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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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

You can also visit the Project Team in person at the Community Hub. Visitors are welcome to drop in during the following times:

  • Mondays and Wednesdays weekly, during business hours
  • Group bookings available by appointment.

The Community Hub is located at 71 Ewing Street, Bentley (between Sevenoaks Street and Albany Highway).

Out-of-hours works

The following activities may take place out-of-hours as required:

  • relocating existing services (water, gas, electricity, and telecommunications)
  • steel fixing, form works, and concrete pouring as required
  • delivery of retaining walls and building abutment walls as required
  • dewatering and refuelling, mobilising equipment, rigs, and cranes to site as required 

Station works

There will be an increase in dust, noise and vibration during works at all new station sites. These works include, pouring of concrete structural steel installation, rail lifting and track laying. 

Short traffic delays on surrounding streets near station sites with detours in place for rail deliveries.

Site surveying (ongoing)

Site surveying, including use of drones at various locations along the rail corridor will take place regularly. Drone surveying will follow Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requirements.

Service relocations, including Transmission lines (ongoing)

There will be an increase in dust, noise and vibration during relocation of services including power, gas, water and telecommunications at various locations along the rail corridor. This also includes Western Power works to move overhead transmission lines outside of the rail corridor. These works will enable the elevated rail infrastructure to be built. Traffic management will be in place where required.  Find out more about the services relocations works in the service relocation fact sheet.

Shared paths (ongoing)

There will be traffic management on the shared path at various locations along the rail corridor where required. For shared path detours and access maps, see the respective areas for details.  

Victoria Park 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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

Out-of-hours works 

  • abutment construction north of Mint and Archer streets, throughout July
  • formworks and steel installation at Oats Street Station, nightly 7pm to 7am, Thursday 11, Friday 12, Monday 15, Tuesday 16, Thursday 18, Friday 19 and Monday 22 July
  • formworks and steel installation at Carlisle Station, nightly 7pm to 7am, Tuesday 23 to Friday 26, Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 July.

Oats Street Detour

The closure of the Oats St intersection is essential for the construction of the new Oats Street Station, with stage 1 works scheduled from April to November 2024. Stage 2 and 3 works will follow with continued traffic management and detours in place from November 2024 until February 2025.

The detour impacts:

  • Oats Street between Rutland Avenue and Bank Street
  • Cohn Street at the intersection of Rutland Avenue
  • Rutland Avenue south of Cohn Street
  • Rutland Avenue travelling southbound at the intersection of Oats Street
  • Bank Street travelling northbound at the intersection of Oats Street
  • Bank Street north of Milford Street.

To minimise disruptions to local traffic, road modifications will be made opposite Cohn Street to ensure traffic flow is maintained in both directions (eastbound and westbound).

Find more details on the Transperth website.

     

Station works

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to construct the stations at Carlisle and Oats Street, including: 

  • installation of inground and high-level services
  • pouring of concrete for station footings and slabs on ground,
  • structural steel installation, rail lifting and track laying
  • installing coping panels and external frameworks
  • construction of communications and signalling rooms

Rail deliveries

Short traffic delays on Bank Street near the intersection of Mint/Archer Street and on the Oats Street detour route for rail deliveries, 31 July to early-August, 9am to 3pm. 

Communications and signalling

Piling works north of Mint and Archer streets to prepare for signal installations, throughout August.

Service relocations

There may be an increase in dust, noise and vibration during Western Power pole relocation works at the intersection of Rutland Avenue and Memorial Drive, 7am to 7pm, Saturday 17 August. If a power isolation is required, Western Power will notify all impacted residents/businesses. Find out more about the services relocations works in the service relocation fact sheet.

Abutment and retaining walls

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration during the installation and backfilling of abutment walls within the rail corridor, south of Oats Street until August.

Temporary parking restrictions (until mid-2025)

There will be changes to parking restrictions along Bank Street to enable heavy haulage deliveries from late-January 2024 until mid-2025.

Traffic management to create clearway zones will be in place between 8pm and 5am, Sunday to Friday.

Shared path access map

Welshpool 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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

Out-of-hours works 

  • nightly closures of Welshpool Road between Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade/Rutland Avenue for waterpipe relocations and connections, Thursday 25 July and Tuesday 30 July to Thursday 1 August, 8pm to 5am. 

