Mayne Yard construction update - February and March 2025

In February and March 2025, works will continue in the Mayne Yard stabling facility including rock breaking, earthworks, track modifications, removal of redundant structures, installation of foundations and new masts for overhead electrical wires.

From Tuesday 4 to Sunday 16 February 2025, rock breaking and excavation is required on both day and night shifts within the rail corridor between O’Connell Terrace and Mayne Yard.

 

Details of Work

During February and March 2025, the following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday, weather and construction conditions permitting:

  • Continue installation of fencing and inground services within Mayne Yard East
  • Continue construction of the new rail bridge over Breakfast Creek
  • Rock excavation, earthworks and removal of materials from site
  • Road pavement works including asphalting and line marking
  • Installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical wires
  • Ongoing installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
  • Rail track construction, including formation works, ballast placement, sleeper and rail construction, resurfacing and welding works

 

Out of Hours Work

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

Location, Date and Hours of Work, Type of Work

Mayne Yard, Bowen Hills:

  • Intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am throughout February and March 2025
  • Between 2:00am Saturday 1 to 11:59am Sunday 2 February 2025
  • Between 2:00am Tuesday 4 February to 2:00am Friday 21 February 2025
  • Between 2:00am Saturday 29 March to 12:00am Sunday 30 March 2025
  • Excavation, including rock breaking for the installation of inground services such as stormwater drainage
  • Concrete works including placement of formwork, steel fixing and concrete pours
  • Delivery of materials to site
  • Installation of cable conduits and pits, and pulling new cables
  • Track work and maintenance

 

Map showing Mayne Yard work area and construction access points via Lanham Street and Mayne Road, Bowen Hills and Grafton Street, Windsor.
 

What to Expect

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

  • Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with hydraulic hammers, augers, vacuum trucks, piling and drill rigs, concrete trucks, small power tools, minor vibrating equipment and mobile lighting towers to light the work areas at night
  • Changes around your local area such as construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
  • Delivery trucks and workers’ vehicles entering Mayne Yard via the existing access road at Lanham Street and Mayne Road, Bowen Hills and via Grafton Street, Windsor
  • Some increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment
  • Due to the construction of a new rail bridge, a section of Breakfast Creek near Grafton Street, Windsor has been temporarily closed to all boats/vessels until mid-2025. The construction area boundaries will be marked with buoys on the water within Breakfast Creek

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