Australia shortlists bidders for Newcastle–Sydney rail trains and works
- Country
- Newcastle – Central Coast – Sydney, New South Wales · 🇦🇺 Australia
- Project
- Newcastle–Sydney high-speed rail: ECI phase for trains/systems and construction package 1 (Berowra–Ourimbah)
- Investment
- not specified
- Status
- Bidders pre-qualified for early contractor involvement (17 and 19 August 2026); no major construction contracts before the government decision
- European role
- Alstom (FR) / Siemens Mobility (DE) / Acciona (ES) / FCC (ES) / Ferrovial (ES) / VINCI (FR) · Industry
European firms are among the three pre-qualified bidders in each package: Alstom (with UGL) and Siemens Mobility (in the ARC joint venture with Mott MacDonald) for trains and systems; Acciona (with John Holland), FCC (Advanced Alliance) and Ferrovial and VINCI (GoFar joint venture with CPB) for construction package 1.
Australia's High Speed Rail Authority pre-qualified three bidders for trains and systems on 19 August 2026 (Alstom/UGL, Siemens Mobility with Mott MacDonald, Hitachi Rail STS) and three construction consortia for package 1 on 17 August (Acciona/John Holland, Gamuda/FCC/Samsung C&T, CPB/Ferrovial/VINCI). The Berowra–Ourimbah package covers about 35 km of twin tunnels and Central Coast station at Gosford; major construction contracts follow only after the government decision (LOK Report, 20 Aug 2026).
Source: lok-report.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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