Works

Nicholson Road Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. 

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)

Delivery of materials to site, earth works, drainage and relocation of underground services.

Trucks and water carts will access the site via Tulloch Way and Canna Drive, Canning vale.


Roadworks (ongoing)

There will be an increase in noise, speed restrictions and lane closures during works on Nicholson road between Hughes street/gateway boulevard and canna drive, canning vale. 

An altered road alignment and temporary traffic configuration will be in place on Nicholson road between Hughes street/Gateway Boulevard and Passenger Place/Canna Drive, Canning Vale, with detours in place. 


Temporary road closures

From 4 December 2023 to 26 April 2024, there will be a temporary closure of MacMillan boulevard to support the safe construction of the paths and westbound lanes on Nicholson Road.

From 22 January to 26 April 2024, a section of Panama street will be temporarily closed to safely rebuild the section of Panama street.

Traffic management will be place. See road closure and detour map below.

From 26 April to 4 October 2024, there will be a temporary road closure of Panama Street and Vostan Road, next to Nicholson Road, Canning Vale to safely build rebuilt a section of Panama Street and Vostan Road.


Early morning works (15 December 2023 to 31 March 2024)

Between 15 December and 31 March, day works will start from 6am, Monday to Saturday.


Early starts for material movement, Canning Vale

From 6am, Monday to Saturday, between the end of February and the end of March, the team will be shifting materials, including ballast at the Nicholson Road Station site. This will involve truck access to/from the site via Nicholson Road and Tulloch Way and the rail corridor.

 

 

Ranford Road Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. 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.  


Night Road Works (12 February to late-March 2024)

Road realignment work on Ranford Road, between Bannister Road and Livingstone Drive, Canning Vale. More details here.

  • installing kerb, asphalt and new line markings on Ranford Road
  • changing traffic arrangement and management, including line markings
  • cutting and pouring concrete 


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. 

Roadworks Map

Thornlie Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. 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. 


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 (ongoing) 

Until 31 May 2024, 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 noise wall. 

Temporary road closures will be in place on Jimmons Way, Lester Drive, O’Dell Street and Spring Road to support the safe transport of the piling rig.

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. Pumps and generators will be in use 24/7.

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

 

Rail Corridor

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. 

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 between the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel, Jandakot and the rail tunnel between Beckenham and, Kenwick include:

  • removing redundant track, ballast, sleepers, overhead line equipment and underground services
  • earth works
  • installing underground services and drainage
  • building retaining and noise walls
  • installing fencing
  • building the rail embankment and foundation

Site investigation, Kenwick

A signalling equipment room will be built to connect train communications services between the Thornlie-Cockburn Link and the Armadale Line. The team will be potholing to locate underground services and there will be some geotechnical testing and survey work to inform the project design team. 


Bridge foundation works, Kenwick

The team is installing bored piles in the ground for the foundations of the new rail bridge over the Canning River (Djarlgarra), east of Thornlie Station, between Thornlie and Kenwick. Until the end of February, work will start on site from 5am, Monday to Saturday.


Rail Access and site facilities 

From March we will be upgrading the permanent rail access track and connection points and placing temporary site facilities in Kenwick. Works will be carry on from Monday to Saturday between 7am and 7pm until the end of April 2024. 


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 with a signed detour in place. 


Retaining wall / noise wall construction, Thornlie

There will be an increase in noise during out-of-hours works to build walls on the south side of the rail corridor on O’Dell Street, between Spring Road and Canning River Bridge, Thornlie. Pumps and generators will be in use 24/7.


Installing drainage, Thornlie

There will be an increase in noise and traffic management in place on Southdown Place, Thornlie to support the relocation of drainage in this area and the nearby rail corridor.


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.

From 7 March, 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.


Level crossing permanent closure

The Elliot Place / Cameron Street pedestrian level crossing is permanently closed. Please use the signed detour routes shown in the map below.

The project includes a new footbridge to replace this crossing, providing safer access for pedestrians and cyclists.


Early morning concrete pours, O’Dell Street, Thornlie 

Between 8 and 22 March, concrete pouring will take place from 6am, to build the retaining wall between O’Dell Street and the rail corridor. The area will be accessed via O’Dell Street and the work will involve concrete deliveries.


Dewatering, Canning Vale and Thornlie

Possible increase in noise from 24/7 use of a pump and generator within the work sites near:

  • Canning River, west of Rimmer Lane, Kenwick  
  • Southdown Place, Thornlie
  • Thornlie Station
  • O’Dell Street, Thornlie
  • Greenway Avenue, Thornlie
  • Tarradee Circuit, Cameron Street and Elliot Place, Thornlie
  • Kanani Drive Reserve on McLean Road, Canning Vale
  • Sorbonne Crescent, Canning Vale
  • Fairfield Gardens, Canning Vale

Installing drainage, Canning Vale

From 7 February until the end of March, between 7pm and 7am, Monday to Friday, drainage installation work will take place inside some private properties and the local road on Sorbonne Crescent Canning Vale. This will include earthworks and asphalting.


Road Closure, Canning Vale 

There will be a temporary closure of a section of Sorbonne Crescent to install drainage. Night works are planned from 7pm to 7am, Monday to Saturday, from 5 March to 16 March. And from 7am to 7pm on Saturdays and Sundays 23, 24, 30 and 31 March. 


Sewer Relocation, Canning Vale

Until April 2024, sewer upgrade work will take place in the rail corridor, near Fairfield Gardens. This will involve tunnelling and the use of cranes. Work will start from 6am on hotter days and there will be some occasional Sunday work. Dewatering will take place 24/7. The footpath in this area is temporarily closed.


Wall construction, Canning Vale and Jandakot

There will be an increase in noise during works to build walls along the south side of the freight rail corridor between Marginata Parkway and Nicholson Court, Canning Vale, and next to Glen Iris Drive, Turtle Point Cove, Lakes Way and Clements Place Jandakot.   

Site facilities

Out-of-hours works to deliver materials to 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
  • Nicholson Road Station site, Canning Vale
  • Tom Bateman Reserve on Wilfred Road, and Cameron Street, Thornlie
  • Spencer Road, Thornlie
  • O’Dell Street Reserve, Thornlie
  • east of Canning River with access via Rimmer Lane, Kenwick
  • Packer Park, Burham Road, Kenwick
  • Albany Highway, near Sydneyham Street, Beckenham.

 

 

 

Cockburn Central Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below. 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 infrastructure (ongoing)

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.

Perth Stadium Station Area

Standard work hours are Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm, and any out-of-hours works are indicated below.

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 (until April 2024)

Rail adjustments and installation to accommodate the future Thornlie Cockburn Link Services, including ballast removal, earthworks, drainage and underground services installation.

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

18 – 22 March

Works will occur at the following locations:

  • Rail corridor between Windan Bridge and Burswood Station
  • Rail access from Victoria Park Drive off-ramp
  • Rail access from Goodwood Parade
  • Site facilities at the north-west corner of the State Tennis West Centre

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