The Speedrail Consortium
Design and construction: Speedrail LACC, with Maunsell and Soferail as
technical advisors.
Operation: Speedrail OPCO and Qantas with SNCF and Soferail as technical
advisors.
The Speedrail Group Pty Ltd is a joint venture between ALSTOM, which will provide the TGV system and trains, and Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd, which will provide the infrastructure.
Banks involved in the project include the
Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the
National Australia Bank.
Other participants include Societe
Generale and Warburg Dillon Read.
Qantas Airways Ltd will provide reservations, ticketing, station management and other services.
Advisors include Fieldstone Australia Pty Ltd, Sinclair Knight Merz, The Allen Consulting Group, Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Technical advisors include Maunsell, Systra-Sofretu-Soferail and SNCF.