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 and Thornlie Line passenger rail corridor between the Glen Iris Rail Tunnel, Jandakot and Beckenham Street / Dulwich Street, Beckenham include:
- removing and installing track, ballast, sleepers and overhead line equipment
- earth works and concreting
- removing and installing underground services and drainage
- building retaining and noise walls
- installing fencing
- building the rail embankment and foundation
- delivery and unloading of materials
Upcoming night works in the freight rail corridor
From 6pm Sunday 1 September until 7am Wednesday 4 September there will be continuous signalling and communications testing and commissioning work taking place at various locations on the freight rail alignment between South Lake and Kenwick.
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:
- 4 to 6 September
- 8 & 9 September
- 11 & 12 September
- 15 to 19 September
- 22 to 25 September
- 29 & 30 September
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.
Rail tunnel upgrade
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.
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. There will be works until October, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm.
Path closure, Kenwick
On 16 and 17 September, the shared path between Wanaping Road and Austin Avenue will be closed for the safe installation of the new Signalling Equipment Room.
Please follow the signed detour route.
Rail access construction and new laydown area, Beckenham
There will be upgrades to the existing rail access point and a new temporary site facility will placed at this location, 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, Beckenham, north of the Crawford Street intersection, is part of the infrastructure that has been identified for upgrade. Occasional out of hours works will be necessary, there will be a 24 hours per day generator on site.
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 the end of 2024 with a signed detour in place
Retaining wall / noise wall construction, Thornlie
There will be an increase in noise during works to build 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.
Sunday works, Thornlie
Sunday shifts are currently planned for the installation of retaining and noise wall panels between Nyandi Court and Elliot Place, Thornlie.
Work is planned between 6.45am and 5pm on the following dates:
Night works, Thornlie Station
There will be night works at Thornlie Station from 6pm to 4am, Monday to Sunday, until the end of September.
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.
Night works for footbridge construction, Cameron and Elliot, Thornlie
From 6 to 13 September, 7pm to 7am, excluding Saturday night; there will be works to install the southern ramps of the footbridge in the rail corridor at Elliot Place cul-de-sac.
The ramps will be installed in the rail corridor behind Tarradee Circuit. There will be vehicles accessing via Elliot Place. There will be lighting towers and construction equipment including a crane and an elevated work platform.
Works will continue during day shifts on the north and south side of the rail corridor.
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.
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
- Hope Road, Jandakot
- Nettle Way, South Lake
Sewer Relocation, Canning Vale
Sewer upgrade work is taking place in the rail corridor, near Fairfield Gardens. This will involve tunnelling and the use of cranes. 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.
Rail access construction, Canning Vale
There will be works to build the rail access track and connection points, in the McLean Road verge on the rail corridor side, where McLean Road is parallel to the railway, as well as in the rail corridor between Dowarn Green and Tulloch Way. This will involve excavating, placing and compacting materials, concreting and accessing the site via the local road.
Temporary level crossing closure
The pedestrian level crossing near Little Rush and Meller Road, in South Lake, will be temporarily closed for construction from 1 to 4 September 2024
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.