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High-Speed Rail

ntercity Passenger Rail

A transportationtransormation

Transportation


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Cover and this pageHsinchu High-Speed Rail,Taiwan

With 7,800 miles operating 5,000 miles under construction

12,000 miles planned

High-speed rail is transormingtravel around the globe.


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3High-Speed RailIntercity Passenger Rail

With decades o experience on high-speed rail projects that span countriesand continents, we are driving thenew wave o sae and efcient high-speed rail, developing rail networksthat promote livable communitiesby reducing highway and aviationcongestion, encouraging energyindependence and efciency, andaddressing global climate change.

Our global team o proessionalshas contributed to high-speed raildevelopment in many countriesaround the world, including Australia,Canada, India, Portugal, Singapore,South Arica, Spain, Taiwan, the UnitedKingdom and the United States.We partner with our clients, ablytransorming their visions into reality.We connect communities through ourwork on emerging regional and expresshigh-speed rail projects.

Our experts deliver services in allaspects o high-speed rail, includingterminals and environmentalremediation. For example, we providedplanning, detailed design and supportduring construction o the ExpressRailway Lines West Kowloon Terminusin Hong Kong. Covering 27.4 acres, thiswill be the worlds largest underground

TopJubilee Line Extension,Westminster Station, London, U.K.

BottomGautrain Rapid Rail Link, South Arica

terminal, which incorporates eight long-haul and six short-haul platorms.

In Caliornia, our proessionals are hardat work fnalizing the environmentalstudy or the Merced to Fresno sectiono the Caliornia high-speed rail project,a segment that is leading the way or theimplementation o high-speed rail travelthroughout the state. These eorts buildon the successes o our work on the

220-mile Sacramento to Fresno segmentwhich encompassed alternativeanalyses, environmental impact analysisand acilities design. In addition, weare developing tier two environmentalservices and preliminary engineeringor the 80-mile Altamont and 50-mileCaltrain sections o the Caliornia high-speed rail project that will connectnorthern and southern Caliornia.

According to Engineering-News RecordsDesign Firms Sourcebook or 2012, our

experts are No. 1 in Transportation and weve maintained this standard oexcellence or 12 consecutive years.

Creating todays ramework ortomorrows growth, we are workingto move people aster, saer andmore sustainably.


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Seamless Connections

Comprehensive planning andintegration with mass transit, roadwayand air systems are essential tounlocking the success o high-speedrail. At AECOM, our global rail expertshave intermodal experience on some othe worlds largest systems, includingthose in Spain, Caliornia and Taiwan.

Departures and Arrivals

With a team that includes architectsand acilities design experts, wehave experience in delivering invitingpassenger gateways. We partner withour clients to develop or revitalizegateways to meet the needs o thetraveling communities. The DenverUnion Station and the Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Terminus are two exampleso our work. Our understanding ounctionality and amenities results inacilities that engage customers andconvey security.

High-speed rail is a new mode o transportation that depends onseveral key success actors, including:

Amtrak Acela ExpressNortheast Corridor, U.S.A.

Systems Integration and ResilienceEngineering

With railroad inrastructure experiencethat reaches across continents, weare well-versed in tunnels, tracks,structures and systems design to meethigh-speed rail requirements o tightertolerances and greater durability.Our approach is to embrace systemsintegration processes and designelements with ull considerationo impact on the whole and theinterrelationship with other elements.To optimize reliability and saety, weembed resilience engineering in ourproject delivery approach.


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A Train Like No Other

Building on the appeal o high-speed rail systems requires

industrial design expertise.Our talented team developsaesthetically appealing andtechnically excellent systemsthat integrate seamlessly with theenvironment around them.

An Experienced Conductor

Our proessionals marryexperience and modern tools toadvance activities taking placein a limited area. We overseerail projects around the globe,including those in Kolkata, India;London, U.K.; New York, New York,U.S.A.; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.Our experts develop cost-efcientschedules and oversee thesetechnically challenging systems,oering top-quality programmanagement services to ourclients around the world.

LetCopenhagen Metro, Copenhagen, Denmark

RightCaliornia High Speed Rail Authority,

Caliornia, U.S.A.

Vehicles with Verve

High-speed rail requires appealing,highly reliable, high-perormance

train sets. Our global expertsunderstand system needs duringthe acquisition o rolling stock. Ourplanning and analytic skills help ourowners select the right trains orthe right uses to make the most otheir high-speed rail investment.

Safety First

Advanced signaling andcommunications are the hallmarkso saety on the rails andhigh-speed rail is no exception.Our global proessionals areexperienced in train control.Weve provided saety servicesor numerous clients around theworld, including the Administratoro Railway Inrastructures(ADIF) in Spain, and or FederalRailroad Administration-regulatedpassenger rail systems in theUnited States.

On-Time Arrival

Ensuring limited down time isessential to providing highly

reliable service. Maintenanceacilities that support theseeorts are critical to meetingthese goals. At AECOM, weveprovided comprehensive designo maintenance acilities or themost demanding systems, includingNew York Citys Metro-North andor Portugals RAVE system tokeep trains moving on the rails.

