Woolloongabba station construction update

Image above: Electrical installation ongoing on Woolloongabba station platform

What to Expect During Construction

• Continuing underground and surface works including outside standard hours
• Out-of-hours surface works including hammering, water blasting and drainage works
• Potential noise, dust and vibration impacts
• Temporary lighting for out-of-hours works
• Out-of-hours deliveries of large trucks and plant including mobilisation, set up and demobilisation of equipment
• Temporary road works including footpath upgrades, pavement removal, lighting installation and utility installation. Ongoing pedestrian detours and lane closures required
• Ongoing intermittent lane, road and footpath detours and closures at Leopard, Main, Gibbon and Stanley streets, and surrounding streets where required.

Details of Work

Woolloongabba Station and Precinct

Main station and tunnel work will occur during the standard construction hours of 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday. Some activities will be completed out of normal construction hours, 6.30pm to 6.30am, due to traffic permits, logistics, safety requirements and construction methodology. Tunnel fit out support activities and rail construction are undertaken 24 hours a day.

• Fitting out the station building and services building including the installation of baffle ceilings, smoke screens, glass panels, tiled floors and bathroom fixtures
• Mechanical and electrical fit-out within the services building, basement levels, mezzanine and platform levels including balustrades on escalators, fire life safety systems and speakers
• Large plant and vehicle movement
• Demobilisation of equipment, plant and site facilities
• Testing and commissioning activities

Surface and precinct work will occur during the standard construction hours of 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday. Some activities will be completed out of normal construction hours, 6.30pm to 6.30am, due to traffic permits, logistics, safety requirements and construction methodology.

• Utility investigations, surveying, geotechnical works, and service relocations
• Sewer inspections, service installations, and water monitoring in and around the site
• Landscaping and urban realm works
• Removal of logistics shed and concrete slab involving the use of oxy cutters, rattle guns, concrete saws and shears, excavators and jackhammers where required
• Borehole investigations undertaken by external contractors in front of the main station building.

Surrounding streets and footpaths will occur during the standard construction hours of 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday. Some activities will be completed out of normal construction hours, 6.30pm to 6.30am, due to traffic permits, logistics, safety requirements and construction methodology.

• Utility investigations, surveying, geotechnical works and service relocations on local roads and footpaths throughout the Woolloongabba area
• Line marking and signage
• Traffic signal installation on local roads and footpaths
• Temporary detours and closures for pedestrians and vehicles in surrounding streets including pedestrian changes near Main Street and the busway, Leopard Street, Stanley Street and Vulture Street.

 

Image above: New Woolloongabba precinct access road leading from the station entrance to Main Street.

All activities are subject to approvals and weather conditions.

Woolloongabba precinct traffic changes

As part of essential utility and service installation and footpath reconstruction and reinstatement in the precinct, there will be intermittent traffic and pedestrian changes ongoing on Main Street, Leopard Street and Stanley Street to mid-2026.

During this time, traffic control will be in place to assist motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists travel safely through the area.

You can learn mroe at the dedicated weboage.

If you want to know more, all of this information is available in PDF form:

• Works Notice – Woolloongabba Station Construction Update – April to June 2026