Works

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. Some activities across the project work site will start from 6am.

All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. 

For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. 

Site works (ongoing)

Road works (ongoing)

There will be an increase in noise, speed restrictions and ad hoc lane closures during works on Nicholson Road between Hughes Street/Gateway Boulevard and Canna Drive, Canning Vale.

Businesses on Nicholson Road remain open

Attention all shoppers! Nicholson Road shops are OPEN for business!

Despite the road works, find your way to Nicholson Road and continue supporting local businesses.

Nicholson Road Bridge – Out-of-hours works

On 10 December from 6pm to 5am the team will be installing electrification protection screens on the Nicholson Road bridge over the railway in Canning Vale. 

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. Some activities across the project work site will start from 6am.

All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. 

For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666.   

Ranford Road (ongoing)

Works to build the new Ranford Road Bridge are underway and traffic management, including altered signals and traffic configuration is in place in the area.

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. Some activities across the project work site will start from 6am.

All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts.

For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666.

Station work

Construction is underway to make Thornlie Station a through station, including removal of some redundant sections of the existing station.

Track adjustment Out-of- hours

Until 20 December, the newly laid track will be adjusted, in preparation for passenger trains to use this new rail. This will include tamping and regulating, using large machinery to shift the ballast rock and adjust the level of the rail to meet stringent quality specifications. This rail adjustment work will take place from 7am until 5pm, from Monday to Sunday. Work will generally move progressively from Kenwick towards Jandakot. 

Night shifts are currently planned on the following dates:

• 1 to 20 December from 5pm to 6am 

Temporary lane closure on O’Dell Street

Until end of April 2025, the eastbound lane of O’Dell St will be temporarily closed to allow safe construction of a retaining wall and new noise wall in the area.
Access to properties will be maintained and detours will be in place.

Temporary closure of Spring Road Reserve

The Spring Road Reserve is temporarily closed to support construction until the end of the Thornlie-Cockburn Link project. Please, use Banksia Circle Reserve instead. The detour route is shown in the map below.

Retaining walls/noise wall construction (ongoing)

A temporary closure of the eastbound lane will be in place on O’Dell Street to support the safe construction of a retaining wall and a noise wall.

Access to properties will be maintained with traffic management and detours in place. Please drive safely and follow the detour signs.

There will be an increase in noise during retaining wall construction works at Thornlie Station car park.

Impacts to the car park are in place, see signage onsite for parking bay availability.

Installing drainage and underground services

There will be an increase in noise and traffic management in place on O’Dell Street, Thornlie to support the installation of drainage and underground services in this area and the nearby rail corridor.

Thornlie Station – Out of hours works

Service installation will carry out on night shift, Monday to Friday from 7pm to 7am, in the Thornlie Station area and to the west of the station carpark, adjacent Kidman Court, Thornlie.

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. Some activities across the project work site will start from 6am. 

All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts.

For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666.

Building rail infrastructure

Works within the Mandurah Line rail corridor (along Kwinana Freeway) between Roe Highway and Russell Road/Gibbs Road, and at the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel:

• delivery and unloading of materials
• track construction
• installing overhead line equipment
• installing signalling, power and communications equipment and cables
• rail testing and adjusting.

Works within the freight rail corridor and Thornlie Line passenger rail corridor between the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel, Jandakot and Beckenham Street / Dulwich Street, Beckenham include:

• installing and adjusting track, ballast, sleepers and overhead line equipment
• earth works and concreting
• installing underground services and drainage
• building retaining and noise walls
• installing fencing
• delivery and unloading of materials

Upcoming night works in the Mandurah Line rail corridor

Between Glen Iris rail tunnel (south of Roe Highway) and Aubin Grove Station, as well as in and around the Glen Iris rail tunnel and Cockburn Central Station.

Night shifts are currently planned on the following dates:

• 3 to 5 December
• 8 to 12 December
• 15 to 19 December
• 27 to 30 December
• 5 to 9 January
• 12 to 17 January

Traffic management will be required on the Kwinana Freeway in support of some of these works. See Main Roads WA signage and website for details.

The team will also use existing site compounds, material stockpiles and site access / egress points to support these night works.

Track adjustment - Out-of-hours

Until 20 December the newly laid track will be adjusted, in preparation for passenger trains to use this new rail. This will include tamping and regulating, using large machinery to shift the ballast rock and adjust the level of the rail to meet stringent quality specifications. This rail adjustment work will take place from 7am until 5pm, from Monday to Sunday. Work will generally move progressively from Kenwick towards Jandakot.

Night shifts are currently planned on the following dates: 

• 1 to 20 December from 6pm to 5am

Roadworks at Training Place in Jandakot

From Monday to Saturday from 7am to 7pm, there will be works at the intersection of Hope Road and Training Place. We are upgrading the intersection, installing, and relocating services and drainage. These works will involve roadworks, cutting and asphalting.

Night shifts are currently planned on the following dates:

• 1 to 6 December from 6pm to 5am

Building foundations and installing transformer units, Jandakot 

Until early-December there will be work activities in the Glen Iris Drive cul-de-sac alleyway to build foundations and install transformer units. This will involve the use of a concrete pump and may require some temporary traffic management in this area of Glen Iris Drive.

