{"id":9551,"date":"2024-02-08T07:26:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T21:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=115271"},"modified":"2024-02-08T07:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T21:26:47","slug":"huge-milestone-as-albert-street-station-takes-shape-beneath-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=9551","title":{"rendered":"Huge milestone as Albert Street station takes shape beneath Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Construction of <a href=\"https:\/\/crossriverrail.qld.gov.au\/\">Cross River Rail<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/first-new-cross-river-rail-station-nears-completion\/\">Albert Street<\/a> station has reached a major milestone, with key sections of the cavern completed.<\/strong><span id=\"more-115271\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crews have made incredible progress underground, completing the mezzanine level \u2013 where people will take the final escalators down onto the station platform \u2013 and the platform itself.<\/p>\n<p>Both milestones represent significant feats of engineering, with the mezzanine level made up of 183 pre-cast concrete beams, each up to 19 metres wide and weighing up to 70 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>The 220-metre-long platform is made up of 368 precast culverts, each weighing 6.5 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>Every single piece of the station had to be lowered into the cavern down a 31-metre-deep access shaft.<\/p>\n<p>Escalators are due to arrive on site and preparation works are underway for tracks to be laid in the station cavern over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>While tracks are being laid, crews will also start installing platform screen doors.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Street cavern is 290-metres long, up to 34 metres underground, and generated about 83,000 cubic metres of spoil to excavate.<\/p>\n<p>The cavern\u2019s permanent lining is made up of around 17,738 cubic metres of concrete, about 2,977 tonnes of steel and 12,816 square metres of waterproofing membrane.<\/p>\n<p>The mezzanine level \u2013 about 25 metres below street level \u2013 is made up of 183 concrete beams, each weighing up to 70 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>The 220-metre-long platform is about 31 metres below ground and made up of 368 6.5 tonne culverts.<\/p>\n<p>While the platforms will be within the station cavern, crews are also constructing a 50-metre deep station entrance and a second 28-metre deep northern entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/huge-milestone-as-albert-street-station-takes-shape-beneath-brisbane\/\">Huge milestone as Albert Street station takes shape beneath Brisbane<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction of Cross River Rail\u2019s Albert Street station has reached a major milestone, with key sections of the cavern completed. \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a 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