Tickets to Ride

Keeping passengers inormed isalmost as important as gettingthem to their destinations. AtAECOM, we keep our clients andtheir customers needs in mind.Our global proessionals ensureaccurate and easily understoodarrival and departure times bydesigning and implementingpassenger inormation systems.Our clients and the passengersthey serve can count on theaccuracy o their tickets to ride.


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Harrison

Boston

New York City

San Juan

Los Angeles/Long Beach

Bakersfield

Fresno

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Pensacola

Houston

Miami

Fort Lauderdale

West Palm Beach

Sacramento

San Joaquin Valley

San Francisco/San Jose

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Our experience incorporates such key skills as:

Planning and alternatives analysis Capital investment and cost analysis Environmental impact statements Financing (P3) Ridership orecasting Marketing Operations planning Program management Construction management Design-build

Civil works Tunneling Track Catenary Traction power Maintenance acilities and systems Rolling stock Rail station design and placement Train control Communications and central control System saety Systems integration

At Your Service

Highly complex, well-integrated systems that include an array o moving partsdrive success on high-speed rail programs. The proessionals at AECOM arehighly capable experts with design, planning, construction and implementationexperience on some o the most complex rail systems around the globe. Our expertsare oremost in achieving project public approval and implementing projects. Wehave a unique credibility in orecasting and patronage modeling with agenciesaround the world. Creating public-private partnership (P3) solutions and alternative

delivery methods, we partner with our clients to accomplish their missions.

Frank R. LautenbergStation at SecaucusJunction, NewJersey, U.S.A.

Northeast CorridorHigh-Speed Rail

Criteria, Virginia toMassachusetts,U.S.A.

Ohio ProgrammaticEIS, Ohio, U.S.A.

Tren Urbano RailSystem, San Juan,Puerto Rico

Tri-Rail Double TrackCorridor, SouthFlorida, U.S.A.

Metra SouthwestService Expansion,Cook and WillCounties, Illinois,U.S.A.

Richmond to HamptonRoads Passenger RailStudy, Virginia, U.S.A.

Altamont CorridorImprovements,Caliornia, U.S.A.

Gul Coast High-Speed Rail Corridor,Southeastern UnitedStates, U.S.A.

Milwaukee toChicago High-Speed

Rail CorridorStudy, Illinois andWisconsin, U.S.A.

Amtrak Acelaand NortheastHigh-Speed RailImprovement ProgramMassachusetts,Pennsylvania and NewJersey, U.S.A.

CaliorniaHigh-SpeedRail Authority,Caliornia, U.S.A.

Kenosha to Racineto MilwaukeeCommuter ProjectAlternativesAnalysis andDEIS, Waukesha,Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Second AvenueSubway, New York,New York, U.S.A.

Permanent WTCPATH Terminal,designed bySantiago Calatrava,New York, New York,U.S.A.

Alameda Corridor,Caliornia, U.S.A.

Northeast CorridorFeasibility Study,Boston, WashingtonD.C., New York City,U.S.A.

High-Speed RailGround Study,Georgia, U.S.A.


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London

Singapore

Melbourne

Brisbane

CanberraSydney

Perth

Johannesburg

Moloto

dolida

Heifei

Fuzhou

Copenhagen

Kaohsiung

Hong Kong

Delhi

Chennai

Kolkata

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Valencia

Malaga

Cordoba

Mandurah

Crossrail ProgramManagement,London, U.K.

High-Speed RailwayMadrid to BarcelonaSegment, Spain

High-Speed RailwayMadrid to ValenciaSegment, Spain

Jubilee LineExtension,WestminsterStation, London,U.K.

Gautrain Rapid RailLink, South Arica

Clearways Project,Sydney, Australia

Chennai MetroPhase 1 and KolkataEast-West Metro,

India

East Coast

High-CapacityInrastructureCorridors, Australia

West KowloonTerminus, Hong Kon

High-SpeedRailway Poceiraoto Caia Segment,Portugal

Taiwan High-SpeedRail System, Taiwan

Perth to MandurahRailway, Australia

High-Speed RailwayCordoba to MalagaSegment, Spain

Ma On Shan RailwayHong Kong

Delhi Metro RailCorridor 1A, Delhi,India

Copenhagen Metro,Copenhagen,Denmark

East-West andNorth-South MRTLines, Singapore

Toronto TransitCommission,Toronto, Ontario,Canada

Canadian NationalRailway, Canadaand U.S.A.

High-Speed RailwayMoloto Corridor,South Arica

High-SpeedRailway, Madridto ValladolidSegment, Spain

High-SpeedRailway, Barcelonato French BorderSegment, Spain

High-SpeedRailway, Madridto Sevilla Segment,Spain

Heiei to FuzhouHigh-SpeedRailway, China


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nd management support services to a broad range

markets, including transportation, acilities,

nvironmental, energy, water and government.

With approximately 45,000 employees around the

world, AECOM is a leader in all o the key markets that

serves. AECOM provides a blend o global reach,

ocal knowledge, innovation and technical excellencen delivering solutions that create, enhance and

ustain the worlds built, natural and social

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