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regional stations upgraded for accessibility, plus two feasibility studies

Regional Station Upgrade Program

Client
Queensland Rail
Location
Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Maryborough West, QLD
Year
2023–2024
Scale
Our role
Design and project management
Services
Design management, project management, funding submissions
Award
Sector
Infrastructure & Rail

DELIVERY STAGES

Scope and brief
Feasibility
Design
Construction
Procurement
Handover

Queensland Rail's priority regional stations are being upgraded for accessibility and customer experience, with feasibility studies for Townsville and Cairns. NDREK. led design and project management.

CHALLENGE

Bringing older regional stations up to current accessibility standards while trains keep running and communities keep using them, across several cities hundreds of kilometres apart.

APPROACH

Design was led to the Disability Discrimination Act, the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport and AS 1428. NDREK. managed budgets and capital expenditure forecasts, prepared supplementary funding submissions, and advised working groups and steering committees on compliance and whole-of-life outcomes.

OUTCOME

Concept designs for Bundaberg and Maryborough West went to public consultation in 2024, and a delivery contractor has since been appointed for Rockhampton and Bundaberg, with major construction from 2027.

3 + 2

stations and feasibility studies

DDA

DSAPT and AS 1428 compliance

Live

operating rail network