Gamuda alliance bags RM5bil rail signalling project in Perth

Upon completion, the METRONET High-Capacity Signalling Project which is the world’s largest signalling project by route length will provide Perth with a 40% increase in network capacity.

KUALA LUMPUR: Gamuda Bhd via a joint venture with a unit of Paris-listed Alstom France has been awarded a A$1.6bil (RM5bil) project by the public transport authority of Western Australia to upgrade and maintain the train control systems on Perth's rail networks.

In a statement, the construction and engineering group said the 10-year contract for the Metronet High-Capacity Signalling Project was secured by its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, DT Infrastructure Pty Ltd, and Alstom France's Australian rail solutions arm, Alstom Transport Australia Pty Limited.