Rapid Transit Systems

Transportation technologies have always determined the health of our cities

WSP has delivered quick, high frequency and low emission infrastructure that supports healthy cities. We know that rapid transit systems can create a significant shift from the private car to a carbon neutral future.

Our global rail and transit advisors have helped cities to identify the appropriate system to meet their low-carbon goals. Let us help you to:

Shape the solutions to plan, deliver, operate and maintain rapid transit systems for New Zealand
Get projects ready for what's next
Define outcomes to move forward

WSP’s approach to planning and designing rapid transit and metro systems is focused on complementing the urban environment and being responsive to the needs of both residents and local businesses. We challenge ourselves to design resilient systems that meet the standards of sustainability, cost-efficiency and innovation.

Our solutions are backed by comprehensive modelling data and tested planning principles to manage the complex intersection between road and rail.

WSP for Rapid Transit Systems

WSP provides expertise in rail and transit project delivery of all shapes and sizes. From intricate underground lines in Stockholm, advanced bus rapid transit systems in the UK and Australia, new metro lines in the Middle East and East Asia, light rail systems in the US and the Caribbean, and landmark stations in New York and London.

Manchester, North West England, UK

Manchester Metrolink

Since 2007, we have worked to secure funding, develop, expand, and enhance Greater Manchester’s iconic tram system.

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Edinburgh City Tram System

With congestion forecasted to double by 2021, Edinburgh needed to address the issue of transport capacity. The development of a new tram system provided a solution to the city’s growing public transport needs.

Sydney, Australia

Parramatta Light Rail

Parramatta Light Rail is one of the NSW Government’s latest major infrastructure projects being delivered to serve a growing Sydney. Light rail will create new communities, connect great places and help both locals and visitors move around and explore what the region has to offer.

Vantaa, Finnish Capital Region, Finland

Ring Railway to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Speeding up cross town travel and connecting urban areas with Helsinki’s International Airport

Auckland, New Zealand

City Rail Link

City Rail Link (CRL) is the largest and most complex transport infrastructure project ever undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of Link Alliance, WSP has worked with City Rail Link Ltd and Link Alliance members to help deliver a twin-tunnel underground rail link through central Auckland, including new stations at Te Waihorotiu and Karanga-a-Hape and a redeveloped Maungawhau station. The project will transform how people move through Tāmaki Makaurau, increasing rail capacity, improving access to the city centre and wider region, and enabling faster, more frequent and better-connected journeys.

Ottawa, Canada

Confederation Line

Ottawa’s first Light Rail Transit system is an ongoing Design-Build-Finance-Maintain project delivered by WSP as a joint venture with the Rideau Transit Group.

California, USA

California High Speed Rail

WSP is the rail delivery partner for the first high-speed rail system planned for implementation in the US and has developed new railway standards for HSR in the country.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Integrated Rail Master Plan

Using GIS to help the client implement a rail master plan, meeting and exceeding the city's needs

Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Zheng-Xi High Speed Rail

When it opened on February 6, 2010, the new line reduced travel time between Zhengzhou and X’ian in China from up to 11 hours to about 2 hours.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Metro North-South Line

WSP applied precisely the SI:D3 approach to support the client to recover the program and enter a fully integrated system into revenue service.

Lima, Peru

Lima E-Bus Feasibility Study

WSP was retained by Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP) to conduct a feasibility study for introducing electrified urban public transit via battery electric buses (BEBs) in Lima, Peru.

Montréal, Canada

Pie-IX Bus Rapid Transit

This integrated commuter project will provide better transport and revitalize a main urban corridor in Montreal.

WSP for Urban Regeneration

WSP can support both public and private clients with a diverse service offering including urban design and planning, engineering and sustainability to foster placemaking in areas of renewal.

Auckland, New Zealand

Daldy Street and Halsey Street Redevelopment

This water-led approach helped to create a shared local identity for an iconic, high profile urban environment and to help showcase and unlock the amazing transformation of Wynyard Quarter in Tāmaki Makaurau.

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Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Brampton Downtown Development Corporation Study

Providing the BDDC with high-level strategic actions to advance the economic viability of Downtown Brampton

Stockholm, Sweden

Väsjön Urban Development Project

As general consultant for the municipality of Sollentuna, WSP is working on an exciting sustainable neighbourhood in Väsjön, Stockholm.

New Zealand

Whanganui Urban Transportation Strategy

Sustainable, multi-modal transport network for Whanganui

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Jacksonville Ultimate Urban Circulator

WSP USA is part of the RS&H General Engineering Consultant team supporting the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) in the development of the Jacksonville Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C).

Christchurch, New Zealand

An Urban Stream Restoration Vision in Christchurch

Our water resources and flood risk management team is using water-led approaches to envision improvements for the social, cultural and environmental value of urban creek catchments in Christchurch.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Dudley Creek Flood Remediation

$30m post-earthquake flood remediation and waterway enhancement scheme

Shaping the solutions

WSP has a rich history for delivering public transit systems, in New Zealand and across the world. As partners, trusted advisors and agents we work collaboratively with our clients, partner and local communities to deliver world class solutions.

Our multidisciplinary team can help clients navigate projects from safety, sustainability and carbon neutral and unlock opportunities to reduce cost, create value and mitigate risk across the value chain, ultimately building more resilient organisations that can thrive in the changing infrastructure market.

Our solutions are backed by comprehensive traffic analysis, intersection and signal prioritisation, multi-path sharing simulations and tested planning principles to manage the complex intersection between intercity road and transit infrastructure.

Trusted Advisors

Our multidisciplinary team of trusted advisors, planners and designers can define the outcomes and processes to ultimately help get systems of the ground and ready for launch.