Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2

Stakeholders .................................................................................................................................... 2

Identification of the Stakeholders ............................................................................................... 3

Internal Stakeholders .............................................................................................................. 3

External Stakeholders ............................................................................................................. 3

Stakeholders Needs ..................................................................................................................... 4

Conceptual Design Process ............................................................................................................. 4

Construction activities ................................................................................................................ 5

Technology ................................................................................................................................. 5

Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................... 6

Cost estimation............................................................................................................................ 6

Constraints .................................................................................................................................. 7

Assumptions................................................................................................................................ 7

Documentation ............................................................................................................................ 8

Certification ................................................................................................................................ 8

Contract ....................................................................................................................................... 8

System Requirements...................................................................................................................... 9

Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 10
References ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Introduction

In order to strengthen the transport facilities of one of the largest cities of Australia the Gold Coast

Light Rail, an infrastructure project is introduced by the Queensland Government. To reduce the

congestions, occur due to excess traffic and to provide the secure and economical means of

transport the facility of the light rail is provided (Kuang, Yen and Barry, 2018). It is an alternate

to the car travel. The complete project is cleaved into variant stages and the final stage is of

Helesvale railway station. The prominent target of the project is to enhance the use of the public

transport and establishing new and modern infrastructure (Dizdaroglu and Yigitcanlar, 2016).

The report below presents the detailed view of the development of the Gold Coast Light Rail

including the identification of the stakeholders and their needs. A detailed conceptual view of the

rail system explains the various constraints inputs and outputs of the system. The requirements of

the system are analyzed and documented in the report.

Stakeholders

Stakeholders are the people or a group of people those are affected with the development of the

new system and under this section of the report the various stakeholders in relation to Gold Coast

Light Rail are identified and their needs are elaborated (Kuang, Yen and Barry, 2018).
Identification of the Stakeholders

The various stakeholders for the Gold Coast Light Rail lie under two categories: internal as well

as external stakeholders.

Internal Stakeholders

 Government: the primary internal stakeholder is the Government of the Queensland as they

are investing a huge amount of the money in the development of the complete rail system

that covers the entire city.

 Contractors: the contractor will the successful completion of the project as it is their

responsibility to assemble all the material required for the construction of the rail system

and develop an efficient and effective rail system (Griffin, 1998).

 Businesses: the various large and complex businesses are the internal stakeholders of the

gold Coast Light Rail as its construction has increased the demand of the various equipment

and machinery.

External Stakeholders

 All the residents of the Gold coast specially those who live in Southern gold coast are the

external stakeholders as the construction of the rail system might conquer their residency

land. Though the government provides the compensation to the residents but it involves a

huge amount of risk.

 The passengers those who are going to travel through the rail system are also considered

as the stakeholders of the rail system project (Miller, 2014).

Stakeholders Needs

The basic requirements of the stakeholders are as follows:

 The rail system must provide the passengers a comfortable ride so that they enjoy to use

public transport in order to avoid the traffic congestions that occur due to the cars.

 For the security purposes the material used for the construction of bridges and other rail

elements must be of high quality and must meet the standards.

 The contractors need the availability of the raw material in right quantity in order to

complete the project on the projected schedule.

 In order to handle the issues related to the residents of the Gold Coast with the development

of the rail system, the government must provide a clear vision to avoid misunderstandings.

 All the stakeholders must be communicated regarding any changes so that gaps can be

reduced and issues can be handled effectively.

 All the people involved in the development of the rail system must be handed over a

document that contains the clear vision and mission of the project so that the chances of

misunderstanding reduces.

 The capacity and characteristics design of the vehicles must match the specified

requirements.

 The government must ensure that the successful completion of the project helps in

generating a valuable revenue (Newman, Davies-Slate and Jones, 2018).

Conceptual Design Process

The conceptual design phase is the initial phase of the development process of the project and after

this phase the next phase is followed by schematic design phase. under this phase the performance,
looks, scope and expected costs are evaluated to ensure the successful completion and defining

requirements of the proposed rail system (Berawi et al., 2015). The main characteristics that are

being defined in this phase are described below:

Construction activities

The major construction activities are

 Track laying according to the overhead power supply,

 The stations are constructed and control systems are installed in order to control different

trams.

 The Bombardier Flexity 2 Light rail Vehicles are designed to run on rails tracks with speed

of 70 km/hr.

 The integration of the road networks and the railway network is necessary in order to avoid

any issues.

 The concrete slabs are designed on the basis of elements of pavement so that the rail can

be supported by the slab (Wickramasinghe, Vu and Maul, 2017).

Technology

For development of designs and the other processes needed to be followed for the development of

the rail system the various tools and applications which are based on the computers are used.

 AutoCad: For the development of the Gold coast rail system the AutoCad map is used to

create the different types of engineering drawings related to the system. Thus, the
 documentation contains a set of maps and the variant drawings that explains the light rail

routes.

