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Father Time is coming for the infamous Bayswater Bridge, with work now underway on a newer, higher bridge being delivered as part of the METRONET New Bayswater Station.

“At nearly 50 metres long and weighing 191 tonnes each, the beams were lifted by three cranes, a 400-tonne crawler and 400 and 500-tonne all-terrains. It was like my own personal episode of Megastructures and definitely a major career highlight.”

Patterns from the past painted in eye-catching pops of colour, and Jurassic-sized hand painted flowers, make the newly opened Claremont Station underpass feel more like a walk-through art gallery.

Excitement is building within the Lakelands community with the future METRONET Lakelands Station nearing another significant milestone.

A new era at METRONET begins today with new Acting Managing Director Ashley Vincent joining the team.

The Railway (METRONET) Amendment Bill 2022 has been introduced to Parliament which allows works on METRONET projects along the Armadale Line, including the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal and Byford Rail Extension.

The 129-year-old Armadale Line is set to be transformed through major METRONET projects – the Byford Rail Extension, Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal, and Thornlie-Cockburn Link. 

The Housing Diversity Pipeline is launching to encourage new developments and bring more housing choices to Western Australia.

METRONET Managing Director Anthony Kannis has been announced as the new Director General of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage from 28 February.

It’s not every day you get up close and personal to a $253 million rail infrastructure project and rub shoulders with the ‘who’s who’ of WA rail infrastructure.

Ground has been broken on the new Ellenbrook Station site, as part of the METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line.

We’ve all shifted a wheelbarrow or two of soil around the garden but what do you do with hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of spare sand?

The Mandurah Line has re-opened following a successful 20-day shutdown to enable major works on the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn Link.

The preferred proponents have been announced for the METRONET Byford Rail Extension and METRONET Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal projects.

Work on all three stations on the METRONET Yanchep Rail Extension is now underway as foundation works begin on the Eglinton and Yanchep stations. 

It’s busy at the New Bayswater Station Project, with concrete poured for the first bridge beam. This comes after the first of the fluted pillars that will hold the beams in place was installed.