Our Company
About Airport Link Company
Airport Link Company (ALC) operates the Green Square, Mascot, Airport Domestic and Airport International Train Stations.
These stations are located in the nine kilometre Airport Line tunnel, which is 23 metres below the earth’s surface. This tunnel links Sydney Airport with Central Station, the Sydney Central Business District and the 300 train stations in Greater Sydney and beyond.
The tunnel and the Airport Line stations were constructed during 1995 – 2000. The project cost $900 million, created 3,000 jobs and was finally opened in readiness for the Olympics on the 21st May 2000. This completed project was named Airport Link and was the largest single transport infrastructure project associated with the Sydney Olympics.
Following the Olympics, Airport Link’s early years were challenging and patronage did not meet expectations.
But today, ten years later, Airport Link has emerged to become an important part of Sydney’s Public Transport Network. Over 40 million passengers have now passed through the Airport Line Tunnel and used its four stations. The Airport Line is being well patronised and during 2010/11 it is anticipated that nearly 7 million passengers will pass through Green Square, Mascot and the two Airport Stations – being the Airport Line’s most successful year yet.
Why do you pay extra to use Airport Link, compared to other trains in Sydney?
Airport Link, and its four train stations, were built and are funded by private investment.
ALC is the private company which operates and manages these stations, with the help of more than 70 employees and 50 contracted maintenance, security and cleaning staff. The company also maintains and staffs a 24 hour, 365-days-a-year operations room, is open every day of the year and assists with the movement of more than 80,000 trains each year on the Airport Line.
In this way, ALC participates in the provision of Public Transport for Sydney, but does so entirely as a private company, without taxpayer funding. The company is not subsidised by government or the taxpayer.
In order to fund the infrastructure and conduct the company’s operational activities, ALC charges a Gate Pass. The Gate Pass is an amount payable in addition to the standard rail ticket. These Gate Pass charges are detailed in the price page of this website.
We trust you enjoy your Airport Link experience. Airport Link delivers you from Sydney Airport into the Sydney Central Business District (and beyond) with reliability and speed.
When travelling on the Airport Link you also contribute to reducing pollution and traffic congestion within Sydney. And please take a moment to consider that you are also travelling through the longest twin-track rail tunnel in Australia; a 9 kilometre unique and marvelous engineering achievement.
Contact Us
Airport Link Company Pty Ltd
Mascot Station
Cnr John and Bourke Streets
Mascot NSW 2020
Australia
(PO Box 604, Mascot. NSW. 1460)
- Phone
- 61 2 8337 8417
- Fax
- 61 2 8337 8413
- marketing@airportlink.com.au
