Pimpama station construction update

Details of work

The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6.30am and 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday during September 2024, weather and construction conditions permitting.

• Installation of overpass steel stairs and overpass fit out works, including handrails
• Installation of platform structural steel canopies and platform infrastructure
• Installation of concrete slabs, stairs, and block walls for the station building
• Construction of structural retaining walls for station building
• Installation of concrete culverts for drainage
• Ongoing minor vegetation clearing in accordance with all relevant approvals
• Installation of station carpark services and pavement.

Major construction

Throughout September 2024, major construction activities will continue at the Eastern works area (EWA) (adjacent to Kosciuszko Circuit and Great Sandy Circuit), Western works area (WWA) (corner of Mebbin Street and Old Pacific Highway), and in the main site compound (corner of Mebbin Street and Gainsborough Drive).

Works will be undertaken between 6:30am until 6:30pm Monday to Saturday. Truck movements and temporary
traffic holds will be reduced during peak hour periods to minimise impacts to motorists.

The major construction activities will include:

• Delivery of structural steel, materials and equipment and removal of materials from site (EWA and site compound)
• Installation of structural steel platform canopies, roofs, and stairs, including welding and grinding works (EWA)
• Assembly of stairs with use of rattle guns (EWA / WWA)
• Station platform and station building works including preparation of concrete pours (WWA) for station building and station carpark (WWA), including services installation
• Excavation and concreting works for fare gate retaining wall (WWA)
• Installation of pits and pipes across the construction site (EWA and WWA)
• Concrete preparation and steel fixing to reinforce concrete drainage (EWA)
• Vacuum trucks may be used during underground service installation.

Rail corridor works – adjacent to Kosciuszko Circuit, Great Sandy Circuit and Gainsborough Drive

Rail corridor works are planned to occur outside normal working hours during scheduled track closures, with high impact activities planned between the hours listed below where possible.

Rail corridor works (including nightworks) are scheduled, pending construction and weather conditions, for:
Key Dates – Pimpama station works

• 6:00am Saturday 31 Aug to 6:00pm Sunday 1 Sept
• 6:00am Saturday 7 Sept to 6:00pm Sunday 8 Sept
• 6:00am Saturday 21 Sep to 6:00pm Sunday 22 Sept.

Queensland Rail maintenance – track resurfacing
After hours Queensland Rail maintenance works will occur along the rail line. This work is required to occur outside normal working hours during reduced rail traffic.

This work involves the use of a loud, slow-moving track resurfacing machine which aligns the track correctly. Residents located near the rail corridor may experience increased noise and dust associated with this activity.

• From Wednesday 4 to Saturday 7 September between 8.00pm and 5.00am
• From Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 September, between 8.00pm and 5.00am.

Work areas and vehicle movements

What to expect

• The use of machinery including excavators, trucks, on-track vehicles, loaders, vacuum trucks, mobile cranes, and small power tools, saws, rattle guns, and minor vibrating equipment, (with mobile lighting towers where necessary)
• Carpark surface will be under construction during September. Residents may notice construction plant movement from Mebbin Street
• An increase in steel work activity to install the platform canopy, and overpass stairs, including regular use of rattle guns
• The Mebbin Street footpath on the northern side (closest to the station worksite) will remain closed until February 2025. The southern footpath on the opposite side of the road remains open – see map above
• There may be times where oversized loads are on the roads during night / early morning deliveries. However, traffic management will intermittently be in place (Old Pacific Highway, Bedford Road and Kosciuszko Circuit), with access to surrounding properties maintained. Truck movements (including transporting excavated material from the eastern works area to the western works area and main site compound), and temporary traffic holds will be reduced during peak hour periods to minimise impacts.

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

Changes to the way you travel

From Saturday 7 to Sunday 8 September buses will replace trains between Varsity Lakes and Beenleigh as Cross River Rail undertakes works at the new Pimpama, Hope Island and Merrimac stations.

From Saturday 14 to Sunday 29 September, there will be track closures and travel changes across the train network to undertake crucial Cross River Rail works.

If you’re planning on travelling, we encourage you to consider your travel options, by using the links below:

• Download the MyTransLink app
• Visit the TransLink website
• Call 13 12 30

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

• Works Notice – Pimpama station construction update – September 2024