2024 has been our biggest year yet, with construction of Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East powering ahead. We’ve had boots on the ground at all 6 station sites and the train stabling facility, with more than 1500 people working on the project.
Our first major tunnelling contractors are now on site, kicking off major construction in Clayton soon after a blitz of works to move underground services and prepare the site earlier this year.
The second major tunnelling contract has been awarded and we have shortlisted 3 world-leading bidders to build the 6 underground SRL East stations.
The TBM launch site at Burwood is now more than 9m deep and getting deeper, as workers prepare for the start of tunnelling in 2026.
The first 4 TBMs for SRL East have been ordered and will start arriving on site next year.
Almost 870 women applied to be part of SRL’s world first all-women TBM crew, with the assessment process now underway.
We started building a temporary bridging structure along Whitehorse Road in Box Hill that will keep local traffic moving during construction of the station underneath.
As Australia’s largest housing project, SRL East will help deliver 70,000 additional homes in the areas around the 6 new underground stations.
We received thousands of responses from communities and councils to our Draft Visions and Key Directions, which will help shape structure plans for these neighbourhoods – and there are more opportunities for locals to have their say next year.
And what’s in store for 2025?
2025 will be a huge year for SRL, with works powering ahead from mid-January. Here’s a snapshot of what’s coming up in your local neighbourhood.
- Box Hill: Construction continues on the Whitehorse Road bridging structure and preparations for major construction.
- Burwood: The first TBM launch site will be completed. When it's finished, the site will be 19m deep, 38m long and 29m wide.
- Glen Waverley: Myrtle Street will be realigned to run parallel to Glendale Street. There will be ground investigations and site establishment at the new emergency support facility in Mount Waverley.
- Monash: Howleys Road will be widened at Ferntree Gully Road, Normanby Road widened at Blackburn Road, and demolition works completed at the new station site.
- Clayton: Main works starting on the underground connection to the existing station and to prepare for excavation of the new SRL station.
- Cheltenham: Demolition and moving services get underway to pave the way for the new underground station and twin tunnels.
While construction continues in 2025, detours, traffic management and notifications will be in place to help locals and motorists plan ahead, and we will do all we can to minimise disruption.