Abutment and retaining walls 

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration during the installation and backfilling of abutment walls within the rail corridor, north and south of Welshpool Road until September.

Road works (until August)

  • Roadworks including modification and resurfacing works, with continued right turn closure from Sevenoaks Street onto Welshpool Road, until mid-August.

  • Waterpipe relocation and connection works on Welshpool Road between Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade and near the intersection of Rutland Avenue and Welshpool Road, with nightly road and lane closures in this area as required, until mid-August.

Shared path access maps

There will be shared path deviations in place along the corridor at various locations to allow for major works to be completed while ensuring access for cyclists and pedestrians.

Traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate works near the intersection.

 

Queens Park 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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

Out-of-hours works

  • backfilling of abutment and retaining walls as required
  • road closure of Hamilton Street, between Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade, Friday 26 July to Tuesday 30 July, for waterpipe installation.

Hamilton Street Road modification works

There will be staged intersection closures impacting Hamilton Street, Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade until December 2024. The closures are required to relocate waterpipes and to rebuild the Hamilton Street intersections, at Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade. 

To undertake the works, road modifications are required including reducing Sevenoaks Street (near the Hamilton Street intersection) to single lane in each direction. There will be restrictions to turning movements to/from Hamilton Street for the duration of the works. Traffic management is in stages to minimise impacts and to maintain vehicle access along Sevenoaks Street at all times.

  • Stage One (until mid-August 2024) and Stage Three (mid-September to late-October 2024) works will include: 
    • a closure of the Sevenoaks Street southbound lane between Mills Street south and Stockman Way, the northbound lane will change to single lane each direction
    • No right turn movements available from Sevenoaks Street into Hamilton Street, both directions
    • Left turn only movements off Hamilton Street at the intersection with Sevenoaks Street, both directions.
    • Mills Street south, Stockman Way and Mallard Way are expected to remain open for access from Sevenoaks Street (both directions). 

  • Stage Two (mid-August to mid-September 2024) works will include:
    • a closure of the Sevenoaks Street southbound lane between Mills Street south and Stockman Way, the northbound lane will change to single lane each direction
    • No right turn movements available from Sevenoaks Street into Hamilton Street, both directions
    • Left turn only movements off Hamilton Street at the intersection with Sevenoaks Street, eastbound
    • Mills Street south, Stockman Way and Mallard Way are expected to remain open for access from Sevenoaks Street (both directions)
    • Parade closed at Hamilton Street. Local traffic access available between Mills Street north and Hamilton Street, and Hamilton Street and Dora Street.
    • Hamilton Street closed between Railway Parade and Sevenoaks Street.

  • Stage Four (late-October to mid-December 2024) works will include:
    • closure of the Sevenoaks Street northbound lane between Mills Street south and Stockman Way, the southbound lane will change to single lane each direction
    • No right turn movements available from Sevenoaks Street into Hamilton Street, both directions
    • Mills Street south, Stockman Way and Mallard Way are expected to remain open for access to/from Sevenoaks Street (both directions)
    • Left turn only movements off Hamilton Street at the intersection with Sevenoaks Street, westbound
    • Hamilton Street closed between Richards Place and Sevenoaks Street.

The proposed Hamilton Street arrangement from December 2024 can be seen below:

Services relocation

There may be an increase in noise, vibration and dust during waterpipe relocation works at the following locations:

  • Sevenoaks Street, at the intersection of Hamilton Street, until August.  Traffic management with detours will be in place.

Communications and signalling

Piling works north of Hamilton Street to prepare for signal installations, from late-August.

Abutment and retaining walls

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration during the installation and backfilling of abutment walls within the rail corridor between Mills and Hamilton streets, until July.

Station works

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to construct the station, such as:

  • installation of inground services and concrete slabs
  • structural steel installation
  • construction of communications and signalling rooms.

Short-term traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate deliveries near the station.

Shared path access map 

 Traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate works near the intersection.

