REGISTER

Chris Miller

GEC Alsthom Australia

The introduction of City Rail's widely advertised 1996 Timetable, was dependent on the Granville Area Resignalling Y-Link project being completed on time.

The project, with a completed cost of $75M had a target date, set in 1994, of the 1996 October long weekend.

The project initially started as a major civil and overhead wiring project which was to be undertaken concurrently with the adjacent Auburn to Westmead major resignalling project.

Due to the tight target schedule, it soon became apparent that the scope of works for the resignalling and attendant junction renewal, would have to be severely curtailed.

The draft resignalling scope of works was finalised in 1993 with the signalling plan, designed to link in with Auburn-Westmead resignalling project finalised in late 1994.

Due to the interrelated work areas, programmes and design issues, the Harris Park Y-Link and the Granville Area Resignalling Project, were effectively combined into a single project managed by the Railway Services Authority (RSA). The management team included personnel from Kinhill Engineers and Sinclair Knight Merz, working from the same project office and coordinating through weekly Team Meetings.