Fairfield station signalling system construction update

Details of work

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

• Drainage construction in the Fairfield station rail corridor between the Cronin Street pedestrian overpass and Ashby Street
• Earthworks including excavation and compaction
• Formwork, steel fixing and concreting for v-drain construction
• Delivery of reinforced concrete pipes and culverts into the rail corridor using a mobile crane located on Mildmay Street. Please note that there will be a single lane closure on Mildmay Street intermittently between Saturday 5 and Sunday 13 July (please see map). Traffic control will be in place on Mildmay Street during this work. Minor traffic delays may be experienced.

Out of hours work

The following activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours at Fairfield station and in the rail corridor, as outlined below.

Between 11:59pm Friday 27 June and 2:00am Tuesday 15 July 2025, the following works will occur:

• Earthworks including excavation for drainage trenching
• Delivery of reinforced concrete pipes and culverts into the rail corridor using a mobile crane
• Formwork, steel fixing and concreting for v-drain construction.

Between 6:00pm Tuesday 15 July and 2:00am Saturday 19 July 2025, the following works will occur:

• Test trains running between Dutton Park and Salisbury stations to test signalling equipment on all lines
• Signal testing and commissioning.

Fairfield station work areas, pedestrian detour and traffic changes

What to expect

During these works you will notice intermittent disruptions such as:

• Intermittent temporary traffic changes on Mildmay Street between Southall Street and Ashby Street 5-13 July. Access will be maintained to Fairfield Gardens and properties located within the road closure extents under traffic control guidance.
• A pedestrian diversion will be used on Mildmay Street near the Cronin Street pedestrian overpass 5-13 July. Traffic control will be in place to assist
• Trucks, loaders, excavators with rock breakers, vacuum trucks, mobile cranes, concrete trucks, concrete pump trucks, concrete saws, grinders, small power tools, minor vibrating equipment, generators, and mobile lighting towers to light work areas at night
• Changes around your local area such as construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
• Increased noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment.

We appreciate your patience during construction and will continue to update you as work progresses.

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

• Works Notice – Fairfield station construction update – June and July 2025