Normanby rail corridor construction update - April and May 2024
During April and May 2024, UNITY Alliance will continue works within the Normanby Rail corridor including track modifications and commissioning of overhead electrical equipment.
From 26 April 2024, overhead rail infrastructure between Exhibition station and the Normanby rail corridor will be energised, meaning overhead electrical wires will be ‘live’. Test trains could be running through this area at any time.
Details of work
The following activities are scheduled to occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday during April and May 2024, weather and construction conditions permitting:
- Removal of redundant structures within the rail corridor
- Drainage construction and rail service installation around the Northern Portal
- Earthworks and pavement construction around Bowen Bridge Road and the Northern Portal
- Installation of mast foundations, overhead electrical structures, signalling equipment and cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
- Surveying and investigating underground services, such as water, electricity and gas
- Track work and maintenance.
Out of hours work
Additional activities will occur outside the project’s normal working hours, as outlined below.
At Spring Hill (in the Normanby rail corridor), and on night shift intermittently between 6:30pm and 6:30am throughout April and May 2024, the following will occur:
- Concrete deliveries and pours
- Installation of cable routes and pits within the rail corridor including pulling new cables in conduits
- Minor earthworks to support signalling installation
- Track work and maintenance.
At Spring Hill (in the Normanby rail corridor), and on day and night shift between 2:00am Tuesday 2 April to 2:00am Friday 26 April 2024, the following will occur:
- Track removal, installation of new turnouts and track construction
- Installation of mast foundations, overhead electrical structures, signalling equipment and cable routes and pits within the rail corridor
- Energisation of overhead rail infrastructure and signalling
- Earthworks, pavement construction and installation of drainage
- Concrete deliveries and pours
- Track work and maintenance.
Normanby rail corridor work area
What to expect
During these works you may notice some intermittent disruptions such as:
- Light vehicles, trucks and machinery including excavators with hydraulic hammers, mobile cranes, 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
- Increased levels of noise, vibration and dust associated with the use of heavy machinery and equipment
- Access into the rail corridor will be via the Victoria Park access road off Gregory Terrace.
If you want to know more, all of this information is available in PDF form:
Further information
Please find below two fact sheets entitled Signalling for seamless and safe train travel and Radio masts and antennas providing information about the new railway signalling system and detailing how the technology and infrastructure works.
We appreciate your patience during construction and will continue to update you as work progresses.