 12D Modeller: the 12D modeler engineering tool is used to develop the designs of the light

rail by including the detailed description of roads and drainage functionalities as the trams

are made to move on the rails that are parallel to the roads. Thus, the efficient and accurate

designs can be obtained by using this tool (Huang, 1996).

Infrastructure

The construction of the rail track is divided into two phases. The description of both phases is

provided below:

 Phase 1: under the first phase of the construction the early works like road widening so that

the rails can be tracked and the space for the other traffic still remains there, the public

utilities are relocated and the driveways and car parking are reinstalled (Pojani and Stead,

2015).

 Phase 2: in the second phase the relevant stations are constructed according to the plans.

The overhead bridges and depots are built. The other components are also completed in

order to complete the project.

Cost estimation

Under the conceptual design process the cost of the total project is estimated by studying the

quantity and price of the different equipment. The initial 13 km section is estimated to incur $1.6

billion. The proposed rail system directly affects the property directly and indirectly. The

resumptions of $170 million is provided to the residents of the Gold Coast by the government.
The system had significant impact on property both directly and indirectly in the corridor. A total

of $170 million was allocated for property resumptions (Sonmez and Ontepeli, 2009). The total

cost of the project is estimated to be $420 million form which the federal government contributes

$95 million and the council government contributes $55 million in the total development cost.

Constraints

The development of the new rail system for Gold Coast city comes with the number of constraints

 The biggest constraint that in the development of the Gold Coast Rail System is related to

the capacity and extension. If in future the rails tend to extend the capacity of the present

design is not capable enough to handle the extensions (Staricco and Vitale Brovarone,

2018).

 A number of environmental issues like sensitive flora and fauna, wetlands and flood

mapping act as the constraints in the development process of the light rail system

Assumptions

The light rail system for the Gold Coast city is developed by making some assumptions. A few of

them are listed below:

 The provision for the high quality of accessibility to the pedestrians and the cyclists is

provided simultaneously with the rail tracks.

 a four-lane thorough fare road is provided in the Intra-Regional Transport Corridor.

 Gold Coast railway will not be extended beyond its current number of stations (D’Acierno,

Botte and Montella, 2017).

  The rail system has developed coverage and access to high frequency public transport is

provided to the citizens across the urbanized area.

Documentation

The created documents of the Gold Coast Light rail system are consulted and established by the

superintended. The documentation is presented in different volumes and contain the various

schedules, analysis, presentations, diagrams related to the project (Połom, Tarkowski and

Puzdrakiewicz, 2018). The documents are presented in the pdf format and can be read using

Acrobat Reader DC.

Certification

The project achieves the highest standard of sustainability which is defined as ISCA certification.

The positive outcomes that are expected to be delivered are listed below:

 Around 1,56,000 tons of material is directed away from the landfills.

 Almost 44,000 tons of material or more is saved when the reference design is actually

implemented (Railway Technology, 2019).

 As the project is considered to be environment friendly thus around 5,000 tons id carbon

di oxide emission is saved.

Contract

The contract to construct the complete Gold Coast Light rail system is of 8 years between The

GoldLinQ Consortium and Queensland Government. The contract is to design, finance, operate,

construct and maintain the complete rail system. The design and the construction part are handled

by Mc Connell Dowell and Bombardier (Ashmore, Stone and Kirk, 2018). It is expected to be
completed in three years period. For the maintenance the contract is provided to Keolis Downer

for 15 years of time period.

System Requirements

For the development of the rail system the Flexity 2 tram is used. And for the 16 stations the total

number of vehicles used are 14 in number. Under this part of the report the main requirements that

are essential for the development of the Gold Coast rail system are discussed. the primary

requirements of the system are stated below:

 The trams which are supposed to run will be managed by the electricity which is consumed

form the overhead cables.

 The rails are needed to be guided through the city so that trams can efficiently move on

them and covers the distance.

 The driver of tram will be able to manage the speed and stop the tram in emergency.

 The trams will stop on all the stations that are located on the routes in order to pick and

drop the passengers (Turner et al., 2015).

 The doors are of the trams are virtually level with the platform so that the passengers can

get int or out of the tram easily.

 The passengers within the trams are updated with the destination boards so that they get

informed about the next stations.

 For the security of the passengers the CCTV cameras are installed on the platforms as well

as within the trams.

  The passengers are provided with the relevant space allocation so that they can travel

comfortably within their destinations.

 The rails need to be provided with a rubber boot system to isolate rail from concrete slab

of the track.

 In order to maintain the environment, the noise and the vibration from wheel rail interface

need to be reduced by following various relevant measures (Durand et al., 2016).

 The four major bridges are needed to be built in order to obtain the successful and efficient

rail system.

Conclusion

Thus, it can be concluded from the above report that the Gold Coast rail project is beneficial for

the citizens of the city as they have a cheaper and comfortable public transport on which they can

rely in order to avoid the traffic congestions. The conceptual design process of the proposed system

helps to generate the view of the total cost and the tools which will be used for the development

of the project. The system requirements defined the functionalities of the rail system.

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