Metro rail design
Arup is a leader in metro rail design, connecting people and places in cities worldwide.
Arup is a leader in metro rail design, connecting people and places in cities worldwide.
Cities increasingly depend on their metro rail networks. They’re the most sustainable and efficient mass transit choice. Whether you’re planning a new metro, an extension or modernisation to an existing network, Arup is a leader in metro rail design.
From initial feasibility studies and mobilising delivery teams through to infrastructure design, architecture, systems engineering, asset management, digital strategy and organisational change, we work with clients to help get the best whole-life return for metro projects.
Our team is working at the leading edge of transformative metro projects around the world including Crossrail in London, Copenhagen’s new Circle Line, Thomson-East Coast Line in Singapore, New York’s Second Avenue Subway and Shenzhen Metro Line 4 Extension in China.
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Cityringen Metro
Arup led the architectural design, taking a user-centric ethos at every step of the way. Inspired by the Scandinavian design tradition, spacious, light-filled stations with distinctive internal façades were designed to echo the local spirit of the areas they connect to.
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Crossrail / Elizabeth Line: overview
Millions of passengers will benefit from London's new Elizabeth Line. Arup played a key role from the very start, working in joint venture with our partners on infrastructure, tunnelling, geotechnics, station technical design, fire engineering, acoustics and many related elements.
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Shatin-to-Central Link
Serving the New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, this 17km strategic railway extension will improve connectivity, coverage and convenience of the entire network. Arup worked a number of elements including being appointed designer and Lead Consultant.
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Beijing South Railway Station
The new Beijing South Railway Station is an architectural icon for China’s capital city and one of the largest stations in China. It connects the capital with Shanghai and Tianjin, eventually catering for over 100m passengers annually.
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Thomson-East Coast Line 3
Discover how we improved connectivity to key commercial, retail and tourism hubs in Singapore with innovative engineering solutions for Phase 3 of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL3).
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MTA Enhanced Station Initiative
Arup is working with the Metropolitan Transport Authority, providing architectural and engineering design, scheduling, cost, construction packaging and procurement of all program work for the MTA's major station rennovation plan.
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Milan M4 metro line LTA
Arup was hired to provide Lenders Technical Advisory (LTA) services combining our commercial and operational know-how with specialist engineering skills, our infrastructure advisors provided detailed due diligence, together with complex, multi-disciplinary service contracts guidance, as well as monitoring services to the lending group.
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Istanbul Metro Kaynarca Line
Arup provided a multidisciplinary preliminary and tender design engineering study on an underground rail system (metro) project linking the main districts of the city of Istanbul. This included determining the location and design of stations and construction plans for the accepted route.
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Shenzhen Metro Line 4
Shenzhen Metro Line 4 is a 20.5km double-track urban railway with a total of 15 stations. Arup is acting as the lead consultant and providing design skills for the project.
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Rio Metro Line 4 South
Arup was hired to perform a multidisciplinary design review of the Rio Metro Line 4 South expansion, including temporary structures, detailed review of the drawings, structural calculations and tunnels, independent structural analysis, and conceptual checks of other disciplines including architecture, mechanical, electrical, and fire.
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Sydney Metro Martin Place
Our experts supported Macquarie Group’s proposal to redesign this station, acting as the multidisciplinary consultant to give confidence that this ambitious engineering challenge was feasible, while bringing real economic and social value to Sydney.
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Tyne and Wear Metro
Prior to project completion, Tyne and Wear Metro was in need of a major overhaul. Arup led the provision of technical, commercial and operational advice to support the specification and procurement of a Metro Operating Concession.
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Metro de Santiago
Metro de Santiago is the most extensive metro system in South America. This is due to be extended by 28 stations, with Arup conducted a design review for 9 new stations where the new lines will interchange with existing stations.
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Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway will eventually run the entire length of Manhattan. Arup, as part of a joint venture, is leading and providing full design and engineering services on the first phase of this four-phase project.
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Fulton Center
Fulton Center was one of the first transit centers in the United States to seek certification under the LEED system. Arup was lead consultant for the $1.4bn Fulton Center project, providing overall planning and project management, engineering and risk advice to MTA New York City Transit.
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Transit Oriented Development study for Foshan Transit Lines 2&3
Guangdong’s Foshan city plans to use 104km of metro links to string all the townships and areas together from north to south and east to west. Arup is the lead consultant to study the feasibility of such Transit Oriented Development (TOD).