Rail access construction and use, Thornlie 

Work will take place to upgrade the existing rail access point between Nyandi Court and the rail corridor. This will then be used to support construction activities in the rail corridor. At times traffic management will be needed on the local road.

Site facility changes and traffic management, Thornlie

The site laydown and parking area on Cameron Street is being extended along the verge and into the road, to support drain and footbridge construction. This involves traffic management on Cameron Street.

The northbound lane of Cameron Street, next to the cul-de-sac, will be temporarily closed until March 2025. Access to properties will be maintained.

Retaining wall / noise wall construction, Thornlie

There will be an increase in noise during works to build retaining and noise walls on the south side of the freight rail corridor between Nyandi Court and Kidman Court, and O’Dell Street between Spring Road and Canning River Bridge, Thornlie. 

Out-of-hours works 

There will be panels installation in the rail corridor near some houses along Nyandi Court and Carakine Grove between 8 and 20 December. Works will occur from 7pm to 7am

Thornlie Station – Out-of-hours works

Service installation will be carried out during night shift, Monday to Friday from 7pm to 7am, in the Thornlie Station area and to the west of the station carpark, adjacent to Kidman Court, Thornlie.

Spencer Road bridge – Out-of-hours works 

On 9 December from 6pm to 5am the team will be installing electrification protection screens on the Spencer Road bridge over the rail line in Thornlie. 

Canning River path closure, Thornlie

Canning River path under the rail bridges, near O’Dell Street Reserve and Southdown Place/Corridale Place, Thornlie, is closed until mid-2025 with a signed detour in place

Rail access construction, Beckenham

There will be upgrades to the existing rail access point and use of the temporary site facility, in the verge of Albany Highway, south-east of the intersection with Sevenoaks Street, Beckenham.

Beckenham traction power substation upgrade

Until February 2025, works are required to upgrade infrastructure along the network in order to support the passenger railway. The existing traction power substation in the verge of Railway Parade, East Cannington, north of the Crawford Street intersection, is part of the infrastructure that has been identified for upgrade. A generator will operate 24 hours a day. Traffic management will also be regularly used in this area.

Until December, night and weekend works will take place at this site, this will involve the use of lighting towers.

Building a new signalling equipment room in Kenwick

A new Signalling Equipment Room (SER) will be built to connect train communication services between the Thornlie-Cockburn Link and the Armadale Line. Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm. 

Communications and Signalling

Works related to Victoria Park please refer to Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal

Upgrading rail corridor fencing, communications and signalling between Beckenham and Kenwick stations, with a shared path detour between Ladywell Street and Wanaping Road, until Friday 13 December.

Rail tunnel upgrade, Kenwick

There will be regular night shifts to support upgrade work inside the tunnel and in the rail corridor near the Thornlie Line rail tunnel, between Kenwick and Beckenham.

From 11 to 16 December from 6pm to 5am the team will be installing electrification protection screens on the Kenwick Link bridge over the railway. 

Site facilities and access points

Out-of-hours works to support and access site at:

• the bushland south of Berrigan Drive and west of the Kwinana Freeway, via Verna Court, Cockburn
• Mellor Place, Bibra Lake
• west of Kwinana Freeway, via Nettle Way, South Lake
• the corner of Karel Avenue and Berrigan Drive, Jandakot
• Karel Avenue, west of Orion Road, Jandakot
• Fairfield Gardens, Canning Vale 
• McLean Road, Canning Vale 
• Nicholson Road Station site, Canning Vale
• Nyandi Court, Thornlie
• Tom Bateman Reserve on Wilfred Road, and Cameron Street, Thornlie
• Spencer Road, Thornlie
• Cameron Street, Thornlie
• Elliot Place, Thornlie
• O’Dell Street Reserve and Spring Road Reserve, Thornlie
• East of Canning River with access via Rimmer Lane, Kenwick
• Packer Park, Burham Road, Kenwick
• Albany Highway, near Sydenham Street, Beckenham.

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. Some activities across the project work site will start from 6am.

All works will follow approved noise and traffic management plans, and every effort will be made to minimise impacts. 

For questions about project works, please email info@metronet.wa.gov.au or call 9326 3666. 

Rail Changes

When the Thornlie-Cockburn Link Project is operational, southern suburbs’ and Mandurah Line residents will be able to catch a train to Optus Stadium and the Crown Resort at Burswood, without needing to transfer through the Perth CBD. To facilitate this, adjustments need to be made to the rail around Stadium Station.

Rail Construction, Burswood

Rail adjustments and installation to accommodate the future Thornlie Cockburn Link Services, including installing drainage, electrification screening and underground services, as well as constructing rail foundations, involving earthworks and compaction.

Night works are planned, from 7pm to 7am, including public holidays, are planned on the following dates:

• 4, 5, & 8 December
• 9 to 15 December
• 16 to 19 December
• 10 to 16 January

Traffic management will be required, including on the Victoria Park bridge over rail. See Main Roads WA signage and website for details.

Storage area, Summers Street/East Parade, East Perth (in use until April 2025)

The team are establishing and using a laydown area to support project rail upgrade works at and around Perth Stadium Station. This will site investigations, installing fencing as well as moving and storing construction equipment and materials.

Night works will be required intermittently, from 7pm to 7 am, including:

• 4, 5 and 8 December
•  9 – 15 December
• 16 – 19 December
• 10 – 16 January

From 7am to 7pm on Sunday 15 December and 12 January