Clapham Yard construction update - October and November 2025
In August and September 2025, UNITY Alliance commenced structural steel installation for the Clapham Yard Maintenance Facility (CMF) and continued works including retaining wall construction, signalling, fencing installation, and overhead electrical works.
Activities will continue through October and November 2025, with ongoing earthworks, drainage installation, underground conduit installation for electrical and communications services, piling for bridge foundations, structural steel installation for the CMF, and further signalling and overhead electrical line works.
Details of Work
The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday in October and November 2025, weather and construction conditions permitting:
- Continue earthworks and retaining wall construction
- Continue bored piling between Moolabin Creek and Moorooka station
- Commence construction of Moolabin Creek rail bridge
- Continue installation of drainage, service conduits, and pits for electrical, communications, and cable routes
- Continue installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical equipment and wires
- Continue rail corridor and boundary fence installation
- Drainage and sewer construction, requiring intermittent single lane closures on Fairfield Road outbound (refer to map below).
Out of Hours Work
Work activities scheduled during planned track possessions (when trains are not operating) or outside the project’s standard working hours are outlined below, weather and construction conditions permitting.
At Clapham Yard and Fairfield Road, Yeerongpilly, and between 6:30pm and 6:30am intermittently in October and November 2025, the follow works will occur:
- Public utility investigations for water and sewer services
- Delivery of equipment and materials to site including concrete, gravels and building supplies.
At Clapham Yard and Fairfield Road, Yeerongpilly, and between 7:00pm Thursday 2 and 10:00pm Sunday 12 October 2025, between 2:00am Saturday 1 and 2:00am Monday 3 November 2025, between 2:00am Saturday 8 and 3:00am Monday 10 November 2025, between 2:00am Saturday 15 and 2:00am Monday 17 November 2025, and between 2:00am Saturday 22 and 3:00am Monday 24 November 2025, the follow works will occur:
- Excavation, earthworks and drainage
- Bored piling between Moolabin Creek and Moorooka station
- Moolabin Creek rail bridge construction
- Installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical lines and removal of old structures
- Drainage and sewer works near the Muriel Avenue rail bridge, requiring intermittent lane closures on Fairfield Road and Muriel Avenue (refer to map)
- Geotechnical testing including excavation and trenching
- Signalling testing and commissioning.
Construction Work Areas and Traffic Changes
What to expect
During these works, you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:
- Intermittent single lane closures on Fairfield Road (outbound)
- Intermittent lane closures on Muriel Avenue with Queensland Police and traffic control to assist. Please allow extra travel time
- Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with rock breakers and jackhammers, graders, rollers, water carts, front end loaders, mobile cranes, piling rigs, drilling rigs, vacuum excavation trucks, small power tools, drills, saws, 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
- Some noise, vibration, and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or require further information, please contact:
- Phone: 1800 010 875
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: crossriverrail.qld.gov.au
If you need an interpreter to assist you in understanding this document, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and request to be transferred to Multicultural Affairs Queensland on 13 QGOV (13 74 68).