Woolloongabba station construction update - October and November 2024
At Woolloongabba station, work is ramping up on the surface to prepare for the station canopy installation in the coming months. Sections of the roof canopy are being assembled on site, ready to be lifted into place.
Inside the station building, concrete pours are ongoing for internal and back of house rooms. Cladding installation is ongoing on the mezzanine level and electrical and mechanical fit out remains a major focus as well as platform screen door headers and glass facades, ventilation and lighting.
Woolloongabba station steel canopy structure at ground level within the Woolloongabba worksite.
Details of work
Rail construction and tunnel fit out
The below tunnelling and tunnelling support activities are undertaken 24 hours a day.
- Installing mechanical and electrical components such as cabling, fire safety mechanisms, walkways, communication networks lighting and CCTV.
- Materials delivery associated with tunnel fit out.
Station building, services building & surface works
The below works will be undertaken during the standard construction hours, 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Some activities will be completed outside of normal construction hours, 6.30pm to 6.30am, due to traffic permits, safety requirements and construction methodology. Nearby residents will be notified in advance via letterbox drop. Tunnelling support activities are undertaken 24 hours a day.
The tunnelling and tunnelling support activities are undertaken 24 hours a day.
- Cranes operating during day and night shifts
- Removal of tower crane within site. Some traffic changes may be required.
- Ongoing canopy construction on ground level followed by installation above the station box using cranes.
- Precast concrete beam assembly and concrete preparation
- Platform construction and associated structures in the south cavern, north cavern and station box
- Installing glazing, cladding, structural steel and escalators in the main station atrium
- Continued mass earthworks to fill the decline ramp leading down into the station box
- Concrete deliveries for related station structure pours*
- Cutting and fixing steel reinforcement bars and mesh
- Ongoing concrete pours to construct the building floors and walls
- Out-of-hours surface works will including hammering, water blasting, steel cutting / fixing, drainage and concrete pumping
- Mechanical and electrical fit out within the services building, basement levels, mezzanine and platform levels
- Assembling and installing the station canopy structure, escalators, lift shafts, and platform screen doors (PSDs)
- Out-of-hours deliveries, mobilisation and demobilisation of large plant and vehicles due to traffic permit restrictions
- Fencing, earthworks and retention works to build the retaining wall along the boundary of the Woolloongabba busway and Main Street. Detours will be in place and there will be access changes around the Woolloongabba area
- Utility service construction conducted by Energex and Telstra on Leopard Street, Main Street and Gibbon Street. These may require temporary traffic and pedestrian changes
- Woolloongabba site as well as in Main, Leopard and Gibbon streets. Some temporary lane/road closures and pedestrian footpath detours may be required for this work. Further notification to be provided
- Vegetation removal where required
*Please note concrete deliveries to site are permitted 24/7.Work is subject to relevant approvals and suitable conditions
Cladding on the services building and works on the L0 level of the station.
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
- Continued 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
- Ongoing intermittent lane, road and footpath detours and closures at Leopard Street and Main Street
- Full road closure on a section of Gibbon Street and Stanley Street service road. Further notification to be provided
- Ongoing footpath closure between Main Street and Woolloongabba station platform 2 due to retaining wall works
Work is subject to relevant approvals and suitable weather conditions.
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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.