Woolloongabba station construction update - April and May 2025
Work inside the Woolloongabba station building is progressing with the installation of fire safety systems and smoke screens. These critical features will assist in preventing the spread of smoke and heat in the unlikely event of an emergency.
The station’s canopy roof structure is complete with the recent installation of gutters, skylights, roof sheeting and columns. This signifies an important step in the station’s construction.
Floor tiling, service installation, aluminium cladding and panelling underway
Details of work
Tunnel fit out
Tunnel fit out support activities and rail construction are undertaken 24 hours a day.
- Installing mechanical and electrical components such as cabling, fire safety mechanisms, walkways, communication networks lighting and CCTV
- Testing activities underway for CCTV, help phones and tunnel hydrants
- Materials delivery associated with rail installation and fit out.
Canopy roof sheeting.
Station building, services building & surface works
The below works are will be undertaken during the standard construction hours, 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Some activities will be completed out of normal construction hours, 6.30pm to 6.30am, due to traffic permits, logistics, safety requirements and construction methodology.
The tunnel fit out support activities and rail construction are undertaken 24 hours a day.
- Cranes operating during day and night shifts
- Construction of platforms and associated structures in the south cavern, north cavern and station box
- Continued mass earthworks around the new station and service building
- Cutting and fixing steel reinforcement bars and mesh
- Ongoing concrete deliveries and pours*
- Installing glazing, cladding and structural steel in the main station atrium
- Fitting out the station building, services building, canopy structure including baffle ceilings, smoke screens and tiled floors.
- Mechanical and electrical fit-out within the services building, basement levels, mezzanine and platform levels including balustrades on escalators.
- Out-of-hours surface works including hammering, water blasting, steel cutting and fixing, installing drainage and concrete pumping
- Out-of-hours deliveries, mobilisation and demobilisation of large plant and vehicles due to traffic permit restrictions
- Earthworks near the boundary of the Woolloongabba busway and Main Street. Ongoing pedestrian changes required
- Utility service construction on Main, Leopard and Gibbon streets. Further information about traffic and pedestrian changes will be provided closer to the work commencing, where required
- Utility investigations, surveying, geotechnical works and service relocation activities, both on and off site. Temporary pedestrian and lane detours and closures may be required to facilitate these works
- Sewer inspection, survey, geotechnical works and service installation and water monitoring in and around the Woolloongabba site and on local streets
- Vegetation removal where required.
*Please note concrete deliveries to site are permitted 24/7. Work is subject to relevant approvals and suitable conditions
Additional access available during major events at The Gabba Stadium.
What to expect
- Potential noise, dust, and vibration from construction activities both underground, in the tunnels and on the surface of the site, including outside of standard construction hours
- Temporary lighting for out-of-hours works in the station box, decline ramp and busway work area
- 24-hour ongoing underground work along the tunnel alignment
- Out-of-hours deliveries of large trucks and plant. This includes mobilisation, set up and demobilisation. Short term road closures in the area may also be required
- Ongoing intermittent lane, road and footpath detours and closures at Leopard, Main Gibbon Street, and other surrounding streets where required
- The footpath between Woolloongabba station platform 2 and Main Street is closed for construction. For major events, an additional pedestrian access is available. See map above.
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Woolloongabba station design
The new underground station at Woolloongabba will provide passengers with high frequency services, as well as improved access to The Gabba Stadium and Woolloongabba’s local entertainment district.
Click here for more information about the design of the Woolloongabba station.