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– there are railway operators , railway maintainers and railway constructors , but there is no other company that offers that full life cycle ,” says Richard Stewart , General Manager of Operations at John Holland Rail . “ We selfperform , and we have a very large in house engineering and project management capability . We have 2,500 John Holland people working on railway projects at the moment and another 4,000 subcontractors . So we are a large employer , and people are really at the center of our values .”
Moving Projects Ahead with Efficiency As a major force in Australia ’ s railway industry , John Holland Rail ’ s portfolio is full of complex and vital projects significant to the country ’ s development – projects like Perth City Link .
“ If you ’ re familiar with Perth , its central business district is basically split right down the middle by its railway lines – Perth Central Station sits between an area called Northbridge and the actual
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business district of the CBD , and over the years it ’ s created a bit of a divide in the city ,” says Stewart . With the Perth City Link project , John Holland Rail succeeded in the daunting task of bridging that gap while keeping Perth ’ s commuters moving in the meantime .
“ The Perth City Link project
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