Cannington 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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

Out-of-hours works

  • backfilling of abutment and retaining walls as required
  • concrete pouring for platform at Cannington Station as required from 6am, Wednesday 24 July to 16 August
  • nightly closures of Wharf Street, between Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade, to install steel above the road, Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 July, 9pm to 5am
  • formworks and steel installation at Cannington Station, nightly 7pm to 7am, Wednesday 31 July to Friday 2 August and Monday 5 to Tuesday 6 August 
  • excavation, waterpipe installation and remediation works, 7am, Monday 12 August to 7am, Monday 19 August.
  • formworks and steel installation at Cannington Station, nightly 7pm to 7am, Wednesday 31 July to Friday 2 August, Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August road modification works on Sevenoaks Street, south of Cecil Avenue from 7pm, Thursday 8 August to 5am, Friday 9 August
  • traction power substation upgrade works as required, please refer to the Thornlie-Cockburn Link works page for more details.

Traction power substation upgrade (until February 2025)

There may be an increase in noise, vibration, light and dust during upgrade works at the traction power substation, along Railway Parade near the intersection of Crawford Street. Traffic management and detours will be in place as required.

Out of hours works will be required, please refer to the Thornlie-Cockburn Link works page for more details.

Service relocations

There may be an increase in noise, vibration and dust during waterpipe relocation works at the following locations:

  • Sevenoaks Street, near Cecil Avenue. Staged waterpipe relocation works until 5 August. Traffic management will be in place for stage 1 works as below

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  • Sevenoaks Street, will be closed between Cecil Avenue and Bent Street for stage 2 waterpipe relocation works from 5 August until late-September. 

  • Railway Parade, between Gibbs and Fitzroy streets. Northbound lane closure until late August.

Communications and signalling

Piling works north of Gerard Street to prepare for signal installations, early to mid-August.

Station works

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to construct the station, such as:

  • installation of inground services and concrete slabs
  • structural steel installation
  • construction of communications and signalling rooms

Short term traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate deliveries near the station.

Abutment walls

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to install and backfill abutment walls within the rail corridor between Gibbs and Gerard streets, until July.

Shared path access maps

Traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate works near the intersection.

Beckenham 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 the 24/7 Infoline on (08) 9326 3666.

Works related to Thornlie-Cockburn Link

There are additional works underway in the Beckenham area related to the Thornlie-Cockburn Link project. Please refer to the Thornlie-Cockburn Link works page for more details.

Out-of-hours works 

There may be an increase in dust, noise, vibration and heavy vehicle movement during the construction and operation of a temporary concrete batching plant at the corner of William Street and Bickley Road. The plant will be operating between 3.30am and 5pm, Monday to Sunday, until October 2024.

  • installing conduits underneath the existing track from 7am to 7pm, Sundays between 7 and 28 July
  • transporting and compacting material within the rail corridor, between William Street and Teele/Raglan streets, 7am to 5pm, Sunday 28 July
  • formworks and steel installation at Beckenham Station, nightly 7pm to 7am, Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 August, Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 August
  • nightly closures of William Street, between Sevenoaks Street and Railway Parade, to install steel above the road, Monday 12 to Friday 16 August, 7pm to 7am.

Station works

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to construct the station, such as:

  • structural steel installation
  • lift shaft installation
  • construction of communications and signalling rooms.

Short term traffic management will be in place when required to facilitate works and deliveries near the station.

Communications and signalling

Piling works between Albion and Dulwich/Beckenham streets to prepare for signal installations, mid to late-August.

Abutment walls

There may be an increase in lighting, dust, noise and vibration from works to install and backfill abutment walls within the rail corridor between Albion and Dulwich streets, until August.

Services relocation

 There may be an increase in noise, vibration and dust during waterpipe and drainage relocation works on William Street, between:

  • Sevenoaks Street and Central Terrace, until September. Traffic management with detours will be in place.
  • Sevenoaks Street, with a road closure between William Street and Linden Close, until September.

Slip road (until mid-2025)

This road is a crucial route for construction vehicles, including heavy haulage, delivering building materials for the rail corridor. It also services the bus routes during the Armadale/Thornlie Line Shutdown. This slip road will remain active for the duration of the project.

William Street has temporarily reopened to eastbound traffic, via the slip road, following completion of stage 1 works.  See map below. 

Stage 2 works including the closure of William Street Eastbound will be in place from 8 July until September 2024. The existing intersection closure of Sevenoaks Street, south of William Street, will be extended as a requirement to these works (see map below). The purpose of these closures is to complete the waterpipe relocation works. 

Shared path access maps

When works are occurring close to the boundary, on either side of the intersection, the crossing on the opposite side remains open. 

The pedestrian crossing at Beckenham/Dulwich streets will be permanently closed.

 

 

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