Exhibition station construction update - April and May 2025

In April and May 2025, work will continue on fitting out and commissioning of Exhibition station buildings and construction of precinct structures such as stairs, garden beds, seating and signage.

 

Details of work

The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday during April and May 2025, weather and construction conditions permitting:

  • Fit out of station canopy and buildings, and concrete pours for the new station plaza
  • Construction of precinct structures such as stairs, garden beds (including landscaping), seating and signage
  • Installation of station inground services and structural steel (e.g., handrails, balustrades)
  • Installation of cable routes and pits in the rail corridor between Campbell Street and Bowen Bridge Road
  • Continue construction of a new shared path between Bowen Bridge Road and the station entry
  • Car park and roadway construction between Bowen Bridge Road and Exhibition station
  • Track work and maintenance

Out of Hours Work

Additional activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours, as outlined below.

In Spring Hill and Bowen Hills, and intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am throughout April and May 2025 (Night Shift) and intermittently between 6:30am and 6:30pm throughout April and May 2025 (Sundays), the following works will occur:

  • Concrete deliveries and pours
  • Installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor including pulling new cables in conduits
  • Trenching and rock excavation to support signalling, civil and inground services
  • Station fit out and finishing works
  • Track work and maintenance

Within the rail corridor between Bowen Bridge Road and Campbell Street, and between 2:00am Tuesday 6 May to 2:00am Friday 23 May 2025, the following works will occur:

  • Excavation, including rock breaking for the installation of in-ground services such as stormwater drainage
  • Concrete for the new station plaza and fit out of station canopy, buildings and plaza entry
  • Construction of precinct structures such as stairs, garden beds, seating and signage
  • Electrical testing and commissioning works
  • Installation of station inground services

 

Work area Exhibition station precinct in April and May 2025

Map of the RNA Showgrounds precinct showing work areas around Exhibition station and within the rail corridor throughout April and May 2025.
 

What to Expect

During these works you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:

  • Use of large machinery such as excavators with hydraulic hammers to remove rock, cranes and concrete pumps for concrete structures between Campbell Street and Bowen Bridge Road and loading material into trucks for transport
  • Changes around your local area such as construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
  • Increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment
  • Access into the rail corridor will be via the Victoria Park access road, Bowen Bridge Road, Lanham Street and O’Connell Terrace via the Brisbane Showgrounds.

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