Woolloongabba station construction update - October and November 2025
Construction of Woolloongabba station is continuing, with trees planted and other landscaping activities now underway around the station entrances.
Inside the station building, works are progressing on key front-of-house areas, including the future ticket office.
Service and utility upgrades are also continuing on nearby roads and footpaths, which will require some temporary changes to traffic conditions.
Above: Trees planted around the Woolloongabba station entrances
What to expect during construction:
- Continuing underground and surface works including outside standard hours
- Out-of-hours surface works including hammering, water blasting, steel cutting, drainage works and concrete pumping
- Potential noise, dust and vibration including work outside of standard construction hours
- Temporary lighting for out-of-hours works
- Out-of-hours deliveries of large trucks and plant including mobilisation, set up and demobilisation
- Temporary road works including footpath upgrading works, pavement removal, lighting installation and traffic changes
- Ongoing intermittent lane, road and footpath detours and closures at Leopard, Main, Gibbon and Stanley streets, and surrounding streets where required.
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Gibbon Street traffic changes
From early-October 2025 for approximately six weeks, a full road closure will be in place at the intersection of Gibbon and
the Stanley Street service road to install underground services and reinstate the road surface.
The work and traffic changes will take place continuously during day and night. Vehicle detours will be in place via Ipswich
Road and Hawthorne Street, with local access to residential properties and businesses maintained. Further notification will
be provided.
You can learn more at the dedicated page.
Above: Fit out on the canopy structure.
Details of work – Woolloongabba station and precinct
Main station and tunnel work
The below works will occur within 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.
The below tunnel fit out support activities and rail construction are undertaken 24 hours a day.
- Crane operations during day and night shifts
- Installing glazing, cladding and structural steel in the main station atrium
- Fitting out the station building, services building, canopy structure including 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 safety equipment and speakers
- Transporting large plant and vehicles
- Testing and commissioning activities.
Above: Mechanical and electrical fit out within the back of house area of the station building.
Surface and precinct work
The below works will occur within 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.
- Mass earthworks around the station, services building and new road and footpath
- Earthworks, formwork, reinforcement and concreting near the Woolloongabba busway station and Main Street
- Utility investigations, surveying, geotechnical works, and service relocations
- Sewer inspections, service installations, and water monitoring in and around the site
- Landscape works.
Surrounding streets and footpaths
The below works will occur within 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
- Linemarking, signage and traffic signal installation on local roads and footpaths
- Temporary detours and closures for pedestrians and vehicles, as well as ongoing pedestrian changes near Main Street and the busway
All activities are subject to approvals and weather conditions.
If you want to know more, all of this information is available in PDF form: