The new Cross River Rail underground station will see Roma Street become Brisbane’s most connected transport precinct.
A new underground station at Roma Street will link passengers with the existing suburban bus and rail networks, the Brisbane City Council Metro services, as well as regional and interstate bus and train services.
Excavation for both the new station entry and services building shafts is now underway. Our underground team reached a milestone in May, having now excavated the entire 280m length of the underground cavern. We will now focus on removing the bottom section of the station cavern, also known as the bench, before the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) arrive in the coming months.
Weekend work and traffic changes are required to deliver and assemble a 48-meter-tall tower crane for the excavation and construction of the new Roma Street station building.
Work to relocate the underground stormwater main in Roma Street is scheduled to be completed in May 2021. Additional weekend work is required. Access to properties, the existing rail and bus stations and vehicle movements on Roma Street will be maintained at all times.
Traffic and pedestrian changes will be implemented at the intersection of Roma and Herschel streets to improve safe access for the community during construction of the new Roma Street station.
From mid-December 2020, the Roma Street station entrance will move about 15 metres east (toward the city).
As part of the excavation of the underground station cavern and adits, the Cross River Rail Tunnel & Stations contractor will soon commence controlled blasting at the Roma Street site.
From Monday 21 September, bus services will return to Platform 1 and 2 at Roma Street station.
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