Mayne Yard construction update - February and March 2026
During February and March 2026, the following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday, weather and construction conditions permitting.
Works include:
- Continue installation of inground services within Mayne Yard East
- Continue construction of the new rail bridge over Breakfast Creek and culvert maintenance access track
- Excavation including rock breaking, earthworks and removal of materials from site
- Road pavement works including asphalting and line marking
- Installation of foundations and masts for overhead electrical wires
- Ongoing installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
- Rail track construction including formation works, ballast placement, sleeper and rail construction, resurfacing and welding works
Out of hours work
Work activities scheduled during planned track closures (when trains are not operating) or outside the project’s standard working hours are outlined below, weather and construction conditions permitting.
Mayne Yard, Bowen Hills – Night shift
Intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am throughout February and March 2026, the following activites will occur:
- Concrete works including placement of formwork, steel fixing and concrete pours
- Delivery of plant and materials to site
- Installation of cable conduits and pits, and pulling new cables
- Track work and maintenance
Day and night shift – Various dates
Between 2:00am Saturday 31 January to 12:00am Monday 2 February 2026; between 12:00am Saturday 14 March to 6:00pm Saturday 14 March 2026; between 2:00am Saturday 28 March to 2:30am Monday 30 March 2026, the following activites will occur:
- Excavation including rock breaking for installation of inground services such as stormwater drainage
- Removal of redundant structures within the rail corridor
- Earthworks and service installation
- Track removal and installation
- Installation of masts and foundations for overhead electrical wires
- Signalling testing and commissioning, pulling cables and foundation works
In February and March 2026, works will continue at the Mayne Yard stabling facility, including rock breaking for stormwater drainage, earthworks, track modifications, removal of redundant structures and installation of foundations and new overhead wire masts.
Mayne Yard construction access points and work areas – August 2019
What to expect
During these works you may notice intermittent disruptions such as:
- Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with hydraulic hammers, augers, vacuum trucks, piling and drill rigs, concrete trucks, small power tools, minor vibrating equipment and mobile lighting towers
- Changes around the local area including construction vehicles, traffic management signs and personnel
- Delivery trucks and workers’ vehicles entering Mayne Yard via Lanham Street, Mayne Road (Bowen Hills) and via Grafton Street (Windsor)
- Increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with heavy machinery
- Temporary closure of a section of Breakfast Creek near Grafton Street, Windsor to boats/vessels until early 2026, marked with buoys
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