Merrimac station construction update

Major construction

Throughout September and October 2025, between 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday works will include:

• Retaining wall construction, including concrete pours, back-filling and sealing activities
• Station building enabling works, including pile caps, concrete pours, block work and excavation and installation of ground beams
• Lift shaft and services works, including concrete pours, steel installations and backfilling
• Construction of environmental management controls, drainage channels, environmental monitoring, surveying, sediment fencing, including culvert installations, concrete works and pipe installations
• Station platform works, including steel installations, platform coping, roofing of the platform canopy and installation of pre-cast concrete columns
• Station surface and access road construction, including pavement activities
• Ground treatment and strengthening activities
• Works on public utilities, services, cable hauling and electrical conduit and pit excavation
• Sewer activities including intermittent dewatering works using electric pumps, including out of hours activity where required
• Minor vegetation clearing in accordance with all relevant approvals, with fauna spotter / catchers in attendance
• Ongoing earthworks activities, including stockpiling of materials, excavation, heavy vehicle movements and pre-loading
• Gooding Drive / Station Access Road activities, including night works. More details found here

Above: station platform steel taking shape

Rail corridor works

Rail corridor works (including night works) are planned to occur outside normal working hours during scheduled track closures, pending construction and weather permitting. Activities will be completed during day and night shifts, 24 hours day.

Works will include excavation of pile caps, oversized load deliveries, concrete pouring, installation of platform coping and steel works for platforms and lift shafts; pre-cast concrete column installation. Overhead wire works and the installation of signalling equipment will also be undertaken.

Activities are planned on the following dates:

• From 6:00am Saturday 20 September 2025 to 6:00am Saturday 27 September 2025

Gooding Drive / Station Access Road roadworks

Works will continue on Gooding Drive in both directions through into 2026 (program and weather permitting), including intermittent night works. Gooding Drive activities will include:

Gooding Drive activities include:

• Ongoing retaining wall construction, concreting and backfilling
• Installation and activities on services, including drainage, water main, lighting and utilities
• Kerb and verge works, including demolition activities and heavy vehicle movements
• Road barrier and guard rail movement and installations
• Access road construction, including earthworks, pavement activities and material deliveries

Some activities can only be undertaken at night due to safety and traffic management requirements. Residents located near these activities will receive direct reminders prior to works.

For more information on Gooding Drive Roadworks, see our Gooding Drive factsheet

Standard construction hours

Works will be undertaken between 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Saturday, and 8:00am to 1:00pm Sunday (where required)

Night works

Out of Hours activities will be undertaken from 7:00am to 6:00am, Monday to Sunday

Work areas and vehicle movements

What to expect

• Construction activities may generate increased levels of heavy vehicles, noise, vibration and dust in the area. Every effort will be made to keep these to a minimum
• Construction activity and heavy vehicle movements will continue to transport materials to the site via Gooding Drive eastbound and westbound
• Ongoing temporary changes to pedestrian access and movements around Gooding Drive (both directions) and Entry Drive
• Ongoing intermittent parking changes on local roads
• Intermittent daily single lane closures, speed reductions and short-term delays on Gooding Drive in both directions, between Ghilgai Road and Bourton Road
• Traffic management and road signage will be in place to assist and direct motorists
• Workers and light vehicles accessing site via Entry Drive, Crelga Court, Nisbet Place and Willunga Place
• Intermittent use of mobile lighting towers and safety lighting within the rail reserve and Gooding Drive (both directions). Every effort will be made to position light sources away from properties
• The use of machinery including trucks (including water and fuel carts), graders, excavators, vac trucks, cranes, chainsaws, drill rigs, earth moving machinery, piling rigs, rollers, chainsaws, boom lifts, concrete machinery, vibration hammers, cable hauling equipment and hand-held tools.

Changes to the way you travel

From Saturday 20 September to Sunday 12 October 2025, there will be major track closures and travel changes on the Beenleigh and Gold Coast lines. Some journeys may tale significantly longer than usual. We encourage you to consider your travel options plan ahead and allow extra travel time by:

• Download the MyTranslink app
• Visit the Translink website; or
• Call 13 12 30

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

• Works Notice – Merrimac station construction update – September 2025