Hope Island station construction update - December 2025 and January 2026
Acciona Georgiou Joint Venture (AGJV) has been awarded the contract to design and build Hope Island station, with major construction underway.
Key construction activities to be carried out in December and January are outlined below.
Pictured: Bus bay and platform construction
Upcoming Works
Station car park and building
Works will occur from 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday (weather and construction conditions permitting), with intermittent out of hours works in the car park between 7:00pm and 5:00am from Sunday to Thursday.
Works include:
- Line marking, signage installation, landscaping and services installation in the station carpark
- Fence installation around the station and carpark
- Station building and plaza fit-out, services installation and landscaping
- Fit-out of the bus bay and kiss’n’ride areas.
Station platform
Works will occur from 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday, weather and construction conditions permitting.
Works include:
- Ongoing platform fit-out activities including painting and the installation of tactiles, screens, platform furniture and signage
- Installation of balustrade and glazing on the stairs
- Services installation and testing including lighting, CCTV and speakers
Hope Island Road works
Works will be undertaken between 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday (weather and construction conditions permitting). Due to traffic permit requirements, ongoing works on Hope Island Road will also be completed out of hours between 7:00pm and 5:00am from Sunday to Thursday.
Works include:
- Installation of underground utility services and drainage infrastructure
- Kerb and pavement placement
- Signage installation, line marking and landscaping activities
- Testing of new traffic signals (intersection will be activated when the station opens).
Rail corridor works
Rail corridor works including platform construction are planned outside the project’s normal working hours to ensure works can be completed safely and efficiently. Out of hours rail corridor works are scheduled from 12:00am Saturday 6 December to 3:00am Monday 8 December 2025.
Work area
Changes to the Way You Travel
From Saturday 20 December to Monday 26 January there will be track closures and travel changes across all lines for critical Cross River Rail works and essential maintenance. We encourage you to consider your travel options, plan ahead and allow extra travel time by using the links below:
What to Expect
- Construction activities may generate increased levels of noise, dust, and vibration associated with the use of construction equipment. Every effort will be taken to keep noise to a minimum
- Safety lighting and reversing squawkers will be in use; however, lighting will be positioned away from residential properties where possible
- The use of machinery including elevated work platforms, excavators, trucks, compaction equipment, vacuum trucks, asphalting equipment, concreting equipment, line marking equipment, cranes, water carts, and other hand-held tools
- Increased truck movements to and from site
- Pedestrian changes in Mangrove Jack Park and along Hope Island Road. Please follow all relevant signage
- Local traffic changes including intermittent lane closures and night works on Hope Island Road
- The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is undertaking night works to construct a new pedestrian crossing on Hope Island Road between the 7Eleven petrol station and Hope Island Central. For more information, please call 07 3297 3150 or email [email protected]. Please note this is a separate project to Hope Island station.
We appreciate your patience while we work to build the new Hope Island station.
If you want to know more, all of this information is available in PDF form: