Regional Rail Link - Awarding of Construction Contracts (Department of Transport,Victoria) 31st December 2011

Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu announces contracts worth a total of $1.6 billion for work on the Regional Rail Link -- Australia's largest public transport infrastructure project.

Project construction will ramp-up in the New Year following the selection of contractors to build its two longest sections as well as install the technology which will manage the flow of trains along this new line and provide 'real-time' information to those using it.

The Regional Rail Link project is being built with funding from both the federal and Victorian governments, with the former contributing $3.2 billion. Once completed in early 2016, the new Regional Rail Link will remove major bottlenecks from the state's public transport system by separating regional and metropolitan trains.

Delivery of the Regional Rail Link project will involve a total of six major packages of work, with the remaining two contracts -- Southern Cross Station to Footscray and at West Werribee Junction -- expected to be awarded next year.