Cross River Rail will provide an additional rail crossing across the Brisbane River.
The project involves:
- a new 10.2-kilometre rail line from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills
- 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels under the Brisbane River and CBD
- four new high-capacity underground stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street and Roma Street
- eight rebuilt above-ground stations at Salisbury, Rocklea, Moorooka, Yeerongpilly, Yeronga, Fairfield, Dutton Park and Exhibition
- three new stations on the Gold Coast, and
- a new signalling system: the European Train Control System (ETCS).
The Cross River Rail project is being delivered through three major infrastructure packages of work:
- the Tunnel, Stations and Development (TSD) package (awarded to the Pulse Consortium through a Public Private Partnership)
- Rail, Integration and Systems (RIS) package (awarded to the Unity Alliance through an alliance contract), and
- the ETCS package (awarded to Hitachi through an alliance contract).
Key Dates
| Sep 2017 | EOIs Open |
| Apr 2019 | Contract Award: TSD PPP |
| Jul 2019 | Financial Close: TSD PPP |
| Aug 2019 | Contract Award: RIS Alliance |
| Sep 2019 | Contract Award: European Train Control System |
| Jan 2020 | Construction Commencement |
| 2025 | Expected Construction Completion |
| 2026 | Expected Services/Operations Commencement |
Funding contributions
| Queensland Government |
Financing
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$1.5 billion in financing is being provided through the Pulbic Private Partnership for the Tunnel, Stations and Development package. |
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Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Cross River Rail Authority |
| Successful Tenderer: | TSD Contract: Pulse Consortium, comprising CIMIC, Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, and UGL with international partners DIF, BAM and Ghella. RIS Contract: Unity Alliance, comprising CPB Contractors, UGL, AECOM and Jacobs, and partners Hassel, RCS Australia, Acmena, Martinus Rail and Wired Overhead Solutions. ETCS Contract: Hitachi Rail. |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Apr 2016 | Queensland Government announced it will establish a Delivery Authority that will lead the development, procurement and delivery of the Cross River Rail project and support wider economic and social outcomes from this transformational project. |
| Jun 2016 | Building Queensland developed the Cross River Rail Business Case. |
| Jun 2016 | The Queensland Government committed $800 million to develop the Cross River Rail project. |
| Apr 2017 | Cross River Rail Delivery Authority Act 2016 commenced by proclamation. |
| Jun 2017 | The Queensland Government announced it would invest $50 million in FY2016-17 to establish the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority (the Authority) to oversee the final planning and delivery of the project. |
| Jun 2017 | The 2017-18 Queensland Budget allocated $1.95 billion towards the project over the forward estimates (across three years), adding to the Government's $800 million in-principle commitment in June 2016 and their $50 million allocation towards scoping work and the establishment of the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority (CRRDA). The 2017-18 Budget also saw an additional $129 million provided to the CRRDA in the form of an equity injection. |
| Jul 2017 | Infrastructure Australia release Project Evaluation Summary of Cross River Rail Business Case, identifying that while there is an emerging problem of rail through Brisbane's CBD the cost-benefit ratio is not high enough for the project to be on a Priority List and requesting a second business case. |
| Aug 2017 | Early works commenced on the project. |
| Aug 2017 | Building Queensland released the Cross River Rail Business Case 2017 to the public. |
| Aug 2017 | The Cross River Rail Delivery Authority held an industry briefing, announcing that Cross River Rail will comprise two major works packages - a Rail, Integration and Systems Alliance (RIS), and a Tunnel, Stations and Development Public Private Partnership. |
| Sep 2017 | Expressions of Interest opened for the Tunnel, Stations and Development PPP and Rail, Integration and Systems Alliance contracts. |
| Jun 2018 | The 2018-19 Queensland Budget saw an additional $914 million allocated to the project over the forward estimates, meaning a total of $3.73 billion has been allocated to CRR at this point. The Budget noted the remaining $1.7 billion will be allocated in future budgets out to FY2023-24. |
| Apr 2019 | The Queensland Government announced the Pulse consortium as the preferred bidder for the TSD package. |
| Jul 2019 | Financial close was reached with Pulse Consortium for TDS package. |
| Aug 2019 | Contractual close with Rail, Integration and Systems Alliance, Unity Alliance. |
| Sep 2019 | Contract award for procurement of a European Train Control System to Hitachi Rail. |
| Sep 2019 | Queensland Government confirms Pimpama as the preferred location for the first of three Gold Coast stations that will be delivered as part of the CRR Project. |
| Jan 2020 | Construction commenced on all major works. |
| Jun 2022 | The 2022-23 Queensland Budget allocates $1.3 billion in 2022-23 to the CRRDA to continue construction of the 10.2-kilometre rail line from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills, including 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels under the Brisbane River and CBD, four new underground stations and eight rebuilt above ground stations. |
| Jun 2023 | The 2023-24 Queensland Budget confirmed additional funding for the project, bringing the total estimated cost to $7.7 billion. |
| Jul 2024 | The Queensland Government announced the completion and reopening of Rocklea Station to train services. |
| Dec 2024 | The newly-elected Queensland Government has indicated that the total estimated cost of the project has increased to $17 billion and that completion has been pushed out to 2029. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2023)
Sector
Rail
Procurement approach
Confirmed PPP |
Traditional Procurement |
Alliance |
Location
Queensland |
Resources
Government resources
Queensland Cabinet CRRDA Act October 2016 FactsheetBuilding Queensland Cross River Rail Business Case August 2017
Building Queensland Cross River Rail Business Case June 2016
Media releases
2016/06/142024/07/08 - Rocklea Station Completion
2024/12/11 - Changes to cost and completion date
