  • improved safety and reduced traffic congestion through level crossing removals at Kuraby, Woodridge, Bethania, Holmview and Beenleigh
  • better connected communities through modifications to the local road network and improved walking and cycling paths along the corridor
  • enabling works for European Train Control System (ETCS)
  • extension of the cattle siding at Holmview.

Contractors shortlisted to deliver Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail

CPB Contractors Managing Director Jason Spears said: “CPB Contractors’ highly skilled local team will draw on our decades of experience delivering complex and city-shaping infrastructure, as well as our local partnerships, to build this game-changing infrastructure and support Queensland’s growing population and thriving tourism industry. We look forward to continuing our collaborative engagement with local people, suppliers and businesses to ensure we maximise economic, employment and social opportunities for the community.”

UGL Managing Director Doug Moss said: “UGL is a leader in the Australian transport sector with proven capabilities in large infrastructure construction, including complex mechanical and electrical installations on some of Australia’s largest transport systems. We look forward to working alongside our Alliance partners to deliver increased capacity for local residents and visitors to South-East Queensland, which will support population growth in the area and help the region to prepare for the historic Brisbane Olympics in 2032.”

Source: Hochtief Media Release

Source: TMR Queensland

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